Alexander Hamilton vs. Aaron Burr. The two men despised each other. The last two times in these pages, I outlined the grinding, seething, and acrimonious disgust that the two political ...
Nearly two and a half centuries ago, Alexander Hamilton authored the first of the Federalist Papers. As "CBS Evening News" co-anchor John Dickerson explains, his appeal was not just for a Constitution ...
In 1787-1788, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay wrote a series of newspaper articles, The Federalist Papers, under the pen name Publius, in which they argued for the ratification of our ...
On July 11, 1804, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr met on the dueling grounds at Weehawken, New Jersey, to fight the final skirmish of a long-lived political and personal battle. When the duel was ...
In this episode of the American Founding, Dr. Cost will take a close look at the political theory of Alexander Hamilton. The author of most of the Federalist essays, Hamilton nevertheless did not ...
Presents all eighty-five Federalist papers written by the pseudonymous Publius, along with the sixteen letters of Brutus, the still unknown New York Antifederalist.