The vital words of Alexander Hamilton, including essays, private correspondence, and public statements.
Alexander Hamilton is best known as the United States’ first Secretary of the Treasury and the author of the majority of The Federalist Papers, a series of essays that outlined the basic concepts and premises of the U.S. Constitution. Since the founding of the nation, these essays have been used by the U.S. Supreme Court as an authoritative guide to the intentions of the Founding Fathers in cases involving constitutional interpretation. Included in this volume are five of the most important essays from The Federalist Papers, plus personal correspondence and public statements from across Hamilton’s career as a statesman.

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Selected Works of Alexander Hamilton
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- A Note on the Text
- Chronology
- To Edward Stevens: November 11, 1769
- To The Royal Danish American Gazette: September 6, 1772
- A Full Vindication of the Measures of the Congress, &c: December 1774
- To John Jay: November 26, 1775
- To John Jay: March 14, 1779
- To John Laurens: April 1779
- To John Laurens: January 8, 1780
- To Elizabeth Schuyler: August 1780
- To James Duane: September 3, 1780
- To Elizabeth Schuyler: September 25, 1780
- To Elizabeth Schuyler: October 2, 1780
- To Margarita Schuyler: January 21, 1781
- To Philip Schuyler: February 18, 1781
- To Major James McHenry: February 18, 1781
- The Continentalist No. III: August 9, 1781
- To George Washington: February 13, 1783
- To James Hamilton: June 22, 1785
- Constitutional Convention: Plan of Government: June 18, 1787
- Speech in the Constitutional Convention on a Plan of Government: June 18, 1787
- To George Washington: July 3, 1787
- Conjectures About the New Constitution: September 1787
- The Federalist No. 1: October 27, 1787
- The Federalist No. 15: December 1, 1787
- The Federalist No. 35: January 5, 1788
- The Federalist No. 70: March 15, 1788
- To James Madison: May 19, 1788
- The Federalist No. 78: May 28, 1788
- The Federalist No. 84: May 28, 1788
- New York Ratifying Convention: Third Speech of June 21: June 21, 1788
- To George Washington: September 1788
- To George Washington: May 5, 1789
- To Marquis de Lafayette: October 6, 1789
- To Henry Lee: December 1, 1789
- Report Relative to a Provision for the Support of Public Credit: January 9, 1790
- Opinion on the Constitutionality of an Act to Establish a Bank: February 23, 1791
- To Philip A. Hamilton: December 5, 1791
- To Edward Carrington: May 26, 1792
- An American No. I: August 4, 1792
- To George Washington: September 9, 1792
- Letter to an Unknown Correspondent: September 26, 1792
- Defense of the Presidentâs Neutrality Proclamation: May 1793
- Pacificus No. 1: June 29, 1793
- To Andrew G. Fraunces: October 1, 1793
- To Angelica Hamilton: November 1793
- Tully No. III: August 28, 1794
- To Angelica Church: October 23, 1794
- To Angelica Church: December 8, 1794
- The French Revolution: 1794
- To George Washington: February 3, 1795
- To Rufus King: February 21, 1795
- To Robert Troup: April 13, 1795
- Design for a Seal for the United States: May 1796
- To George Washington: July 30, 1796
- To William Hamilton: May 2, 1797
- The âReynolds Pamphletâ: July 1797
- To Elizabeth Hamilton: November 1798
- To Theodore Sedgwick: February 2, 1799
- To James McHenry: March 18, 1799
- To Charles Cotesworth Pinckney: December 1799
- To Martha Washington: January 12, 1800
- To John Jay: May 7, 1800
- To Theodore Sedgwick: May 10, 1800
- To John Adams: August 1, 1800
- To William Jackson: August 26, 1800
- Rules for Philip Hamilton: 1800
- To Gouverneur Morris: December 26, 1800
- To John Rutledge Jr.: January 4, 1801
- To James A. Bayard: January 16, 1801
- To Gouverneur Morris: February 29, 1802
- To Benjamin Rush: March 29, 1802
- To James A. Bayard: April 1802
- To Charles Cotesworth Pinckney: December 29, 1802
- To Elizabeth Hamilton: March 1803
- To Timothy Pickering: September 16, 1803
- From Aaron Burr: June 18, 1804
- To Aaron Burr: June 20, 1804
- From Aaron Burr: June 21, 1804
- To Aaron Burr: June 22, 1804
- From Aaron Burr: June 22, 1804
- Remarks on a Letter from William P. Van Ness: June 28, 1804
- Alexander Hamiltonâs Explanation of His Financial Situation: July 1, 1804
- To Elizabeth Hamilton: July 4, 1804
- Statement on Impending Duel with Aaron Burr: July 10, 1804
- To Theodore Sedgwick: July 10, 1804
- To Elizabeth Hamilton: July 10, 1804
- Joint Statement by William P. Van Ness and Nathaniel Pendleton on the Duel: July 17, 1804
- Nathaniel Pendletonâs Amendments to the Joint Statement: July 19, 1804
- William P. Van Nessâs Amendments to the Joint Statement: July 21, 1804
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