Have been reading the Alexander Hamilton biography for what actual feels like forever and most of the time I read it in a british accent out loud for 2 reasons : 1.) I get to improve my british accent 2.) because it is hard to digest most of the time and reading in what I believe either the author's voice or what Hamilton Era Americans would sound like helps me visualize.
I wear an American pin when I wear my suit jacket, because I love being an American, truly. I remember when I was growing up my family had immense pride in our Italian roots, "Kid I'm ITALIAN" And at a certain age, particularly around 7-8 I began to catch on to that trend and lean into it. I remember one distinct conversation with my mom, ever the dramatic (as am I) where she abruptly pulled over the car (I was in the back seat, in the middle as was on brand for the time) and she explained to me that yes I am Italian, but I am an American. That my family had fought and worked, to garner freedom from the oppressive situation in Italy at the time, that they voyaged via the sea to a land unknown to them, to speak a language unknown to them, and to build a life that wasn't promised. SOOOO THE ALCHEMIST CODED!!!!!
The pursuit of not freedom but LIBERTY, LIBERATION!!!! Freedom from Oppression = LIBERTYYYYYYY
But my point being that my blood, my genetic code is imbued with that of my ancestors, and while I may never integrate into the WASPy side of high society America, my dream is that my progeny may, that the children and their children may enjoy the Exeter's and Andover academies of their time, that they may become institutions in their own right. I pray for this for all those around me, those who pray for my success and for my pain, that we may all be upwardly mobile.
Back to what I originally was intending to write - So I am reading the Alexander Hamilton Bio, and it mentions so many different authors, political, economic, and great works in general. David Hume, Shakespeare, Plutarch, Cicero, and so many more.
But the one most interesting to me is Malachy Postlethwayt's Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce
Can anyone, please explain to me why this book appears to be relatively inaccessible in a modern printed fashion? There appears to be something on amazon that mentions being a dissertation of the work, but the one review appears to note that this is a scanned copy of the original works and is illegible.
This book appears to be an extremely fundamental piece to understanding trade, commerce, manufactures, and all aspects of government formation of a commercial economy in USA, Britain, France, and other commercially interested nations at the time of 1776.
Even at the Boston Public Library, you need approval to use the book even in the library?? To me, that begs the question of what can be found or understood in this work that is either obsolete, which one could argue, the public school system already is in the business of teaching obsolete methods of thinking and actioning. And/or what is so dangerous to learn in there? Will this teach a student something that may allow them greater understanding to the accumlation of wealth? or maybe it may inspire ideas outside of subservience to government assistance, and influence personal sovereignty in an evolving technological and finance market economy>>>>?????