Alexander Hamilton and the Creation of a Fiscal-Military State January 22, 2009

Professor Richard R. John shows how Alexander Hamilton’s tenure as the first Secretary of the Treasury hastened the establishment of a politically independent and militarily powerful state. It was Hamilton who best understood that the United States could survive in a hostile world only if its government were strong and its public credit sound. A professor of history at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Richard R. John specializes in the history of American business, technology, and political economy. Please register.

Location: 2nd floor Conference Room

“Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America” is a national traveling exhibition organized by the New-York Historical Society, the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, and the American Library Association. The traveling exhibition has been made possible in part through a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, dedicated to expanding American understanding of human experience and cultural heritage.
The traveling exhibition is based on the New-York Historical Society’s exhibition commemorating the 200th anniversary of Hamilton’s death as well as the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Society in 1804.

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