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About 300 Hamilton alumni and guests attended a New-York Historical Society event featuring historian Richard Brookhiser, Douglas Ambrose, the Sidney Wertimer Associate Professor of History, and Associate Professor of Government Robert Martin on September 26.  "The Many Faces of Alexander Hamilton," took place at the Historical Society's Manhattan building and was co-hosted by New York University Press. It was part of the New-York Historical Society Series "History and Current Affairs."

The three Hamilton scholars discussed Alexander Hamilton's legacy, and why history has denied him the central place he occupied in his own time.

Brookhiser, who wrote Alexander Hamilton, American (The Free Press, 1999), was the curator of the exhibition "Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America" at the New-York Historical Society  from Sept. 2004-Feb. 2005.

Ambrose and Martin are editors of The Many Faces of Alexander Hamilton : The Life and Legacy of America's Most Elusive Founding Father. The book, published by NYU Press, addresses perennial questions about Hamilton, for example, "Was Hamilton a closet monarchist or a sincere Republican? A victim of partisan politics or one of its most active promoters? A lackey for British interests or a foreign policy mastermind?" Ambrose wrote the introduction and Martin contributed a chapter. The book is dedicated to Hamilton College trustee Carl Menges '51.

Chapters in The Many Faces of Alexander Hamilton were inspired by a conference, "The Hamilton Conference at Hamilton College," hosted by Ambrose and Martin in April 2001. The conference examined the life and legacy of Alexander Hamilton, bringing together a wide range of scholars who analyzed the historical significance of Alexander Hamilton to American political, economic, and intellectual life.

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