Collection of 74 newspapers relating to Alexander Hamilton

Collection of 74 newspapers relating to Alexander Hamilton

1781-1817

[74] items in 2 boxes

NEWSPAPER [Box]

Documenting the life and career of Alexander Hamilton: earliest item, the October 31, 1781, issue of "The Pennsylvania Gazette" reporting on Lt. Col. Hamilton's actions during the Battle of Yorktown, may be the earliest appearance of his name in the press.|Collection proceeds chronologically through the important events his public career - the publication of the Federalist papers, the ratification of the Constitution, his appointment as Secretary of Treasury, etc.|Six of his seven "Pacificus" essays urging United States' neutrality in world affairs are present in separate issues of the "Gazette of the United States."|Also articles relating to Hamilton's personal life, including his election as president general of the Society of the Cincinnati and the detailed account of the death of his son, Philip, from wounds sustained in a duel in 1801.|Nearly a third of the collection is devoted to coverage of the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, and Hamilton's death and funeral, with several mentions of the Society's role in memorializing him and publicly condemning the practice of dueling.|L2018G58.1-74|With: 10 periodicals (L2018G59.1-10) and 3 miscellaneous items (L2018G60-62); cataloged separately.|The Hamilton newspaper and ephemera collection of Antonia Chambers, Esq.

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