Alexander Hamilton Archives

Cabinet Paper to the President

Question the Third proposed by the President of the United States.—”If a minister from the republic of France shall be received, shall it be absolutely, or with qualifications; and if

1789–1825

Opinion on the Constitutionality of the Bank of the United States

The Secretary of the Treasury having perused with attention the papers containing the opinions of the Secretary of State and Attorney General, concerning the constitutionality of the bill for establishing

1787–1789

First Speech of June 21

Mr. Hamilton then reassumed his argument. When, said he, I had the honor to address the committe yesterday, I gave a history of the circumstances which attended the Convention, when

Report on the Subject of Manufactures

The Secretary of the Treasury, in obedience to the order of the House of Representatives of the 15th day of January, 1790, has applied his attention at as early a

1789–1825

First Report on Public Credit

[To the Speaker of the House of Representatives] The Secretary of the Treasury, in obedience to the resolution of the House of Representatives, of the twenty-first day of September last,

Speech on the Compromises of the Constitution

Mr. Chairman: The honorable member who spoke yesterday went into an explanation of a variety of circumstances to prove the expediency of a change in our National Government, and the

1787–1789

Letter from Alexander Hamilton to George Washington (1787)

“Alexander Hamilton to George Washington,” July 3, 1787. In The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, Volume III, edited by Max Farrand. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1911. https://www.loc.gov/resource/llscdam.llfr003/?st=gallery. In my passage through

1787–1789

Letter from Alexander Hamilton to Rufus King (1787)

“Alexander Hamilton to Rufus King,” August 28, 1787. In The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, Volume III, edited by Max Farrand. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1911. https://www.loc.gov/resource/llscdam.llfr003/?st=gallery. Dear Sir, I wrote

Letter from Alexander Hamilton to George Washington (1783)

Sir Flattering myself that your knowledge of me will induce you to receive that observations I make as dictated by a regard to the public good, I take the liberty

Letter from Alexander Hamilton to George Washington (1789)

In conformity to the intimation you were pleased to honor me with on evening last I have reflected on the etiquette proper to be observed by the President and now

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