The Tuesday Club: A Shorter Edition of the History of the Ancient and Honorable Tuesday Club by Dr. Alexander Hamilton

by Alexander Hamilton and Alexander Hamilton

"Irrelevant erudition, happy insult, and plain silliness... In parts it is remarkably funny, and filled with wonderful lampooning and absurd event. The crude illustrations, done with pen-and-wash, are full of jollity and life."-- Times Literary Supplement. When in 1745 Dr. Alexander Hamilton (no relation to Washington's treasury secretary) founded the Tuesday Club of Annapolis, he hoped to bring part of the culture of his native Edinburgh to this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801849683
• ISBN13: 9780801849688
• Release Date: February 1995
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Entertainment History in the Colonies

The Tuesday Club is a book of minutes from the colonial times.Tuesday clubs sprouted all over the colonies to give the artistic people a place to share ideas. It has many interesting stories, poems, etc. in it. Great reading for the history buff!