Hamilton, Alexander

W. I., 1757-1804. A statesman who ranks as the ablest political writer of his day in America. In 1789 he became the first secretary of the United States Treasury, and his first Report on the Public Credit was one of the most notable of national state papers. He was the principal contributor to The Federalist, 51 of its 85 articles being by him alone, and he a isted Washington in preparing the latter’s Farewell Addre . See Complete Works, including The Federalist, edited by H. C. Lodge, infra, 1885; Lives, by Williams, 1804; J. C. Hamilton, infra, 1840; Renwick, 1841; Smucker, 1856; J. T. Morse, Jr., 1876; Shea, 1879; Lodge, 1882; Hamilton and his Contemporaries, Richtmueller; Shea’s Historical Study of Hamilton; Bibliotheca Hamilton i an a, Ford, 1886. Ap. Put.