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Alexander Hamilton is a 2004 biography of American statesman Alexander Hamilton, written by biographer Ron Chernow. Hamilton, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, was an instrumental promoter of the U.S. Constitution, founder of the nation's financial system, and its first Secretary of the Treasury.
Alexander Hamilton has appeared as a significant figure in popular works of historical fiction, including many that focused on other American political figures of his time. In comparison to other Founding Fathers , Hamilton attracted relatively little attention in American popular culture in the 20th century.
His book Alexander Hamilton, American [4] led to the "Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America" exhibition at The New-York Historical Society (2004–2005), for which he was the historian curator. He received an honorary doctorate degree in 2005 from Washington College. [3] [5]
"Alexander Hamilton in the Uniform of the New York Artillery" by the artist Alonzo Chappel (1828–1887) In addition to the external benefits and potential ills, Hamilton stated that public and private credit were inevitably tied and that private credit was equally necessary in a developing country for people of all occupations to begin their ...
Alexander Hamilton’s feud with fellow Founding Father Thomas Jefferson is well-chronicled, both in academic literature and on stage, but he didn’t tell Jefferson he wanted to hit him with a chair.
Hamilton considered four subjects to be the "principal purposes" of forming a federal government: national defense, internal security, regulation of commerce, and foreign relations. [5] He concerned himself with practical considerations over theoretical ones, and he was against any restriction on governmental power that might prevent it from ...
Cosmos Club at Lafayette Square, c. 1921 725 Madison Place Cosmos Club on Lafayette Square Tayloe House Townsend House ballroom. From 1879 to 1882, the Cosmos Club met in rented rooms on the third floor in the Corcoran Building on the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 15th Street NW in Washington, D.C. [8] [6] The club moved into a rented house at 23 Madison Place in Lafayette Square from 1883 ...
Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757 [a] – July 12, 1804) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first U.S. secretary of the treasury from 1789 to 1795 during George Washington's presidency.