Chapter Twelve of my book THE HAMILTON SCHEME, which was published on Tuesday, is entitled “The Hamilton Constitution,” which to people who know something about Alexander Hamilton, may seem strange. He wasn’t in attendance at the convention all that much; when he was there, he didn’t say much; and when he did speak, hoo boy . . . awkward. It may be somewhat counterintuitive, too, to say what I said in the subtitle: that Hamilton’s importance has been underrated. Given the explosion of public fascination with his life and legacy