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Section 2: Texts

Core

  • Tradebook
    • Hamilton: The Revolution, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter, Grand Central, 2016
  • Unit Reader
    • Excerpt from Publius (pp. 247–249) from Alexander Hamilton, Ron Chernow, Penguin Press, 2004
    • Excerpt from Publius (pp. 252–257) from Alexander Hamilton, Ron Chernow, Penguin Press, 2004
    • Excerpt from Publius (pp. 261–266) from Alexander Hamilton, Ron Chernow, Penguin Press, 2004
    • “Federalist No. 1,” Alexander Hamilton, Public Domain, October 27, 1787
    • “From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 2 May 1781,” Alexander Hamilton, Public Domain, 1781
    • “From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 22 November 1780,” Alexander Hamilton, Public Domain, 1780
    • “From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, 27 April 1781,” Alexander Hamilton, Public Domain, 1781
    • “From Alexander Hamilton to The Royal Danish American Gazette, 6 September 1772,” Alexander Hamilton, Public Domain, 1772
  • Digital Access
    • “Correcting ‘Hamilton’,” Liz Mineo, The Harvard Gazette, October 7, 2016

Optional

  • Multimedia
    • Hamilton, Thomas Kail, Walt Disney Studios, 2020
  • Digital Access
    • “Hamilton in Real Life — My Shot and Aaron Burr, Sir,” Lin-Manuel Miranda, YouTube, August 26, 2016