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When the Hamiltons moved to St. Croix in 1765, James Hamilton Jr. and Alexander Hamilton lived with their mother Rachel Faucett Lavien [Hamilton]. This is can be seen in St. Croix matrikels [censuses] of 1765–1767 where Rachel Fatzieth/Lewin is listed as living with two sons. After Rachel’s death, James Jr. and Alexander Hamilton are not … Continue reading Where Did Alexander Hamilton Live After His Mother Died?
A previously unknown work by Hugh Knox, related to his efforts to obtain a medical license, is a dissertation about diseases of bile and how to heal them, which he wrote in Latin on St. Croix in December 1773.
Previously unknown work by Alexander Hamilton's mentor Hugh Knox
John Laurens is well known as a close friend of Alexander Hamilton and a key character in the Hamilton musical. He served as an aide to George Washington alongside Hamilton before becoming a minister to France and then returning to fight at Yorktown, helping assault Redoubt 10 under Hamilton’s command. Prior to the American Revolution, … Continue reading The Death of John Laurens’s Wife: A Previously Unknown 1781 Codicil to the 1763 Will of William and Elizabeth Manning
Before the American Revolution, Benedict Arnold was a merchant and ship’s captain who repeatedly visited St. Croix, where he likely met a young Alexander Hamilton.
New research reveals that there is known connection between the Hamilton House in Charlestown, Nevis, and Alexander Hamilton or the Faucett family.
Where was Alexander Hamilton born? New evidence debunks another myth.
© Posted on November 11, 2020, by Michael E. Newton. Philo Hamilton and I are pleased to introduce version 2.0 of our essay “Opening a Door to Their Emancipation”: Alexander Hamilton and Slavery. Some noteworthy changes include: A greatly expanded discussion of Alexander Hamilton’s position on the Peace Treaty of 1783, the return of formerly … Continue reading Was Alexander Hamilton really an “enslaver”? Version 2.0.
© Posted on November 11, 2020, by Michael E. Newton. On October 8, 2020, the Schuyler Mansion, home to American Revolution hero and U.S. Senator Philip Schuyler, who is probably best known as Alexander Hamilton’s father-in-law, released an essay entitled “As Odious and Immoral A Thing”: Alexander Hamilton’s Hidden History as an Enslaver. The author … Continue reading Was Alexander Hamilton really an “enslaver”?
1754 as AH birth year?
This is just a placeholder for me re Michael E. Newton’s talk for the AHA Society - Newton presented two legal documents that show AH was born between February 23, 1754 and August 5, 1754. And he was Anglican, making all this make slightly more sense, maybe….
It’s past time for me to deal with this subject - Michael E. Newton’s argument in his most recent book, Discovering Hamilton, that AH must have been born between 1754-1755.
I had written two posts a couple of years ago, 1755 or 1757 and the follow-up, based in part on Newton’s Alexander Hamilton: The Formative Years. After publication of that book, Newton did an amazing/astounding/exhausting job looking for additional original texts from the West Indies that mentioned AH and his family. Among his most exciting discoveries were the Rachel Faucette Lavien court case documents, which finally provide us with contemporaneous descriptions of the charges of adultery and the parties involved (only the 1759 documents were known previously). Newton also discovered Rachel’s sister, Jemima Gurley, and found that she provided testimony about the two illegitimate children Rachel had by 1759. But the stunner was court testimony in 1771 from AH himself stating his age as 17: on August 5, 1771, “witness answered that he was 17 years old.”
So we can confirm that AH gave at least two birthdates for himself: Jan 11, 1757 (held to consistently after 1772), and sometime between August 6, 1753 and August 5, 1754. For which is he telling the truth? Well, if he’s lying about a 1757 birthdate, as Newton also points out, a lot of people that AH maintained contact with from the West Indies either didn’t care about it or just didn’t consider it important enough to correct. Considering the public accusations hurled at AH (including that this information should have been known to an enemy, James Monroe, as well as family like Philip Schuyler), I’d consider it unlikely. Would it really have taken 100 years for us to find a document where someone questions AH’s birthdate, if all those people knew the 1757 birthdate he was giving them was false? With that, I lean towards AH lying in the court case - deliberately presenting himself as older than he was, and knowing that neither his employer nor family had an incentive to correct it (his uncle had provided the older birth date in 1768). My hunch is a hypothesis I previously rejected - that AH and his family presented him as older than he was for job opportunities.
The complication for this is Jemima Gurley’s testimony: in April 1759 she testifies that two years ago, she knew her sister to have two children - a child of about five, and a child of about three. Newton argues why these two children HAVE TO BE James Jr. and Alexander, but I’m unconvinced. His arguments seem to rest on the possibilities “two years ago” and “about three” have. Does two years ago mean 1.5 to 2.5 years ago? What if it’s closer to 3 years ago? Is “about three” actually 2 (as it usually meant), or could it be closer to 4? It suddenly seems I’m having to put a lot of weight on someone giving testimony that’s not exact (why didn’t she know we’d have an intense debate about her nephew’s birthdate).
