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Sen. Alexander Unveils His Book “Going to War in Sailboats”
11 year ago
US Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn. ), in advance of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, this Thursday, April 22, delivered an address on the floor of the US Senate in which he introduced “Going to War in Sailboats: Why Nuclear Power Beats Windmills for Americas Green Energy Future,” a book compilation of five major addresses he delivered recently on various aspects of nuclear power as the solution to Americas green energy future. A copy of the book can be found here: alexander. senate. gov
How did the poor orphan boy Alexander Hamilton get to be so famous?
61 year ago
He was orphaned on the caribbean island of nevis and was brought to America after a terrible storm battered the island.
Who brought him here and how did he make such fast friends and acquaintences with the likes of the Schuylers, the Fish family, John Jay, George Washington, the Livingstons, the Morris’es, the Rensellaer’s?
Did he know these men before he came to America? Who paid his passage?
What is the real story here? What am I missing about all this? How did the poor orphan boy wind up in such circumstances in high society, an overnight change from his previous existence?
Was he really more like a King? Who was his father? Mother? Maybe his father was an important man?
“There is something telltale about the way that he, his father, and his brother let relations abruptly lapse, as if the three of them were in headlong flight from some harrowing shared secret”.
Alexander Hamilton, by Ron Chernow.
Hamilton’s personal life and social position in the new nation took a decisive turn in December 1780, when he married Elizabeth Schuyler, daughter of the wealthy and influential General Philip Schuyler. This connection placed Hamilton in the center of New York society. In 1782, shortly after leaving the army, he was admitted to legal practice in New York and became assistant to Robert Morris (1734-1806), who was then superintendent of finance. Well before his 30th birthday, then, Hamilton had had a distinguished military career, knew intimately most of the leaders of the American Revolution, had achieved high social standing, and was recognized as one of the leading lawyers in the country. I guess the Schuylers were really wealthy people?
