Essays on Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton was an American revolutionary, statesman and Founding Father of the United States.

Alexander Hamilton was born out of wedlock in Nevis, British West Indies (now in Saint Kitts and Nevis), in either 1755 or 1757, and his father abandoned the family in 1765. The following year Alexander went to work, becoming a clerk. When his mother died in 1768, Alexander became a ward of her relatives.

Alexander Hamilton was a New York delegate to the Constitutional Convention (1787), a major author of the Federalist papers, and the first secretary of the treasury of the United States (1789–95). He argued in favour of a strong central government for the new United States.

In March 1776 Hamilton was commissioned a captain in the provincial artillery. He organized his own company and at the Battle of Trenton, when he and his men prevented the British under Lord Cornwallis from crossing the Raritan River and attacking George Washington’s main army. In February 1777 Washington invited him to become an aide-de-camp with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was sent on important military missions and, thanks to his fluent command of French, became liaison officer between Washington and the French generals and admirals.

In addition to his accomplishments as a U.S. statesman, Alexander Hamilton is remembered for his untimely death in a duel with Aaron Burr, who was the U.S. vice president at the time. Burr’s bullet found its mark, and Hamilton fell. Hamilton left his wife and seven children heavily in debt, which friends helped to pay off.

“The constitution shall never be construed...to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.”
“A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.”
“The art of reading is to skip judiciously.”
“I never expect a perfect work from an imperfect man.”

January 11, 1755 or 1757

July 12, 1804

Federalist Party

Alexander Hamilton was an American revolutionary, statesman and Founding Father of the United States.

Alexander Hamilton was born out of wedlock in Nevis, British West Indies (now in Saint Kitts and Nevis), in either 1755 or 1757, and his father abandoned the family in 1765. The following year Alexander went to work, becoming a clerk. When his mother died in 1768, Alexander became a ward of her relatives.

Alexander Hamilton was a New York delegate to the Constitutional Convention (1787), a major author of the Federalist papers, and the first secretary of the treasury of the United States (1789–95). He argued in favour of a strong central government for the new United States.

In March 1776 Hamilton was commissioned a captain in the provincial artillery. He organized his own company and at the Battle of Trenton, when he and his men prevented the British under Lord Cornwallis from crossing the Raritan River and attacking George Washington’s main army. In February 1777 Washington invited him to become an aide-de-camp with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was sent on important military missions and, thanks to his fluent command of French, became liaison officer between Washington and the French generals and admirals.

In addition to his accomplishments as a U.S. statesman, Alexander Hamilton is remembered for his untimely death in a duel with Aaron Burr, who was the U.S. vice president at the time. Burr’s bullet found its mark, and Hamilton fell. Hamilton left his wife and seven children heavily in debt, which friends helped to pay off.

“The constitution shall never be construed...to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.”
“A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.”
“The art of reading is to skip judiciously.”
“I never expect a perfect work from an imperfect man.”