Alexander hamiltons early life

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    Who Served Here?

    Portrait of Alexander Hamilton
    John Trumbull,

    Alexander Hamilton was born in Charlestown, Nevis, in the West Indies on January 11, (or ), to James Hamilton, a Scottish merchant of St. Christopher, and Rachel Fawcett. Rachel's father was a Huguenot physician and planter. While very young, she had been married to and divorced from a Danish proprietor on St. Croix. After her divorce, the court prohibited her remarriage. The marriage to James Hamilton was acceptable socially in the West Indies, but not elsewhere. The union resulted in the birth of two sons, but they were living apart less than 10 years later. Rachel and her boys lived on St. Croix, dependent on her relatives. She passed away in His father survived until — but the boys were virtually orphans before they were even teenagers.

    At the age of 12, Hamilton began work as a clerk in a general store, but the boy had a keen intellect and ambitious goals. He was an excellent writer, in French as well

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    Where Was Alexander Hamilton Born?

    Hamilton was born on the Caribbean island of Nevis in either or His father, the Scottish trader James Hamilton, and mother, Rachel Faucette Lavien, weren’t married. Rachel was still married to another man at the time of Hamilton’s birth, but had left her husband after he spent much of her family fortune and had her imprisoned for adultery.

    Hamilton’s father abandoned the family in and his mother died two years later. Hired as a clerk in a trading company on St. Croix when he was just 11, Hamilton gained wider attention after he published an eloquent letter describing a hurricane that had hit the island in Locals helped raise money to send him to America to study, and he arrived in New York in late , just as the colonies were gearing up for a war for independence from Great Britain. 

    Rise from Obscurity 

    While studying at King’s College in New York (now Columbia University), Hamilton got involved in the colonial cause, writing pamphlet

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    Alexander Hamilton

    American Founding Father and statesman (/–)

    For other uses, see Alexander Hamilton (disambiguation).

    Alexander Hamilton

    Posthumous portrait by John Trumbull, ,[1] from a life bust by Giuseppe Ceracchi,

    In office
    September 11, &#;– January 31,
    PresidentGeorge Washington
    Preceded byOffice established
    Succeeded byOliver Wolcott Jr.
    In office
    December 14, &#;– June 15,
    PresidentJohn Adams
    Preceded byGeorge Washington
    Succeeded byJames Wilkinson
    In office
    November 3, &#;– March 2,
    Preceded byEgbert Benson
    Succeeded bySeat abolished
    In office
    November 4, &#;– June 21,
    Preceded bySeat established
    Succeeded bySeat abolished
    Born()January 11, or [a]
    Charlestown, Colony of Nevis, British Leeward Islands
    Died (aged&#;47 or 49)
    New York City, U.S.
    Cause&#;of&#;deathGunshot wound
    Resting placeTrinity Church Cemetery
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