Biographical Issues

Opinions | Revolutionary War service | The National Bank | Aaron Burr | As treasury secretary | Christian Constitutional Society | Sexuality | Death | Hamilton's legacy and image | Important places

Opinions

Alexander Hamilton and the Constitution, from The American Experience: The Duel, official site.

Outline comparison of Hamilton and Jefferson from Steven Schoenherr's American Civilization class at the University of San Diego. See also his Objections to Hamilton's Financial Program.

Hamilton reading. Pithy quotes on Hamilton collected by Maxine N. Lurie, Seton Hall University.

Revolutionary War service

Brandywine Battlefield summarizes Hamilton's service.

Alexander Hamilton, Continental Congress Report on a Military Peace Establishment, 18 June 1783. From The Founder's Constitution.

The National Bank

See my Andrew Jackson on the Web for resources on the Second National Bank.

Web Archive: Alexander Hamilton: "For the Bank" (Feb 23 1791) from Ernie Alston's Hamilton page. Argues for the constitutionality of the National Bank of the United States. Includes brief introduction.

A different, slightly shorter selection is available from The Founder's Constitution.

James Madison Debates the Constitutionality of a National Bank. Madison argues against Hamilton's Bank.

A Brief History of Central Banking in the United States by Edward Flaherty, From Revolution to Reconstruction. See also Andrew Jackson and the Bankwar, by Tony D'Urso.

Aaron Burr

The Burr Conspiracy, from The American Experience: The Duel, official site.

The Aaron Burr Trial, from the Annals of Congress, Senate, 10th Congress, 1st Session from American Memory (Library of Congress).

Biography of Burr edited by Alexander Valentine, from From Revolution to Reconstruction.

Subpoena served on Thomas Jefferson to testify at Aaron Burr's trial for treason, 13 June 1807. (Aaron Burr Papers)

As treasury secretary

Department of the Treasury goes through his career, particularly at the Treasury.

Christian Constitutional Society

Web Archive: "Politics of Righteousness: Christian Political Movements in the Early 19th Century" by Roger Schultz for Contra Mundum ("Against the World"), 1992.