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Browning, C. H. (1916). The state house yard, and who owned it first after William Penn. The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 40(1), 85-103.

Carter, K. D. (1980). Isaac Norris II’s attack on Andrew Hamilton. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 104(2), 139-161.

Humes, J. C. (1969, March). Andrew Hamilton: the “Philadelphia lawyer.” American Bar Association Journal, 55, 227-231.

Konkle, B. A. (1941). The life of Andrew Hamilton, 1676-1741: “The day-star of the American Revolution.” Philadelphia, PA: National Publishing Company.

Konkle, B. A. (1932). Benjamin Chew 1722-1810: Head of the Pennsylvania judiciary system under colony and commonwealth. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press.

Levy, L. W. (Ed.). Freedom of the press from Zenger to Jefferson: Early American libertarian theories. Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Co.

Lewis, W. (1981, April). Andrew Hamilton and the he-monster. The William and Mary Quarterly, 38(2), 268-294.

Nix, F. C. (1964, July). Andrew Hamilton’s early years in the American colonies. The William and Mary Quarterly, 21(3), 390-407.

Riley, E. M. (1953). The independence hall group. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 14(1), 7-42.

Van Gerpen, M. (1979). Privileged communication and the press: The citizen’s right to know versus the law’s right to confidential news source evidence. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

Wood Jr., J. H. (1972). The town proprietors of Lancaster. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 96(3), 346-368.

 

GENERAL LINKS

Famous American Trials: John Peter Zenger (1735)

Find A Grave: Andrew Hamilton

Philadelphia Reflections: Andrew Hamilton (1676-1741)

 

WIKIPEDIA

William Allen (loyalist) – Andrew Hamilton’s son-in-law

Benjamin Chew – Andrew Hamilton’s pupil; inherited his Penn family clients

Family of William Allen (loyalist) – Andrew Hamilton’s grandchildren through his daughter Margaret

Charles Gookin – Deputy Governor of colonial Pennsylvania

Independence Hall – The Philadelphia state house

Andrew Hamilton (lawyer) – Philadelphia Lawyer

James Hamilton (Pennsylvania) – Andrew Hamilton’s first son

Thomas Lawrence (mayor) – Associate of Hamilton’s in creation of State House

John Penn (“the American”) – William Penn’s son; proprietor of colonial Pennsylvania 

Richard Penn, Sr. – William Penn’s son; Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania

Thomas Penn – William Penn’s son; proprietor of colonial Pennsylvania

William Penn – Quaker Founder of Pennsylvania; planned and developed Philadelphia

Pennsylvania Gazette – Benjamin Franklin wrote Hamilton’s eulogy

William Till – Mayor of Philadelphia