The Persecution Of Alexander Hamilton's Earthly Career

Alexander Hamilton, a well-rounded man in general, launched his earthly career in a modest town on one of the islands in the British West Indies. Alexander Hamilton was born in the city of Charlestown, Nevis, an island in the British West Indies, on January 11, 1755, or 1757, but the exact year is unknown. James Hamilton, Alexander’s father, was a trader and merchant from Scotland who abandoned the family with Alexander at a young age. Alexander’s mother, Rachel Faucet, was part-French Huguenot and part-British who ran away from her first husband to marry James.
Hamilton learned quick, and soon became the most desired student for a teacher instructing him in his classes. At the mere age of six years old, Alexander taught himself

Greek and Rachel trained Alexander the language of French. Alexander educated himself with some 34 books that the Hamilton family owned. Alexander learns of money, slaves, business, and trade as he grows up. When Alexander turned eleven, he became the clerk at the Beekman and Cruger counting house. Many years later, a very substantial hurricane destroyed most of Nevis and the town of Charlestown. Days later, Hugh Knox published a letter that Hamilton wrote about the hurricane in the daily newspaper.
Many unhappy things happened to Hamilton, but then around the corner, a lucky streak started. Sadly, Alexander’s mother, Rachel, died of yellow fever on February 19, 1768. Soon afterwards, a distant cousin took Hamilton in who then committed suicide. Eventually, a merchant and trader named Thomas Stevens, took Hamilton as his own. Years later, Nicholas Cruger, co-owner of Beekman and Cruger, and other businessmen in Charlestown poured in money so that Hamilton could have a formal education in the U.S.