Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton was not born in America but during its founding he helped set it on the course to becoming the world power it is today. As a lawyer he argued many cases and helped establish precedents on certain issues. In his most important role as the country’s first secretary of the treasury he created the governments financial system and helped get a burgeoning country on its feet. Alexander Hamilton was born 1757 on the island of Nevis in the British West Indies. His family moved to the island of St. Croix in 1765 and a year later his father left Alexander and his mother. At the age of nine Hamilton went to work as a clerk in Christiansted, the main city on the island. The merchant Hamilton clerked for, Nicholas Cruger, would be a great help to him. At the age of fifteen and with the aid of Cruger Hamilton was sent to go to school in New York. After catching up on his academics Hamilton spoke with Dr. John Witherspoon, the President of Princeton. Hamilton said that “he wished to enter… with the understanding that he should be permitted to advance from class to class with as much rapidity as his exertions would enable him to do.” This proposal embodied Hamilton’s character. He was eager to learn and would not
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