Alexander Hamilton: A Resource Guide
Related Resources
Designed for elementary and middle school students, America's
Library provides the following stories related to Alexander
Hamilton:
Jump
Back in Time: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Dueled
to the Death, July 11, 1804.
Meet
Amazing Americans: James Madison's Contribution to the
Constitution.
American
Treasures of the Library of Congress
This exhibition provides unique insight into various
aspects of American history and culture. Objects displayed
are organized according to the three categories that
Thomas Jefferson used for his library: memory, reason,
and imagination. The 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:
Madison's
Treasures
The majority of the documents in this exhibition relate
to James Madison's role in the drafting and ratification
of the Constitution and the introduction of the Bill
of Rights. The exhibition includes Thomas
Jefferson's annotated copy of The
Federalist.
This particular copy of The Federalist was
owned by Hamilton's wife, Elizabeth, who gave it to
her sister, Angelica Church, from whom her friend,
Thomas Jefferson, acquired it.
Religion
and Founding of the American Republic
This exhibit explores the role that religion played
in the founding of the American colonies, in the shaping
of early American life and politics, and in forming the
American Republic. A section entitled Religion
and the Federal Government contains Alexander Hamilton's
draft of Washington's Farewell Address.
Manuscript
Division Finding Aids Online
A finding aid for the Alexander
Hamilton Papers collection
in the Library of Congress Manuscript 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.
The Federalist Papers
View
or download the entire plain text version of all
of the Federalist Papers as supplied by Project Gutenberg.
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.
Digital Reference Section Web Guides
The
American Founders Online: An Annotated Guide to Their
Papers and Publications
The digital resources described in this guide provide
online access, in varying degrees, to the personal papers
and/or publications of the major founders of the American
Republic, including Alexander
Hamilton.
Primary
Documents in American History
This site offers a list of some of the most important
documents in American history from 1763 to 1877. Each
document has a page with background information, links
to digital material associated with the documents, and
bibliographies for both adult and young readers. Many
of the documents contain information related to Alexander
Hamilton, including the Constitution, the Federalist
Papers, and Washington's
Farewell Address.
Ron Chernow
Ron Chernow discusses his book Alexander
Hamilton at
the 2004 National Book Festival.
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