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James Alexander Hamilton : Son of the American Revolution

James Alexander Hamilton : Son of the American Revolution

by Pen & Sword Books Ltd

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MPN9781399059084
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Born in the year of the Constitutional Convention, James Alexander Hamilton was uniquely positioned to observe the early republic era and the formation of the experimental United States government.His father, Alexander Hamilton, had been the first US Treasury Secretary, an outspoken and controversial character who was killed in a duel when James was a teenager.With a lifelong devotion to his father's memory, James advised men from Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren to Abraham Lincoln and Salmon P Chase on banking and constitutional matters. Through his own talents and with the advantage of his father's name, James served as temporary Secretary of State and District Attorney of New York.James enjoyed a close-knit family life with his wife, Mary Morris, at his Hudson River home named Nevis for his father's birthplace.He was part of the crew of the yacht America, for which the America's Cup is named, and on the committee for New York's Crystal Palace in 1853.More importantly, he served his country through the War of 1812, Western Expansion, and the bloody Civil War.His first-hand account of these transformative events gives readers a priceless look at America's past.James supported the abolition of slavery and wrote a draft of the Emancipation Proclamation before settling down to write his own Reminiscences that cover the first seventy-five years of US history.This biography makes James A Hamilton's life and observations accessible to the modern reader and will leave you with a new appreciation for the Founders' heirs who inherited the difficult work of building a nation. Cover portrait images ©Helen Hamilton Spaulding

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