Table of Contents
Chapter 47: Hamilton Defends Former Loyalists in New York, 1784 ... 5
Chapter 48: Hamilton the Abolitionist, 1779-1785 ... 18
Chapter 49: “The Christmas Holidays are Near at Hand” ... 26
Chapter 50: Alexander Hamilton’s Resume, January 1787 ... 28
Chapter 51: The Annapolis Convention, 1786 ... 31
Chapter 52: Hamilton at the Constitutional Convention, Summer 1787 ... 42
Chapter 53: The Federalist Papers, Part 1 ... 59
Chapter 54: The Federalist Papers, Part 2 ... 72
Chapter 55: The Federalist Papers, Part 3 ... 79
Chapter 56: The Federalist Papers, Part 4 ... 88
Chapter 57: The Federalist Papers, Part 5 ... 96
Chapter 58: Hamilton Defends the Constitution at New York’s Ratification Convention, June-July 1788 ... 103
Chapter 59: Hamilton Becomes Secretary of the Treasury, 1789 ... 120
Chapter 60: The First Report on Public Credit, January 1790 ... 133
Chapter 61: The National Bank and the Mint, December 1790 to February 1791 ... 148
Chapter 62: The Report on Manufactures, December 1791 ... 173
Chapter 63A: The Reynolds Affair, Phase 1 ... 196
Chapter 63B: The Reynolds Affair, Phase 2 ... 215
Chapter 63C: The Reynolds Affair, Phase 3 ... 228
Chapter 64: A Selection of Hamilton’s Writings, 1798-1804 ... 273
References ... 290