Related Online Resources

Additional online information related to Alexander Hamilton can be found on the following sections of the Library's website.

Congress.gov

The Federalist Papers
The Congress.gov Web site provides the full-text of the Federalist Papers, a series of eighty-five essays urging the citizens of New York to ratify the new United States Constitution. Written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay, the essays originally appeared anonymously in New York newspapers in 1787 and 1788 under the pen name "Publius."

Exhibitions

American Treasures of the Library of Congress

The American Treasures exhibition includes the following documents pertaining to Alexander Hamilton:

Creating the United States

This online exhibition offers insights into how the nation's founding documents were forged and the role that imagination and vision played in the unprecedented creative act of forming a self-governing country. The following documents and images relate to Alexander Hamilton:

From the Catbird Seat: Poetry & Literature at the Library of Congress

A blog celebrating the Poetry and Literature Center and the wealth of literary resources at the Library of Congress, as well as engaging with current topics in literature. The following blog entries relate to Alexander Hamilton:

Manuscript Division

Finding Aid: Alexander Hamilton papers, 1708-1917
A finding aid for the Alexander Hamilton Papers collection in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division.

Prints & Photographs Division

Prints and Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC)
Search PPOC using the subject heading Hamilton, Alexander, 1757 1804 to find digital images related to Hamilton such as prints, photographs, and political cartoons. Search all text fields in PPOC using the phrase "Alexander Hamilton" to locate additional images.
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) collections document achievements in architecture, engineering, and design in the United States, including the Hamilton Grange National Memorial. Named after his family's ancestral home in Scotland, Hamilton lived in "the Grange" from 1802-04.

Teachers Page

Primary Source Set: Alexander Hamilton
This Primary Source Set includes manuscripts, images, maps, and analysis tools to help teach about Alexander Hamilton.

Today in History

January 11
Alexander Hamilton, the first treasury secretary of the United States, was born on January 11 in either 1755 or 1757, on the Caribbean island of Nevis in the British West Indies. Hamilton claimed 1757 as his birth year, but probate papers recorded shortly after his mother’s death indicate that 1755 is the correct year.
February 17
On February 17, 1801, presidential candidate Thomas Jefferson won support of a majority of congressional representatives and was elected president over Aaron Burr. Just three years after his vice-presidential inauguration, Burr shot and fatally wounded Alexander Hamilton in a duel. Hamilton, a longtime political antagonist of Burr, played a key role in breaking the congressional stalemate in Jefferson's favor.
July 11
At dawn on the morning of July 11, 1804, political antagonists and personal enemies Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr met on the heights of Weehawken, New Jersey, to settle their longstanding differences with a duel. The participants fired their pistols in close succession. Burr's shot met its target immediately, fatally wounding Hamilton and leading to his death the following day. Burr escaped unharmed.
July 17
On July 17, 1754, King's College opened in New York City. The Anglican academy later became the venerable institution, Columbia University. Alexander Hamilton attended King's College from 1774–76.
September 17
On September 17, 1787, members of the Constitutional Convention signed the final draft of the Constitution.
October 27
The first in a series of eighty-five essays by "Publius," the pen name of Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, appeared in the New York Independent Journal on October 27, 1787. "Publius" urged New Yorkers to support ratification of the Constitution approved by the Constitutional Convention on September 17, 1787.

Video

SPEAKER: Ron Chernow
EVENT DATE: 2004/10/09
RUNNING TIME: 33 minutes
DESCRIPTION: Ron Chernow discusses his book Alexander Hamilton at the 2004 National Book Festival.

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