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A Biography of Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804)


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    I. Soldier for the Republic

  1. An unlikely launching pad (1755-1768)
  2. Mentors (1768-1773)
  3. New shore, tides of war (1773-1777)
  4. "I wish there was a war"
  5. Aide-de-camp to Washington (1777-1781)
  6. Valley Forge (Winter 1777-78)
  7. Under suspicion
  8. Affection and disaffection (1780-1781)
  9. The Arnold/Andre Affair (September 1780)
  10. The quarrel with Washington (February 16, 1781)
  11. Yorktown Interlude (July-October 1781)
  12. Citizen Hamilton (1782-1789)
  13. Atty. Alexander Hamilton, Esq.
  14. Hamilton's return
  15. Constitutional Convention (May-September 1787)
  16. The fight for ratification (September 1787-July 1788)
  17. The war of words: the Federalist Papers
    (October 27, 1787-May 28, 1788)
  18. The war of words: ratifying Convention (Summer 1788)

    II. The precipice of power

  19. Origins of a system
  20. The Reports on Public Credit I
  21. The Reports on Public Credit II
  22. Jefferson and Madison create a party - summer 1791
  23. Report on Manufactures - submitted to Congress December 5, 1791
  24. Stock Market Mania - Summer 1791 - Spring 1792
  25. The Foreign Policy of Finance
  26. Strained loyalties: the French Revolution 1789-1799
  27. Jefferson's crusade - May 1792-December 1793
  28. Cruel winter I - the Reynolds Affair uncovered (December 1792)
  29. Cruel winter II - Impeachment proceedings (January-March 1793)
  30. The Jay Mission - March-April 1794
  31. The Whiskey Rebellion - August 1794
  32. Unfinished business: last report on public credit (January 1795)
  33. the Jay Treaty Controversy (April-August 1795)
  34. Washington's Farewell Address (May-September 1796)
  35. More trouble with France: the Quasi War (1798-1800)
  36. The Quasi War with Adams (1789-1800)
  37. The death of a cultivated reputation--and an aegis
  38. Identity and Honor: Republicans ascendant
  39. Anguish (November 1801)
  40. The last campaign (1804)
  41. The Duel (July 11, 1804)
  42. Some concluding thoughts