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Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton was born January 11, 1757, Nevis, British West Indies.
Hamilton was born legally illegitimate because his parents divorced, and his mother was not allowed to remarry.
He represented New York at the Constitutional Convention.
His first experience with the military came during 1775, after the outbreak of fighting at Boston.
December, 1781, he had married a daughter of Major General Philip Schuyler, are one of Washington's closet supports, his wife's name was Elizabeth.
Hamilton had eight children.
He had given command of a battalion of the elite light infianty for the 1781 campaign.
Alexander and Elizabeth had eight children.
Alexander Hamilton died July 12, 1804, New York city.
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