A home geography of New York city . milton, though only a boy, was a good Tory when he camehere, but he soon became a Whig. When only seventeen years oldhe made a remarkable patriotic speech at one of the public meetings held on The Common. Many menX were surprised to hear a boy of his age make such a shook hands with him andsaid he would be a great mansome day. When the war began Hamil-ton joined the army and was soonmade captain of an artillery com-pany. He devoted much time todrilling his soldiers. He was thenonly nineteen years old and he looked much younger. Washingtonsaw him
A home geography of New York city . milton, though only a boy, was a good Tory when he camehere, but he soon became a Whig. When only seventeen years oldhe made a remarkable patriotic speech at one of the public meetings held on The Common. Many menX were surprised to hear a boy of his age make such a shook hands with him andsaid he would be a great mansome day. When the war began Hamil-ton joined the army and was soonmade captain of an artillery com-pany. He devoted much time todrilling his soldiers. He was thenonly nineteen years old and he looked much younger. Washingtonsaw him drilling his company and became interested in him. A shorttime after our army retreated from New York he made him his aid-de-camp and private secretary. He was now Colonel Hamilton andonly twenty years of age. When the war was over Hamilton becamea lawyer. He lived in Albany a short time and later in New Washington became President we had a large war debt,the soldiers had not been paid, and people would not lend us Old-Time View in Exchange Place ALEXANDER HAMILTON 201 The long war had made both business men and farmers poor. Itwas Hamiltons duty to find some way to raise money to pay ourdebts and to pay the expenses of the government. Hamiltons plansto raise money were successful. He had great natural ability. Hegave all his time, thought, and energy to his work, and became agreat statesman. When he retired from the Cabinet he practiced law in NewYork. He bought a small country estate on Washington Heightsand built there the house we now call Hamilton Grange at 141ststreet and Convent avenue. His estate extended from 110th streetto 145th street, and from Amsterdam avenue to St. Nicholas avenue. For many years Hamilton and Aaron Burr had been politicalrivals. On July 11, 1804, they fought a duel in was wounded and died the next day. He was buriedin Trinity churchyard, where you can now see his tomb.
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