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7258334James Alexander Hamiltonhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/james-alexander-hamilton-9781399059107/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/6810485/image.jpg?v=638737693247930000189217MXNPen and SwordInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>James Alexander Hamilton, son of Alexander, influenced U.S. history, advising leaders and supporting abolition, with personal historical insights.</strong></p><p>Born in the year of the Constitutional Convention, James Alexander Hamilton was uniquely positioned to observe the early republic era and the formation of the experimental United States government. His father, Alexander Hamilton, had been the first US Treasury Secretary, an outspoken and controversial character who was killed in a duel when James was a teenager. With a lifelong devotion to his fathers memory, James advised men from Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren to Abraham Lincoln and Salmon P Chase on banking and constitutional matters.</p><p>Through his own talents and with the advantage of his fathers name, James served as temporary Secretary of State and District Attorney of New York. James enjoyed a close-knit family life with his wife, Mary Morris, at his Hudson River home named Nevis for his fathers birthplace. He was part of the crew of the yacht America, for which the Americas Cup is named, and on the committee for New Yorks Crystal Palace in 1853. More importantly, he served his country through the War of 1812, Western Expansion, and the bloody Civil War. His first-hand account of these transformative events gives readers a priceless look at Americas past. James supported the abolition of slavery and wrote a draft of the Emancipation Proclamation before settling down to write his own Reminiscences that cover the first seventy-five years of US history.</p><p>This biography makes James A Hamiltons life and observations accessible to the modern reader and will leave you with a new appreciation for the Founders heirs who inherited the difficult work of building a nation.</p><p>Cover portrait images Ellie Spaulding Raymond</p>...6900384James Alexander Hamilton189217https://www.gandhi.com.mx/james-alexander-hamilton-9781399059107/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/6810485/image.jpg?v=638737693247930000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20259781399059107_W3siaWQiOiJiYWIwYjQ5ZC1kN2E2LTQxZjQtYmQxMy0yNTFkMTRhMGVlNWYiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjIxNywiZGlzY291bnQiOjI4LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjE4OSwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDMtMzBUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781399059107_<p><strong>James Alexander Hamilton, son of Alexander, influenced U.S. history, advising leaders and supporting abolition, with personal historical insights.</strong></p><p>Born in the year of the Constitutional Convention, James Alexander Hamilton was uniquely positioned to observe the early republic era and the formation of the experimental United States government. His father, Alexander Hamilton, had been the first US Treasury Secretary, an outspoken and controversial character who was killed in a duel when James was a teenager. With a lifelong devotion to his fathers memory, James advised men from Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren to Abraham Lincoln and Salmon P Chase on banking and constitutional matters.</p><p>Through his own talents and with the advantage of his fathers name, James served as temporary Secretary of State and District Attorney of New York. James enjoyed a close-knit family life with his wife, Mary Morris, at his Hudson River home named Nevis for his fathers birthplace. He was part of the crew of the yacht America, for which the Americas Cup is named, and on the committee for New Yorks Crystal Palace in 1853. More importantly, he served his country through the War of 1812, Western Expansion, and the bloody Civil War. His first-hand account of these transformative events gives readers a priceless look at Americas past. James supported the abolition of slavery and wrote a draft of the Emancipation Proclamation before settling down to write his own Reminiscences that cover the first seventy-five years of US history.</p><p>This biography makes James A Hamiltons life and observations accessible to the modern reader and will leave you with a new appreciation for the Founders heirs who inherited the difficult work of building a nation.</p><p>Cover portrait images Ellie Spaulding Raymond</p>...9781399059107_Pen and Swordlibro_electonico_9781399059107_9781399059107Samantha WilcoxsonInglésMéxico2025-03-30T00:00:00+00:00https://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/casematepublishers-epub-ed5d96a7-a135-4cb9-9891-1fdb72f9c5f5.epub2025-03-30T00:00:00+00:00Pen and Sword