Life and Times of Alexander Hamilton – Samuel M. Schmucker — 1857

Full title: The Life and Times of Alexander Hamilton by Samuel Mosheim Schmucker. Published in Philadelphia by J.W. Bradley in 1857. 408 pp.

One of the earliest biographies intended for the general American reader interested in the nation's founding fathers. 

Schmucker traces Hamiltons life from his early years as an orphan in the West Indies through his Revolutionary War contributions, authorship within The Federalist Papers, tenure as the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, and ultimately his death in a duel with Aaron Burr.

Contents Include:

• Hamilton's early life and Revolutionary War service
  
• Work in the Constitutional Convention
• Role as first Secretary of the Treasury
  
• Public conflicts with Jefferson and Burr
• Circumstances of his death and assessments of character

Original brown embossed cloth

Size: 7.75" × 5.5"

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