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Alexander Hamilton
Birth date: January 11, 1775
Died: July 12, 1804
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Tolle Lege!.
Tolle Lege!. rated it 9 years ago
If your interested in this one, get this one when Audible has their two for one sale. It's definitely worth a half a credit for its line by line dissection of the American Constitution, good Age of Enlightenment arguments, and this makes for a much better listen than a read since there is a lot of ...
A Man With An Agenda
A Man With An Agenda rated it 9 years ago
Dr. Alexander Hamilton set out on his long trip away from Baltimore to improve his health, he left behind an impressive record of his journey. I read this as a part of a collection of early American travel narratives and this by far was the most thorough and complete in its descriptions of the towns...
Lisa (Harmony)
Lisa (Harmony) rated it 11 years ago
This subtitle to my edition is "The Famous Papers on the Principles of American Government." It's an apt description, but perhaps doesn't go far enough. Try foundational. They consist of 85 essays by Alexander Hamilton, who became our first Secretary of the Treasury, James Madison, who largely frame...
Clif's Book World
Clif's Book World rated it 13 years ago
The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 essays written in 1787 and 1788 to promote the ratification of the United States Constitution. I found it to be the equivalent of reading a 600 paged legal brief written by an 18th century lawyer. Actually, that's exactly what it is. I found these lectures h...
NinthWanderer
NinthWanderer rated it 15 years ago
I read parts of this for law school but it certainly deserves revisiting, especially as so much political conversation has turned to the Constitution and the intent of the Framers in recent months.
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