Table of Contents
Foreword xi
Preface xix
I Origin and Parentage 1
II Personal Characteristics 29
III Hamilton as a Writer and Orator 61
IV Elizabeth Hamilton 95
V Courtship and Marriage 118
VI Hamilton, the Lawyer 148
VII Hamilton, the Lawyer (Concluded) 177
VIII Family Life 200
IX Friends and Enemies 239
X The Years from 1790 to 1800 283
XI Building a Home 336
XII Hamilton and Burr 357
XIII The Duel 384
Appendices 432
Index 477