On the contrary, even Hamilton--the arch Federalist--was sufficiently libertarian, that he urged in the Federalist papers the importance of an armed citizenry as a check on Government. What do you call that, if not "libertarian."
Why would any one claiming to be Conservative, in the American context, deny the overriding importance of individual & community liberty, in the traditional American context? People who put individual "liberty," accountability & responsibility first, are libertarians. (My noting the accountability & responsibility, here, is because any historian knows that without those moral qualities, no people have ever preserved their liberty.)
William Flax
Of course Hamilton had a small “L” libertarian characteristic vein in him....
But to say you could piegon hole him today as a stand alone libertarian is ridiculous....
If anything today Hamiltion would be a moderate democrat...one that likes big government...