who was aleander hamilton

This paper will attempt to relay an objective, somewhat brief, biography and will draw from Forrest McDonald’s (F.M.) expertise on the subject, Hamilton’s own writings (A.H.), internet sources from Suffolk University’s Biography resource center (B.R.C.) and a book entitled Hamilton’s Wife (H.W.) by Alice Curtis Desmond. The sources range fdrom those written while Hamilton was still alive to more contemporaryt accounts. All of the texts cited are derived from

In the army Hamilton found precisely the vehicle for the rise to power he had been pursuing. His participation was decisive in both the battle of Yorktown and as liaison to French military leaders sympathetic to the Revolutionary cause.

Now, Hamilton finds himself a practicing lawyer beginning to dabble in national politics. Even the froth novel by Desmond acknowledges Schuyler as the ideal wife for the man Hamilton was on his way to becoming. “She need not be jealous of the little saint (referring to Elizabeth Schuyler’s goodness)… a good tempered girl, the daughter of….most valuable acquaintances. (A.W. pg. 97)

Alexander Hamilton was born in the West Indies in the Brithish colony of Nevis. The general agreement is that he was born January 11,1757, but, one source, “Gabe Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History”(Gabe Group, 1999 B.R.C.) sets his birth in 1755 at an unspecified month or day. All sources agree, however, that he was the illegitimate son of Rachel Faucett (also spelled Fawcett) Levien and an irresponsible drifter of noble Scottish lineage named James Hamilton.

Having rifled though several sources on the subject the original question remains: Who is Alexander Hamilton? Is he the estranged orphan, the ambitious romantic or the power hungry politician? Considering that the texts cited were all written by people devoted to the political ideals and values Hamilton supported it is difficult to say definitively. However, it must be recognized that between the flag-waving and fire-works there is at least some basis in truth. As a student who approached this paper with the goal of objectivity in mind, and even a little bias in Hamilton’s favour, it is evident that there is at least some speculation of the validity in the depiction of Hamilton’s character which creates an effective smoke screen, but still, intended or not, relays some insight into the man behind the legend.

Insight into his college years can be found in The Papers of Alexander Hamilton I: 1768-1778 (A.H.). This compilation provides personal detail lending the reader Hamilton’s notes on Homer’s Iliad and the Book of Genesis to name a few (A.H., pgs. 41-42). The collection also supplies a “list of Books” Hamilton used at King’s College giving a look into the brilliant mind of the young scholar.

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