From his (Alexander Hamilton) college (King's College, New York City) essays, we can tell that he ransacked the library, poring over the works of Locke, Montesquieu, Hobbes, and Hume, as well as those of such reigning legal sages as Sir William Blackstone, Hugo Grotius, and Samuel von Pufendorf. He was especially taken with the jurist Emerich de Vattel, who he lauded as "the most accurate and approved of the writers on the laws of nations." - (bold emphasis added)
-- from "Alexander Hamilton" by Ron Chernow, First published in the United States of America by The Penguin Press, a member of the Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 2004.
The above quote from page 81 of the e-book publication, by Penguin Books
-- from "Alexander Hamilton" by Ron Chernow, First published in the United States of America by The Penguin Press, a member of the Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 2004.
The above quote from page 81 of the e-book publication, by Penguin Books
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