MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
ALEXANDER HAMILTON
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1755
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1756
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1765
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hamilton inferred to people he was born in 1757 and his age as listed on his tomb in New York matches that date. But in 1768, after his mother died, a relative testified at a probate proceeding that Alexander Hamilton was 13 years old, which would place his birth year in 1755.
Detailed explanation-2: -Interestingly, the exact year of Alexander Hamilton’s birth is unknown because historians have found two sets of birth records. One set claims Hamilton was born on January 11, 1755, while the other says he was born in 1757. Hamilton himself maintained that he was born in 1757.
Detailed explanation-3: -Thomas Jefferson was 33 in 1776. Alexander Hamilton was only 21.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hamilton was born on January 11, in either 1755 or 1757, on the island of Nevis in the British West Indies.