by The AHA Society | Jun 19, 2023 | Articles, News
Picture of the Alexander Hamilton statue unveiled by the Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society on Nevis, his birth Island. On July 22, 2022, a life-size bronze statue of the US founding father and first Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton was unveiled by the...
by The AHA Society | Jun 13, 2023 | Articles
On the topic of Alexander Hamilton and slavery, the most thorough and accurate research to date is that by Michael E. Newton and Philo Hamilton entitled, “Opening a Door to Their Emancipation’ – Alexander Hamilton and Slavery,” Version 3.0, published December 21,...
by The AHA Society | Mar 29, 2023 | Exhibitions
As part of CelebrateHAMILTON 2012, the AHA Society Executive Board arranged for a special visit at Columbia University’s Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML), located inside Butler Library. We were joined by Doug Hamilton, fifth great-grandson of Alexander...
by The AHA Society | Mar 8, 2023 | Important Anniversaries
Nevis, January 11, 2023 For the first time since the AHA Society’s inception eleven years ago, members of the AHA Society Board were able to join the Nevis Historical and Conservation Society (NHCS) in person to mark together Alexander Hamilton’s birthday in his...
by The AHA Society | Aug 17, 2022 | Correspondence, Primary Sources
Five weeks after the passing of Alexander Hamilton, physician and botanist David Hosack wrote to New York Evening Post’s editor William Coleman, detailing the events following the mortal wound received by Alexander Hamilton at the Hamilton-Burr duel. Source:...