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Alexander Hamilton

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Born January 11, 1757
Died July 12, 1804 (47 years old)
Charlestown, United States
Also known as: alexander hamilton, Alexander HAMILTON
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Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757] – 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.

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The Federalist, or, The New Constitution

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Originally published anonymously, The Federalist Papers first appeared in 1787 as a series of letters to New York newspapers urging voters to ratify the new Constitution. Still debated and discussed today, The Federalist Papers provide readers with an important commentary on the crucial issues facing a democracy. This edition includes a complete text of the Constitution. The documents that shaped a nation. Three of the founding fathers brilliantly defend their revolutionary charter: the Constitution of the United States, a milestone in political science and a classic of American history.

Wings of Night

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Melanie Rawson had been very young and inexperienced when she agreed to marry Leandros Angeli and it was inexperience that had made her take fright and break off the engagement. But all that was seven years ago and Leandros had faded into the past. Or had he? For now disturbingly, he had appeared in her life again-demanding that, as the price of her brother's freedom, she should go with him to Crete. In the days of ancient Crete, girls were taken there as sacrifices to the monstrous Minotaur. Now in the present day, it seemed that Melanie was to be sacrificed too- to a man who had waited seven years for his revenge...

The mind of Alexander Hamilton

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Selections from his public and private writings.

Alexander Hamilton and the founding of the Nation

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Consists of selections from Hamilton's correspondence, pamphlets, and reports.

Alexander Hamilton

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Surveys the life of the American statesman, lawmaker, writer of the Federalist Papers, and first secretary of treasury under George Washington.