... of his mother's reputation as a whore and his status as an illegitimate child. After the death of Hamilton's mother in 1768, Hamilton's life and career began to take off. Hamilton's first real job came with an international trading firm run by Nicholas Cruger. Hamilton's duties included ... government. Some of these extreme ideas were 1) state governors would appointed by the president, 2) the president and senators would hold office for life, and 3) the Congress would retain exclusive authority to make all the laws of the country [http://xroads.Virginia.edu/~CAP/ham/hamilton]. Hamilton...

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