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Alexander Hamilton (book)
biography
Alexander Hamilton is a biography of American statesman Alexander Hamilton, written by biographer Ron Chernow. Hamilton, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, was an instrumental promoter of the U.S. Constitution, founder of the nation's financial system, and its first Secretary of the Treasury.
The book, which was met with mostly positive acclaim, went on to win the inaugural George Washington Book Prize for early American history and was a nominee for the National Book Critics Circle Award in biography. In , the book was adapted into the musical Hamilton by playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda. The stage production went on to win numerous accolades, including 11 Tony Awards.
Background
[edit]Before working on Alexander Hamilton, Chernow had previously written multiple books in the topics of business and finance. In , he published The House of Morgan, which covered the life of financier J.P. Morgan and went on to win th
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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 | |
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Posthumous portrait by John Trumbull, ,[1] from a life bust by Giuseppe Ceracchi, | |
| In office September 11, &#;– January 31, | |
| President | George Washington |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Oliver Wolcott Jr. |
| In office December 14, &#;– June 15, | |
| President | John Adams |
| Preceded by | George Washington |
| Succeeded by | James Wilkinson |
| In office November 3, &#;– March 2, | |
| Preceded by | Egbert Benson |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| In office November 4, &#;– June 21, | |
| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Succeeded by | Seat 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&#;death | Gunshot wound |
| Resting place | Trinity Church Cemetery |
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