Alexander Hamilton and the Growth of the New NationProbably no American statesman displayed more constructive imagination than did Alexander Hamilton. Prodigal of ideas, bursting with plans for diversifying the economy, and obsessed by a determination to make the United States a powerful nation under a centralized government, he left an imprint upon this country that time has not effaced. Alexander Hamilton and the Growth of the New Nation is the premier biography of Alexander Hamilton written by one of the foremost scholars of early American history. Hamilton's career was at times contradictory: born, in John Adams's words, the "bastard brat of a Scotch peddler," he rose to high social, political, and military position in the newly born country. He dreaded divisiveness, yet his strateĀgies and actions aggravated political sectionalism. Miller weaves together the complex facets of Hamilton's life to make a vivid, absorbing biography. |
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... Letter from Alexander Hamilton concernng the Public Conduct and Character of John Adams . [ 502 ] In analyzing its contents , Miller , instead of defending Hamilton , maintains that he does not show that any substantial offenses had ...
... Letter " such effective bits of observation as that the rain tasted of salt and that at the height of the storm there was a strong odor of gunpowder in the air , when he warmed to his work he portrayed the horrors of the night with all ...
... letters of introduction from the Reverend Hugh Knox were addressed to residents of the Middle Colonies and the commercial connections of Nicholas Cruger were with New York , it was foreordained that the young West Indian would settle in ...
... letters it is not uncommon to find them addressing each other in terms certain to provoke a riot in even the best - regulated present - day barracks or mess hall . For example , John Laurens , one of Washington's aides , saw nothing ...
... letters , he left something to be desired . Having had a few too many in a wayside tavern , he told a fellow officer that Conway was promoting Gates for the post of Commander in Chief and even quoted a few choice passages from the letter ...
Contents
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The Quarrel with Washington | 62 |
The Union Against Chaos Chapter 5 Congress and the Army | 83 |
Law and the Loyalists | 100 |
A Rage for Liberty | 111 |
Democracy and Banking | 120 |
The Opposition Emerges | 311 |
The Attack upon Hamilton | 322 |
Hamiltons Quarrel with Jefferson and Burr | 343 |
The Union Against Foreign Aggression The Proclamation of Neutrality Chapter 24 The Proclamation of Neutrality | 363 |
The War Clouds Gather | 379 |
The Whisky Rebellion | 396 |
Jays Treaty | 415 |
The Election of 1796 | 435 |
More Power to Congress | 131 |
The Constitutional Convention 1 | 151 |
The Constitutional Convention 2 | 171 |
The Federalist | 184 |
The Rule of Law | 193 |
A More Perfect Union | 206 |
The First Secretary of the Treasury Chapter 15 The First Secretary of the Treasury | 219 |
The Report on Public Credit | 229 |
Speculators vs Patriots | 238 |
The Bank of the United States | 255 |
The Report on Manufactures | 278 |
The Effort to Transform the American Economy | 296 |
The Mission to France | 451 |
Second in Command of the United States Army | 466 |
The War That Refused to Come to a Boil | 479 |
The Effort to Avert Peace | 493 |
The Election of 1800 | 509 |
The Union Above All Chapter 34 A Prophet of Woe | 533 |
Defender of the Freedom of the Press | 544 |
The Duel with Burr | 557 |
Notes | 577 |
Bibliography | 623 |
Index | 641 |