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==Early life==

==Early life==

Hamilton was born out of wedlock in the British [[West Indies]]. A prodigy, he was handling merchant accounts as a teenager, and his essay on a [[hurricane]] attracted patrons who paid his way to the American colonies. Some scholars have argued that Hamilton’s origins can be reflected in his later life, where, unlike much of the Revolutionary generation, his views were more nationalistic, rather than tied to the interests of a particular region or state.  

Hamilton was born out of wedlock in the British [[West Indies]] to a mother who had a reputation as the town harlot and a father who was a gambler and who had a wife on another Caribbean island. When he was ten his father left, leaving he, his brother, and his mother alone. At twelve, his mother died while sick, due to fever. Alexander and his brother James would later move in with their older cousing Peter Lytton, but Lytton committed suicide.

 

A prodigy in every sense of the word, he was handling merchant accounts as a teenager, and his essay on a [[hurricane]] that had hit the town attracted patrons, who would later collect a fund to pay his way to the American colonies. Some scholars have argued that Hamilton’s origins can be reflected in his later life, where, unlike much of the Revolutionary generation, his views were more nationalistic, rather than tied to the interests of a particular region or state.

==Revolution==

==Revolution==