. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . of his employer, a merchant in the distantisland of Santa Cruz ; there, too, he wrote and read a great deal and showedso much talent that friends sent him to the northern colonies for an educa-tion. He went to school in New Jersey and then to Kings College (nowColumbia). In 1774 he made a visit to Boston, and heard so much talkabout liberty that he came back to New York a full-fledged patriot — Boston air, asserted Roger in an aside to Jack ; thats the effect it hason New Yorkers. Is that so?
. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . of his employer, a merchant in the distantisland of Santa Cruz ; there, too, he wrote and read a great deal and showedso much talent that friends sent him to the northern colonies for an educa-tion. He went to school in New Jersey and then to Kings College (nowColumbia). In 1774 he made a visit to Boston, and heard so much talkabout liberty that he came back to New York a full-fledged patriot — Boston air, asserted Roger in an aside to Jack ; thats the effect it hason New Yorkers. Is that so? drawled Jack. Why, my son, Golden Hill came twomonths before the Boston massacre; Uncle Tom said so. But Uncle Tom had not caught this side sparring and was going onwith his story. IN THE NATION S FIRST CAPITAL 59 Soon after his return, in an open-air mass meeting where he thought thespeakers were not convincing enough, Hamilton, then a boy of seventeen,sprang to his feet and made a spur-of-the-moment speech that set all hishearers on fire and brought him at once into favor as a popular ALEXANDER the painting by Trumbull, 1792 ; now owned by the New York Chamber of Commerce. When war really came, Hamilton enlisted at once. He led an artillery com-pany at the battle of Long Island, and soon attracted the attention of Wash-ington, who added him to his staff as an aide-de-camp. He fought throughthe Revolution, led the last charge at Yorktown, where Cornwallis surren-dered, and came out of it all as Colonel Hamilton, aged twenty-five. My, though! he was a smart one, was nt he? said Marian. Yes ; he might have been a great soldier and a famous one, said Uncle 6o THE CENTURY BOOK OF FAMOUS AMERICANS
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