Alexander Hamilton is born on the British island of Nevis in the West Indies, the second of two boys. His father James is a Scottish trader of noble ancestry. His mother Rachel Faucett ...

Alexander Hamilton was a pretty busy guy. Heck, the whole song "Non-Stop" in Lin-Manuel Miranda's smash Broadway hit "Hamilton" is dedicated to the man's meteoric rise from orphaned Nevis ...

He died in a tragic duel with his political rival, Aaron Burr. Alexander Hamilton was born on January 11, 1757, in Nevis, British West Indies. His father, James Hamilton, was a Scottish trader.

A candle stand used by the first president illuminates his extraordinary last days in office Alexis Coe Georgina Schuyler campaigned for Emma Lazarus' "The New Colossus" to be inscribed on a ...