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War
A Young Alexander Hamilton, 1769
As a twelve-year-old importer's clerk in St. Croix, Alexander Hamilton wrote his friend Edward Stevens that he would "willingly risk my life tho' not my Character to exalt my Station." He ended the letter with: "I wish there was a war."
Song: "Right Hand Man"
Alexander Hamilton to Edward Stevens, November 11, 1769. |