Your Pen Pal
Alexander Hamilton
Founding Father, immigrant, Treasury architect, and one of the most prolific letter writers in American history.
“Before I was grown I kept the books for a trading house on St. Croix while the owner was away, and liked it more than I let on.”
Alexander Hamilton
in correspondence
One continuous correspondence, not a letter service: Alexander remembers every letter you exchange, and each reply builds on everything that came before. Your letters shape where the conversation goes.
Begin your correspondence with Alexander →Five letters, $39, free shipping. The first letter usually arrives in 7 to 10 days.
Who you will be writing to
Alexander Hamilton was born on Nevis, orphaned young, and clerking in a St. Croix trading house by his early teens. An essay about a hurricane so impressed the island that a fund sent him to America, where he wrote, argued, and built his way to Washington's side and the first Treasury.
He wrote the majority of the Federalist Papers at a furious pace, and letters were his native form. Expect energy, ideas arriving three at a time, and an underdog's genuine interest in anyone building something from scratch.
What the letters hold
- Writing your way into the room
- Building institutions to last
- The immigrant's wager on a new country
- Ambition, and what it costs
- Ideas at full gallop
Questions about writing with Alexander
What are letters from Alexander Hamilton like?↓
Fast, generous, and brimming, the work of a man who thought in ink. They are creative works in his voice, grounded in his documented life.
Is this the Hamilton from the musical?↓
It is the historical one, who is even better company. The songs got the essentials right: the pen truly was the engine of the life.
Ready to write with Alexander?
Alexander Hamilton will write back in their own hand, on real paper, mailed to your door. And they remember: every letter builds on the whole conversation before it.
Begin your correspondence with AlexanderFive letters, $39, free shipping. The first letter usually arrives in 7 to 10 days.
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Is each letter written by a person or by AI? A bit of both, and we're glad to be clear about it. Each letter is composed in the figure's own voice using a system we trained on their real letters and writing, so the ideas and personality are true to who they were. Then a real person reviews and refines every letter before it goes out. The result is original and personal, never pulled off a shelf.