The papers of Alexander Hamilton (ca. 1757-1804), first treasury secretary of the United States, consist of his personal and public correspondence, drafts of his writings (although not his Federalist essays), and correspondence among members of the Hamilton and Schuyler families. The collection, consisting of approximately 12,000 items dating from 1708 to 1917, documents Hamilton's impoverished Caribbean boyhood (scantily); events in the lives of his family and that of his wife, Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton; his experience as a Revolutionary War officer and aide-de-camp to General George Washington; his terms as a New York delegate to the Continental Congress (1782-1783) and the Constitutional Convention (1787); and his careers as a New York state legislator, United States treasury secretary (1789-1795), political writer, and lawyer in private practice. Most of the papers date from 1777 until Hamilton's death in 1804.

This collection contains a large selection of congressional material related to Alexander Hamilton's political career as a delegate to the Continental Congress (1782-83, and 1788), delegate to the Constitutional Convention (1787), member of the New York state ratification convention (1788), and secretary of the treasury (1789-95). Search this collection by date and publication to find materials related to Hamilton.

The George Washington Papers contain hundreds of items to, from, or referring to Alexander Hamilton. Many of these materials document Hamilton’s work as George Washington's aide-de-camp during the American Revolution, as well as Hamilton's service as secretary of the treasury in the Washington administration.

The Chronicling America Historic American Newspapers collection provides access to select digitized newspaper pages produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Library of Congress (LC).

The James Madison Papers contain more than 30 items to, from, or referring to Alexander Hamilton. To find them, go to the collection’s search page and search on the exact phrase "Alexander Hamilton" (put quotation marks around the words).

The collection contains, among other materials, posters, playbills, songsheets, notices, invitations, proclamations, petitions, timetables, leaflets, propaganda, manifestos, ballots, tickets, menus, and business cards. There are more than 28,000 items in the collection.

The collections housed in The Rare Book and Special Collections Division amount to nearly 800,000 books, including two early editions of the Federalist Papers.

The Thomas Jefferson Papers contain more than 130 items to, from, or referring to Alexander Hamilton. Most of these materials document the period during Washington's presidency when Hamilton served as secretary of the treasury and Jefferson was secretary of state.