Episode 4: Alexander Hamilton and the Newburgh Conspiracy

(Originally published in 2017 by Holly Baker) The Department of History’s Holly Baker sat down with Dr. David Head, historian, author, and lecturer of history at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida. Dr. Head recently gave a talk at the 2017 Research Colloquium titled “Alexander Hamilton and the Newburgh Conspiracy: Military Politics at the Anxious End of the American Revolution”. In the interview with Holly, Dr. Head discusses conspiracy thinking and Alexander Hamilton’s role in the Newburgh affair.