The book consists of three parts and covers many events and issues of the young American Republic. It is not set of biographies but detailed review, critique and analyses of several seminal occurrences, mainly duel between Alexander Hamilton and the Governor of New York, Burr (part 1).
The assumption of war debt by Federal Government proposed by Hamilton was compared and analyzed against positon on that subject by one of the quietest yet very important figure- James Madison.
Part 2 described the resolution of difficult decision regarding the future site of American Capital. It devotes a lot of time to the bargaining and compromising between the Southern and Northern States with final designation of District of Columbia.
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