I’ve always been struck by AH’s statement about his parents in the letter to W. Jackson/McHenry, “My mother afterwards went to St Kitts, became acquainted with my father and a marriage between them ensued, followed by many years cohabitation and several children” [my emphasis]. I also have a hunch that some of the Hamiltons’ very deliberate family planning was in response to both of their experiences with the deaths of siblings (Catharine von Rensselaer Schuyler had a number of stillborn children or children who died shortly after birth). Could there have been an Alexander born 1754 (the one his aunt knew) who died before the birth of an Alexander born 1757? (Jemima doesn’t provide the names of the children, by the way.) Could this have added to Rachel’s family’s confusion about the age of an AH born 1757? I don’t really have any clue. All I know is that I’m not settled on the matter in the way Newton seems to be, and it’s actually raised more questions than it’s answered.
[This is my new posting style - if I were as crazy as I usually am, I’d look at every example of AH using “several” to see if he meant as few as “one more than one,” or if he meant, like, 3 or more.]
The Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society met with Walter Hellebrand, Director of the St. Eustatius Monuments Foundation and former Head of Communications at ...
Based on the latest Alexander Hamilton research.
Hey! One, I just want to say I love your blog so much, I am a huge fan of everything you do. You seem to know a crazy amount, which leads me to my question. In regards to Eliza Hamilton Holly (gosh I love her) I know that she was a very sickly baby, but I read somewhere that Eliza Hamilton's health suffered quite a bit after giving birth to her. I've taken this as fact, but now I can't seem to find where I came across it. Do you know anything about this? Or have I somehow imagined this? Thanks!
Wow, thanks! And an interesting question! Little Eliza did have a health scare as an infant. When Hamilton went up to Albany on legal business in January 1800, he wrote to Eliza that he was “very anxious to hear of the health of my little Betsey.” (26 January 1800). By January 30, however, Eliza had written to him to relieve his fears for his two month old daughter. He replied:
You will easily imagine, My Dear Eliza, how much I have been relieved by the Post of today.1 My darling infant is then recovered.2 Happy news and very contrary to my apprehensions! Let us unite in thanks to that kind being who has thus far protected our little family and ourselves and let us endeavour as far as in us lies to merit a continuance of his favour.
While I’m sure Eliza had some sleepless nights taking care of her daughter, I haven’t seen anything that indicated she suffered more than usual in her pregnancy or after giving birth.
A yellow fever outbreak in New York did send much of the Hamilton family up to Albany in September 1799, when Eliza was about seven months pregnant. The Hamilton children went to Albany by sloop separately from their parents, accompanied by a maid, according to a letter from Philip Schuyler to Hamilton dated 13 September 1799. Eliza, it seems, intended to travel to Albany by coach instead. Hamilton wrote to James McHenry on September 10, 1799, “I am on the point of setting out to accompany Mrs. Hamilton a part of her way on a visit to her father; with the expectation of being back in five days.” That Hamilton didn’t intend to accompany her the entire way indicates he wasn’t overly concerned about her health at that time.
The letters communicating Hamilton’s concerns for little Eliza in January 1800 also lack any indication that Eliza was struggling with any health issues. In expressing concern for their daughter, Hamilton didn’t add any request for an update about her health, which he almost unfailing did when he left her feeling poorly.
Eliza’s health did suffer quite a bit during her last pregnancy, however, which may be what you were thinking of. While on his way to Albany on business in October 1801, Hamilton wrote anxiously to Eliza: “you know that I should be anxious to hear of your health. If the succeeding post does not rectify the omission of the former I shall be dissatisfied and pained.” Losing Philip in the midst of her last pregnancy couldn’t have helped matters, either. On 28 March 1802, Philip Schuyler wrote to Hamilton:
In a letter from Mrs. Church1 of tuesday last she mentions that my dear Eliza had been very much indisposed, but was better. as no mention is made of the disorder with which she has been afflicted, we apprehend that she has miscarryed,2 we are extremely anxious for further Accounts and pray they may be such as shall do away our apprehensions.
Hamilton stayed close by Eliza’s side throughout her pregnancy and after little Phil’s birth. Even four month’s after giving birth, in October 1802, Hamilton was still anxious about Eliza’s precarious health. He wrote to her from Albany on 25 October 1802:
I was much relieved, My Dear Eliza by the receipt yesterday morning of your letter of Monday last.2 How it came to be so long delayed, I am unable to conjecture. But the delay gave much uneasiness in consequence of the imperfect state of health in which I had left you. Thank God you were better—for indeed my Eliza you are very essential to me. Your virtues more and more endear you to me and experience more and more convinces me that true happiness is only to be found in the bosom of ones own family.
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Happy Constitution Day
"The Constitution received the unanimous assent of eleven states, and of Colonel Hamilton." ~ 232 years ago today
When was Alexander Hamilton born?
See “Discovering Hamilton” for more details. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0982604041/ref=nosim/thpatoty-20
Michael E. Newton shares new evidence and conclusions about Alexander Hamilton’s birthdate, places of residence, religion, parents, and more.
Want to know when Alexander Hamilton was born? Want to hear the latest research about where Hamilton grew up, his religious upbringing, his parents' relationship?
Michael E. Newton presents new evidence and conclusions regarding Alexander Hamilton’s birthdate, places of residence, religion, parents, and more.
