In the Revolutionary War he distinguished himself in the eyes of General Washington who made him one of his six aides-de-camp (secretaries) and rode beside him in the battles at Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth. Although he has been studied and written about as much as any American statesman, historians often pass over any mention of Hamilton's expression of intense love for his male comrades.

Full Name: Alexander Hamilton

Birth Date & Place: January 11, 1755 or 1757 in the Island of Nevis, Virgin Islands

Schooling: Basic education from Presbyterian clergymen
Barber's Academy in Elizabethtown, N.J.
King's College in New York City (now Columbia University)

Lived: St. Criox, Virgin Islands (1766)
Elizabethtown, N.J. with William Livingston (1772)
The Grange in Manhattan (1802)

Death: July 11, 1804 —defeated by Aaron Burr in a duel. Died July 12, 1804; buried in the Trinity Churchyard in New York City

1784: Founded the Bank of New York

1789: Became the first Secretary of the Treasury under George Washington.

Established the nation's credit with the Report on the Public Credit, the Report on the National Credit, and the Report on Manufacturers.

1782-1783: Elected to the Continental Congress

1783: Began a non-military career and was admitted into the Bar after three months of intensive study.

1787: Elected to the Continental Congress and, in 1789, became the first Secretary of the Treasury and proposed:

• Establishment of a national bank
• Funding of the national debt
• Assumption of the states' war debts.

He believed that a minimal national debt was a good thing.

His portrait is on the $10 bill.

"We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided."

"A national debt, ifit is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing."

"Men give me credit for some genius. All the genius I have is this. When I have a subject in mind, I study it profoundly. Day and night it is before me. My mind becomes pervaded with it... the effort which I have made is what people are pleased to call the fruit of genius. It is the fruit of labor and thought."

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