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 | | Inspired by Alexander Hamilton’s life and work, the AHC seeks to “promote excellence in scholarship through the study of freedom, democracy and capitalism as these ideas were developed and institutionalized in the United States and within the larger tradition of Western culture,” according to the center’s charter. |
 | | Hamilton agreed to serve as a trustee of the school, which, in 1812, was chartered as Hamilton College. |
 | | Thomas Jefferson, Hamilton’s arch-rival, described the 85 essays as “the best commentary on the principles of government, which ever was written.” Hamilton’s role in the ratification of the Constitution and his enduring contributions to the fields of law, economics and politics helped ensure the very survival of that great experiment in popular government. |
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