Alexander Hamilton : from obscurity to greatness / compiled and edited by John P. Kaminski.
Material type: TextSeries: Word portraits of America's foundersPublication details: Madison : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, (c)2016.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780870208041
- E302 .A449 2016
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Includes bibliographies and index.
Descriptions of Alexander Hamilton -- Hamilton's descriptions of others -- Emblematic quotations.
"Born in 1755 on a small Caribbean island to unmarried parents, Alexander Hamilton did not enjoy the privileges of wealth or heredity by which so many of his contemporaries advanced to the highest levels of power. Yet Hamilton's natural ability and ambition earned him prevailing influence in the American Revolution and the government created thereafter, eventually securing his place in the pantheon of America's founders. Editor John P. Kaminski has gathered a remarkable collection of quotations by and about Alexander Hamilton that paint for us a nuanced portrait of a complex man. Through his own words and the words of his contemporaries --
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