Excerpt from Alexander Hamilton: An Essay This essay was awarded the John Addison Porter Prize of Yale University in 1910. I have made some changes in the manuscript as it was originally submitted. I have, in some cases, altered the form of statement; in others, cut out passages which seemed unnecessary. In chapters seven, eight and nine I have added certain unpub lished material which, since the prize was awarded, I have found among Hamilton's papers in the Library of Congress. But these changes and additions have all been in accord with the outline and conclusions of the original manu script and the essay as now published is sub stantially as it won the prize. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.