Alexander Hamilton: Lapham's Quarterly - Special Issue

This special issue of Lapham’s Quarterly explores the life and ideas of Alexander Hamilton by way of extracts from speeches, letters, political pamphlets, novels, and works of history. In the style of the signature feature of Lapham’s Quarterly , “Voices in Time,” we see Hamilton fight alongside George Washington, argue for the ratification of the U.S. constitution, and become entangled in scandal. Contributors include Henry Adams, H.L. Menken, Richard Hofstadter, Thomas Paine, Gertrude Atherton, Claude Bowers, Abigail Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Ezra Pound.The issue also + An introduction by editor Lewis H. Lapham+ Essays by H.W. Brands (on Hamilton’s financial system), John Sedgwick (on the Hamilton-Burr duel), and William Hogeland (on the Whiskey Rebellion)+ Illustrated features on Hamilton’s feuds with other founding fathers, his founding of the New York Post , and his scheme for a public lottery+ Art and ephemera from The National Archives, The New York Public Library, and the New-York Historical Society+ 45 essays and excerpts