The Papers of Alexander Hamilton. Edited by H.C. Syrett. Vols. 1-4 only.

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New York: Columbia University Press 1961. Thick Roy. 8vo. Original cloth. Dustjackets. Portrait frontispieces num. b/w plates and footnotes. Fine. NOTE: Hamilton was one of the most influential of the founding fathers of the United States. He served for 4 years with Washington and served as lieutenant colonel in the Continental Army. These volumes of Hamilton's papers cover the years 1768 to 1788. He took an early role in the militia as the American Revolutionary War began. In 1777 he became a senior aide to General Washington in running the new Continental Army. ... Hamilton led the Treasury Department as a trusted member of President Washington's first Cabinet.