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appalachiablue

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2. He did actually. Hamilton was born on Nevis in the Brit. West Indies.

Reply to braddy (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 12, 2018, 09:21 PM

Jul 2018

As a boy he worked for merchants there who with other sponsors helped him attend King's College (Columbia) in NYC in 1773.

I don't know what any if procedure there was then for former British colonists from the 13 colonies in North America and other Brit. holdings to become American citizens. Same for people of Dutch, German, Swiss or other backgrounds who were already in America.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton

https://www.biography.com/people/alexander-hamilton-9326481

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*Alexander Hamilton Died 214 Yrs. Ago; Immigrant, Statesman, Founding Father [View all] appalachiablue Jul 2018 OP

I thought he was British, born in a British colony, and then moved to another British colony. braddy Jul 2018 #1

He did actually. Hamilton was born on Nevis in the Brit. West Indies. appalachiablue Jul 2018 #2