Alexander Hamilton is born on the British island of Nevis in the West Indies, the second of two boys. His father James is a Scottish trader of noble ancestry. His mother Rachel Faucett ...

The story of Alexander Hamilton’s children begins with an unexpected marriage. In December 1780, Alexander, an orphan with little social standing, wed Elizabeth “Eliza” Schuyler, the ...

New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business New York University Working Paper 18-25. Hamilton, Alexander. 1790a. The Papers of Alexander Hamilton. Vol. VI, edited by Harold C. Syrett. New ...

Facing $80 million in debt as Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton got creative In September 1789, President George Washington assigned Alexander Hamilton the task of solving the ...

He died in a tragic duel with his political rival, Aaron Burr. Alexander Hamilton was born on January 11, 1757, in Nevis, British West Indies. His father, James Hamilton, was a Scottish trader.