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To: Racehorse

A letter written to Edward Stevens from the West Indies during Hamilton's early employment at the counting



house.http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/burr/HamLettertoFriend.htm


13 posted on 05/30/2005 1:36:21 PM PDT by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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To: Bigh4u2
A letter written to Edward Stevens . . .

Much, much thanks!  That's the source of it, alright!

Some speculate, based solely on reports of their close resemblance, that Edward Stevens was Hamilton's half-brother.

Cannot imagine a 14 year old writing such a letter.  Not the kind of prose I would have written at that age.  But then, even his poetry surpasses the maudlin doggerel I did pen at about the same age.  And of course, he did pretty much run that counting house.  Quite a remarkable person, that Hamilton.

18 posted on 05/30/2005 1:59:32 PM PDT by Racehorse (Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.)
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