Facts about Alexander Hamilton

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   Washington appointed Alexander Hamilton as the first Secretary of the Treasury in 1789, where he served for twelve years and fundamentally shaped American fiscal policy and financial institutions.

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   Hamilton wrote 51 of the 85 Federalist Papers between 1787 and 1788, defending the proposed Constitution and shaping American political philosophy.

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   Born in 1757 on the island of Nevis, Alexander Hamilton was an illegitimate child who immigrated to New York at age seventeen seeking opportunity.

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   Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton established the First Bank of the United States in 1791, creating the nation's central financial institution with a twenty-year charter.

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   In 1804, Alexander Hamilton died from injuries sustained in a duel with Vice President Aaron Burr in Weehawken, New Jersey.

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