MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
ALEXANDER HAMILTON
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James Hamilton
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Jack Hamilton
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Alexander Hamilton
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Jo Hamilton
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Detailed explanation-1: -Alexander Hamilton was born in Charlestown, Nevis, in the West Indies on January 11, 1757 (or 1755), to James Hamilton, a Scottish merchant of St. Christopher, and Rachel Fawcett.
Detailed explanation-2: -When James was sixteen, his father was killed in a duel with Vice President Aaron Burr. Along with his mother and siblings, James was present in the room, sitting at his father’s bedside, when he died a few hours after the duel. Hamilton graduated from Columbia University in 1805 at the age of seventeen.
Detailed explanation-3: -His father, James Hamilton, abandoned him and his brother James when they were young. Nevertheless, Hamilton’s later family life was much different than his early upbringing.
Detailed explanation-4: -After discovering that Rachel was still technically married to John Lavien, James Hamilton, Sr. returned to Nevis and St. Kitts, leaving Rachel and his two sons behind. Although Alexander wrote to his father for the rest of his life, he never saw James Hamilton, Sr.