Table of Contents

Much of the information in this blog (and in all previous Hamilton bios) has been updated, expanded, or even corrected in Michael E. Newton's new book Discovering Hamilton. Please check that book before using or repeating any information you read here on this blog (or that you read in previous Hamilton biographies).

• Introducing Discovering Hamilton

• Witnessing an Appraisal: The Oldest Known Alexander Hamilton Document

• Witnessing a Mortgage: The Second Oldest Known Alexander Hamilton Document

• The Oldest Known Alexander Hamilton Documents: Implications for Hamilton’s Biography

• Ten-Year-Old Alexander Hamilton and the “Supposed Duel” that Nearly Changed His Life

• Alexander Hamilton’s Grandfather and the French Invasion of Nevis in 1706

• Alexander Hamilton’s Grandfather’s Deposition Regarding the French Invasion of Nevis in 1706

• The Will of John Lytton, Father of Alexander Hamilton’s Uncle and Guardian

• The Early Business Career of James Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton’s Father

• The Woman Who Paid for Alexander Hamilton’s Education

• Alexander Hamilton’s Grandparents and Great Aunt Fight Over a Parcel of Land on Nevis

• Where Did Alexander Hamilton Live While Attending Grammar School in Elizabethtown, New Jersey?

• Auction of a Previously Unknown Alexander Hamilton Letter: Determining the Recipient and Date

• Alexander Hamilton’s Classmate at the Grammar School in Elizabethtown, New Jersey

• Why Were the Hamiltons on St. Eustatius in 1758? And Who Were Their Friends There? Part 1

• Why Were the Hamiltons on St. Eustatius in 1758? And Who Were Their Friends There? Part 2

• Naming the Grange Plantation of St. Croix Where Alexander Hamilton Buried His Mother

• Contemporary Descriptions of the Grange Plantation of St. Croix Where Alexander Hamilton Buried His Mother

• Additional Information About Alexander Fraser, Friend of James Hamilton and Rachel Hamilton

• Did James McHenry Attend Alexander Hamilton’s Wedding?

• When was James Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton’s Father) Born? When were Alexander Hamilton’s Scottish Aunts and Uncles Born?

• The Death, Obituary, and Last Will and Testament of Hugh Knox, Mentor to Alexander Hamilton

• The Ivy of Kerelaw Castle

• The Arrival of David Beekman and Nicholas Cruger on St. Croix

• Alexander Hamilton Visits Saratoga in December 1780

• Alexander Hamilton’s Journey from Yorktown to Albany in October–November 1781

• Was Alexander Hamilton “girl crazy and brimming with libido”? Hamilton’s letter to Catharine “Kitty” Livingston

• Alexander Hamilton: The Tomcat Fully Refuted

• Nicholas Cruger’s “Supposed Duel”: An Event that Nearly Changed Ten-Year-Old Alexander Hamilton’s Life. Part 2: More Records and Additional Details Discovered

• Was this Alexander Hamilton’s First Affair of Honor? An “Anecdote of General Hamilton” and his Supposed Near Duel in the West Indies

• James Hamilton’s Life on St. Croix

• James Hamilton’s Employment as a Sailor, His Arrival on St. Croix, a Legal Dispute, and Rewriting the Biography of James Hamilton and the Early Life of Alexander Hamilton

• What Happened to Alexander Hamilton’s Father? The Story of James Hamilton from 1766–1799.

• A Slave Plot to Desert St. Croix for Puerto Rico in 1748

• The St. Croix Epidemic of 1771–72 and Its Effect on Alexander Hamilton’s Life

• Video of “Alexander Hamilton: Son of a Whore?”

• Alexander Hamilton: Son of a Whore? The Extramarital Affair of Rachel Faucett, Based on Newly Discovered Court Records from St. Croix

• Where Did Rachel Faucett Go After Being Released from Prison Following Her Extramarital Affair?

• Where did Mary Uppington Faucett Live on St. Croix?

• Rachel Fatzieth, aka Faucett, aka Alexander Hamilton’s Mother

• The Story of Jemima Faucett, Alexander Hamilton’s Long-Lost Aunt: Part 1

• The Story of Jemima Faucett, Alexander Hamilton’s Long-Lost Aunt: Part 2

• The Story of Jemima Faucett, Alexander Hamilton’s Long-Lost Aunt: Part 3

• The Story of James Ash: Part 1

• The Story of James Ash: Part 2

• Alexander Hamilton: Merchant in the West Indies

• Who was James Hendrie? Part 1

• Who was James Hendrie? Part 2

• Who was James Hendrie? Part 3

• Alexander Hamilton Working for Nicholas Cruger on St. Croix: Three Newly Discovered Records

• The Birthday of Edward Stevens, Alexander Hamilton’s “Dear” Friend

• Edward Stevens: President of St. Croix

• Hamilton’s Cousins: More about Lillingston Iles and introducing Charles Iles

• More about William Iles Jr., Alexander Hamilton’s First Cousin

• Oaths of Allegiance on St. Croix, 1738–1746

• Anne Lytton Venton Mitchell Records from St. Croix, 1799–1807

• Interesting and Unusual Records from the Archives of St. Croix

• Michael E. Newton on C-SPAN3 American History TV discussing Alexander Hamilton’s birthdate, early biography, and more

• Alexander Hamilton’s Birthdate, Early Biography, and More: Lecture presented on July 10, 2019

• Was Alexander Hamilton really an “enslaver”?

• The Federalist: “The New York Times Claims Alexander Hamilton Owned Slaves, So You Know The Opposite Is True”

• Was Alexander Hamilton really an “enslaver”? Version 2.0.

• Was Alexander Hamilton really an “enslaver”? Version 3.0.

• New Video: “The Evidence For Hamilton Against Slavery”

• Was Alexander Hamilton Born in the “Hamilton House” in Charlestown, Nevis?

• James Hamilton and Family Appear in St. Eustatius Censuses, 1759–1768

• Remembering Rand Scholet, Founder of the Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society

• Jimmi Ammelton [James Hamilton], Merchant and Slave Trader on St. Eustatius in 1758

• Discovering James Hamilton’s Place of Residence on St. Croix

• Benedict Arnold on St. Croix: 1766, 1768, and 1773–1774

• The Death of John Laurens’s Wife: A Previously Unknown 1781 Codicil to the 1763 Will of William and Elizabeth Manning

• Hugh Knox’s Medical Dissertation from 1773

• Where Did Alexander Hamilton Live After His Mother Died?

• John Michael Lavien? Johan Michael Levine? Or Something Else? Spelling and Pronunciation

• Brilliant new video: “The Kindness and Humanity of Alexander Hamilton”