As a founding father of the U.S., he revolutionized its financial system Fact checked by Vikki Velasquez Alexander Hamilton was a writer, soldier, lawyer, politician, economist, and one of the ...

"The chapters all began as papers at a working conference at Hamilton College honoring its namesake (and early trustee), Alexander Hamilton."--Acknowledgements. Opposed in death as in life : Hamilton ...

At just 19, Philip Hamilton, Hamilton's oldest child, confronted a man named Aaron Burr who had insulted his father during a speech. The disagreement escalated into a duel, a standard but risky affair ...