Harrison Otis’s Eulogy on Alexander Hamilton

In Boston, Harrison Otis was asked to deliver a eulogy for Hamilton. His speech summarized Hamilton’s career and touched upon the grief of the nation: “The universal sorrow manifested in every part of the Union upon the melancholy exit of this great man, is an unequivocal testimonial of the public opinion of his worth. The place of his residence is overspread with a gloom, which bespeaks the presence of a public calamity, and the prejudices of party are absorbed in the overflowing tide of national grief.”