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The Reports of Alexander Hamilton, New York: Harper & Row, 1964

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e.What are at least 5 notable facts about your person?

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. Croix, 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

Achievements

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 Cr

Just the Facts

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.

b.What role did he play in the building of our nation?

I am a man of great intelligence and ambition; I served on Washington's Revolutionary War staff from 1777-1781. After the war a co-wrote with John Jay and James Madison the famous 'Federalist' essays. I believed in a strong central government and a strong national bank, convictions that put me famously at odds with Thomas Jefferson. In 1789 President Washington was so appealed of me that he made me the country’s first secretary of the treasury.


George Washington

g.Tell me a little bit about the place the person comes from. How does this person live?

I was born into riches being that my mom is Rachel Fawcett Lavien and James Hamilton who both owned the West Indian trading company. I come from the West Indian Island of Nevis. I am a busy politician I was once a president and once a mayor of New York. Unfortunately my personal enemy grew to jealous of my politician success so he challenged me to a duel and I was killed.

j.Would you be friends with your person if he was still alive? Why or Why not?

I would defiantly be friends with Alexander Hamilton if he were still alive. Alexander Hamilton is a very knowledgeable and smart person. He is very involved in politics and knows how to run a country and a state. Alexander Hamilton is also very brave; he accepted the request to be in a duel between him and Alexander Hamilton.

c.What is this person "famous" or "infamous" for?

I am very famous for the duel I participated in that was between Aaron Burr and me. He was very jealous for me once again becoming governor and president. Aaron burr was so jealous that he challenged me to a duel. We aimed and fired at each other, unfortunately I was hit and died a day later he survived the duel.

h.What does the person do for a living

I am the former secretary of the treasury. I am also the president. I became the governor of New York. I, once again, prevented Burr from winning by opposing his candidacy.