The Early Business Career of James Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton’s Father
…purchases on credit, presumably of goods to resell in the West Indies and necessities for his new home. * Courtesy of the Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/resource/mss24612.029_0621_0640/?sp=5 https://www.loc.gov/resource/mss24612.029_0621_0640/?sp=6 https://www.loc.gov/resource/mss24612.029_0621_0640/?sp=9. Soon afterwards, James Hamilton departed Scotland and sailed to the British-controlled West Indian island of St. Kitts.[4] In August 1744, James Hamilton…