[Pharmboy]

Washington had great respect for Hamilton. This arose from the RevWar where The General first met young Alex when he came to defend NYC and Hamilton had started a NY Artillery unit. General Washington soon realized that the young man could help him greatly as an aide-de-camp, and was indeed responsible for writing many of Washington's orders at this time. They had a bit of a verbal fight when Hamilton wanted to get closer to the action and lead a group in battle.

Washington ultimately gave Hamilton the great honor of leading the most dangerous charge at Yorktown.

Washington was not an easy man to "manipulate" and he had his own (good) reasons to look with disfavor upon Jefferson.

[colorado tanker]

Washington was no fool and recognized Hamilton's brilliance. Self-taught in economics, Hamilton got the country off to such a solid start that not even the Jacksonians, with their wrong-headed economics, could derail it.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Hamilton was fatally wounded in a duel with political rival Aaron Burr (1756–1836)and is buried in Lower Manhattan’s Trinity Church cemetery. He joined his eldest son Philip, in the Trinity churchyard who was also killed in a duel.