![]() ![]() His Mother’s death and his Father’s abandonment rendered the young Hamilton an orphan. ![]() He read extensively from the family’s collection of classical works. Because his parents were not legally married, Alexander was prohibited from attending school and instead was educated privately. Hamilton’s mother, Rachel, left an unhappy marriage and met James Hamilton, Alexander’s father. He was born in the Caribbean and historians place his birth on January 11, in either 1755 or 1757. ![]() Hamilton came from neither, but rose through force of will, political drive and acumen to the highest echelons of power. Most of the founders were wealthy and came from the colonial aristocracy. (Wikimedia Commons) Hamilton wrote the lion's share of the Federalist Papers. Portrait of Hamilton by John Trumbull, 1802. ![]()
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