Alexander Hamilton is born on the British island of Nevis in the West Indies, the second of two boys. His father James is a Scottish trader of noble ancestry. His mother Rachel Faucett ...

Courtesy: National Heritage Museum, Lexington, MA. Though they worked in close proximity for years, Alexander Hamilton and George Washington never became close friends; different positions and ...

A candle stand used by the first president illuminates his extraordinary last days in office Alexis Coe Georgina Schuyler campaigned for Emma Lazarus' "The New Colossus" to be inscribed on a ...