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HAMILTON CHRONOLOGY - Alexander Hamilton, The Revolutionary Writings of Alexander Hamilton [2008]

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The Revolutionary Writings of Alexander Hamilton, edited and with an Introduction by Richard B. Vernier, with a Foreword by Joyce O. Appleby (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2008).

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HAMILTON CHRONOLOGY

Jan. 11, 1757Alexander Hamilton born in the island of Nevis.
Oct., 1772Arrives in New York.
1773Enters college.
Dec. 15, 1774Publishes the Full Vindication.
1775Joins a volunteer corps.
1776Takes command of artillery company.
March 1, 1777Joins Washington’s Staff.
1779Writes his first letter to Robert Morris on the National Bank.
Sept. 3, 1780Letter to Duane on Government.
Dec. 14, 1780Married to Miss Schuyler.
1782Admitted to the bar.
June, 1782Appointed Receiver of Taxes.
Nov., 1782Enters Congress.
1783Returns to practice of the law.
1786Delegate to Annapolis Convention.
1786Elected to the New York Legislature.
1787Delegate to the Philadelphia Convention.
1787Writes the Federalist.
1788Delegate to the New York Convention.
Sept., 1789Appointed Secretary of the Treasury.
Jan. 14, 1790Transmits to the House the First Report on the Public Credit.
Jan. 31, 1795Resigns the Secretaryship of the Treasury and returns to the practice of the law.
July 25, 1798Appointed Inspector-General of the Army with the rank of Major-General.
July 2, 1800Retires from the army.
July 11, 1804Shot by Burr in a duel at Weehawken.
July 12, 1804Death.