Independence Declared 1776, The Union Must Be Preserved 1839 framed atomizer A 20th-century rendering of Hamilton's

A 20th-century rendering of Hamilton's Harlem country seat — the federalist's retreat from pamphlet wars and Treasury ledgers

fixing Elmer Ellsworth at the foot of the Marshall House stairs as the Union's first celebrated casualty

Died October 6 1892 — a memorial portrait bracketing the Laureate's eighty-three years between two engraved dates

The draftsman gave equal weight to every tread and rivet

Soldier Field Original Design from Bella Frye

Independence Declared 1776, The Union Must Be Preserved 1839 framed atomizer A 20th-century rendering of Hamilton'sIndependence Declared 1776, The Union Must Be Preserved 1839 yokes the founding clarion to a Jacksonian era vow, the broadside speaking in two voices across sixty three years one announcing a republic, the other warning what it would cost to keep it whole as the slavery question began its slow boil toward fracture. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives,