The poem Hamilton wrote that got him off the island was actually a feverish, rambling letter to his absent father. Ham was still trying to keep in touch with him.
The letter was so good it became sensational. Even the islandâs governor tried to find out who wrote it (it was published anonymously).
Listen to his poetry âHark! Hark! A voice from yonder/ Methinks I hear my Savior  cryâŚI come oh Lord, I mount, I fly/ On rapid wings I cleave the sky.â Eliza had possession of this poem and would look at it when she overcome by her need for Alexander.
His ship coming to Boston caught fire on its three week voyage. Because heâs a drama queen.
His first friend in America was Hercules Mulligan.
When one of Hamiltonâs friendâs (Elias Boudinot) infant daughter got sick, Hamilton kept a vigil by the child until her death and wrote an incredible elegy after her death from the perspective of a grieving mother. Scholars assume that he understood since at least one of his siblings died in infancy.
If fact, his friends would comment on the almost maternal nature Hamilton showed for friends and family in distress.
Aaron Burr (1756) was one year younger than Hamilton (1755). Burr first applied to Kingâs at age 11, then again at thirteen, requesting to be placed in the junior year. The collegeâs President compromised and graduated college at the age of sixteen.
New description of Ham: He stood 5â˛7âł (aw) had a âfair complexion, auburn hair, rosy cheeks, and a wide, well-carved mouth.â A strong nose and a jaw âchiseled and combative.â âSlim and elegant, with thin shoulders and shapely legs, he walked with buoyant lightness, and his observant, flashing eyes darted about with amusement.â ( ͥ° ÍĘ ÍĄÂ°)
A fellow Federalist described his eyes âThese were of a deep azure, eminently beautiful, without the slightly trace of hardness or severity; and beamed with higher expressions of intelligence and discernment than any others that I ever saw.â (Well damn, Iâve never seen eyes like that).
Burr and Hamilton had a mutual friend (Troup) whose exuberant humor helped fight depression that Burr and Hamilton were particularly prey to.
Hamiltonâs first speech was spontaneous and unplanned, prompted by someone in a crowd. He spoke with such energy and eloquence that when he finished, the crowd was rendered silent for a while before giving him a standing ovation.
Samuel Seabury, a pompous loyalist published a series of pamphlets appealing to farmers to avoid war. Hamilton, still in college, spent 2-3 weeks before releasing a 35 page essay full of elegant insults and vast knowledge, aptly called âA Full Vindicationâ.Â
Seabury fought back, mocking Hamiltonâs first real stand in government. We all know that was a mistake. Ham struck back with âFarmer Refutedâ an 80 page essay with an even surer grasp of politics.
Rumors went around that Hamilton had written the two essays but most people dismissed the notion as being preposterous and insisted in was John Jay because Hamilton was too young and the two essays together were over 60,000 words.
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