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Biography of Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton was one of the most influential and enigmatic of America’s founding fathers.
Hamilton bio
As a pamphleteer who supported the actions of the Continental Congress, he embraced the concepts of natural law and natural rights to defend the American Revolution. Later, as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and author of 51 of the Federalist Papers, Hamilton argued for the establishment of a strong federal government based on the British model.
Early Life
Alexander Hamilton was born on the British West Indian Island of Nevis, probably in 1755.
His father, James Hamilton, was a Scottish merchant. His mother, Rachael Fawcette Levine, was of French Huguenot descent. Because her divorce from a previous marriage was not legally recognized, Hamilton’s birth was considered illegitimate.
Hamilton’s mother died in 1768.
His father’s business failures caused him to apprentice the young Hamilton as a clerk on the island of St