Alexander Hamilton is justly remembered for his creative and energetic contributions to important American institutions in the founding era--to the Constitution, both at the framing convention and in the explanatory The Federalist, and to an enduring...

Author of numerous essays, the Itinerarium (written in 1744), and The History of the Tuesday Club (written in 1755), and guiding genius of colonial Maryland's foremost gentleman's club, the Tuesday Club of Annapolis, Dr. Alexander Hamilton was one of...

The first U.S. secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804) was instrumental in developing the nation's first political party, the Federalists. Alexander Hamilton's birth date is disputed, but he probably was born on Jan. 11, 1755, on the...

(b. January 11, ca. 1755; d. July 11, 1804) Key aide to General Washington during Revolutionary War; first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. As a penniless boy in the British West Indies, Alexander Hamilton dreamed of war and winning fame as a general....

Alexander Hamilton Born January 11, 1755 or 1757 (Nevis, British West Indies) Died July 12, 1804 (Weehawken, New Jersey) Secretary of the U.S. treasury, political leader As the nation's first secretary of the treasury under President George...

Born January 11, 1755Nevis, British West IndiesDied July 12, 1804New York, New York Secretary of the treasury, political leader, lawyer, soldier,...

Congressional Report on Manufactures Excerpt from Report to Congress on the Subject of Manufactures Presented to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, December 5, 1791 Published in the Annals of the Second Congress , Appendix, 1791–1793...

Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757[1]—July 12, 1804) was an Army officer, lawyer, Founding Father, American politician, leading statesman, financier and political theorist. One of America's first constitutional lawyers, he was a leader in...

The Washington Wizards placed shooting guard Richard Hamilton (partially torn right groin) on the injured list today and activated guard Courtney Alexander, who spent the past six games on the injured list with a bruised left shin and sprained left ankle. Hamilton, who...

Alexander Hamilton: A Life. By Willard Sterne Randall. (New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2003. Pp. xiii, 476. $32.50.) Having published a biography of Thomas Jefferson in 1993, the author of this book confronted the question of who was "right" about America: Jefferson or...

If there is such a thing as immortality, it may be having people gather to celebrate your 250th birthday.Alexander Hamilton met that standard on Thursday, as a group of descendants, along with latter-day admirers, convened to mark the anniversary of his birth in 1757.The setting...

St. Croix is readying its brightly painted colonial buildings and centuries-old sugar mills to welcome cruise ship passengers again.Disney Cruise Line announced new eastern Caribbean itineraries for 2009, with one seven-night cruise featuring a day stop in St. Croix, the largest of the U.S. Virgin...

In the excerpt below, Prescott traces Hamilton's career as both a political theorist and participant in government.

In the following essay, originally a paper delivered at a conference in 1980, McDonald discusses Hamilton's language, his rhetorical strategies, and his literary style.

Parrington was an American historian, critic, and educator. He was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for the first two volumes of his influential Main Currents in American Thought (1927); the third volume remained unfinished at the time of his death. In the following excerpt, Parrington presents Hamilton as a key theorist of American industrial economy.

Provides a brief biography of American colonial leader, Alexander Hamilton. Describes how he rose from humble beginnings to become Secretary of the Treasury and a founder of the bank of New York.

An analysis of John Steele Gordon's view towards Alexander Hamilton in his essay "Alexander Hamilton: The Founding Wizard." To Gordon, although Alexander was not an American president, he was a genius who still today deserves much recognition and respect. This is particularly true with regard to Hamilton's role in funding the outrageous Confederation debt, undertaking unpaid state debt, and creating a national bank to aid the new federal government in overcoming its financial difficulty.

One of the most influential founding fathers of the United States, Alexander Hamilton deserves to be recognized as the founding father of our financial system. As the first secretary of the treasury, he built the basis of the American economy. Through his financial genius and brilliant economic plans, he helped lead the government to recovery from the national debt of that time and established a secure money system. He was also a leading advocate of a strong central government and a firm believer in a broa