Hamilton s father was james hamilton a drifting trader and son of alexander hamilton the laird of cambuskeith ayrshire scotland. It has dramatic highs and lows taking in revolution a sex.

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His mother was rachel fawcett lavine the daughter of a french huguenot physician and the wife of john michael lavine a german or danish merchant who had settled on the island of st.

Story of alexander hamilton. Alexander hamilton january 11 1755 or 1757 july 12 1804 was an american statesman politician legal scholar military commander lawyer banker and economist. In 1788 as one of america s founding fathers he convinced new yorkers to agree to. Alexander hamilton born in the british west indies and later became general george washington s assistant.

Croix in the danish west indies. His parents were unmarried his father rejected him and. It begins with a table of contents outlining chapters 1 through 8 from even before hamilton s birth to his untimely death.

But the story of that immigrant hamilton himself who was born on the caribbean island of nevis is not all backroom manoeuvring. The illegitimate son of a scottish immigrant father and a british west indian mother who happened to be married to someone else alexander hamilton was born on the caribbean island of nevis on. I must admit i learned quite a bit about hamilton from this little 43 paged book.

Alexander hamilton was born on january 11 1755 in the west indian capital city of charlestown located on the caribbean island of nevis. Hamilton is a musical with music lyrics and book by lin manuel miranda that tells the story of american founding father alexander hamilton. The story of alexander hamilton is a children s biography chapter book complimented with scattered illustrations and charts.

He was one of the founding fathers of the united states.