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was secretary of the treasury. In 1804 hud a ditiiculty with Aaron Burr, which

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sulted in a duel, which took place at Hobokcn, when he receivt-d a fatal shot, and died on tiie following «luy, duly 12, 1H04, at Ve»'liawken-on-the- Hudson. Hamilton, Alexander, soldier, author, Ixirn Nov. l.j, ]81j, in New York City. In 18:)h-4U he wuH a special i^tudent in the I nitid Stat.'s military aoadfuiy: and in

1S5« r«'turned to civil life. In I'stM h«- was upiK>inted hrigadier-general ; later eiiga^^d in raising regiments in New York; in l>s<'»l took six (liou>and nu-n to IJeneral (Jrant; and uttainiHi the rank of inajor-g«'neral. In lSt54 he was sent hy President Lincoln, liaving superh escort of regular cavalry, to notify the Britisli minister that the south must not be recognized; and he acceded. He was on special duty and made a reconnaissance of Fortress Monroe; and maile a rcfxirt of the route by which Norfolk was reeovered. He is the author of Dramas and I'oems; Thomas-a-Heeket, a tragedy; and Oliver Cromwell, a drama. He died Sept. 10. 15)07, in Tarrytown on Hud-»on, N.Y. Hamilton, Alice King, litterateur, author. .She is the autlior of .Mildred's Cadet; and One of the Duanes. Hamilton, Allan McLane, physician, inventor, author, was l)orn Oct. 0. 1848. in Brooklyn, N.Y. He invented a dynamometer in 1874; and was one of the tirst to practict; galvanoeautery in the L'nit«'d States. He is the author of Clinical Klectro Therapeutics Nervous Diseases; Medical Jurisprudence; Types {>f Insanity; and The .Modern Treatment of Headaches.

Hamilton,

Andrew,

merchant,

governor,

wan Ixirn in Seotlan*!. In Hill 2 J) 7 he was and cidonial governor of east New Jersey in 170l-n:{ he was colonial governor of I'mn sylvania. He died April 20, 1703, in Burlington. N.J. Hamilton, Andrew H., lawyer, congressman. He practiced law in Fort Wayne, hid. 187">-7'.» he n Madi-^on «'ounty. .la. He held the otiice of attorney general served fnquently in the legislature; and in IS.>i5 wa> a presidential eb-dor. In I8.i9-Gl he was a r»'presentative from Texas to the thirty sixth ctmgress; in lSli2 was appointed and in I8ti.)militarv governor of Texaitti provisional governor of the sanu- state, lie was a justice of the supreme e«nirt of the slate. He «lied .pril 10. 1S7.'>, in Austin, Jevas. Hamilton, Archibald, naval otlicer, was lM>rn in I7H.J in South Carolina. He served in the I'nitcil States navy as a lieutenant ttnder Decatur, when the I nited States frig ate captured the Macedonian; and l»ore the

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banners to Washington in 1813. killed in the last engagement of the war, Jan. 1815, at sea.

captured

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Hamilton, Braddin, clergyman, author, was liorn Nov. 20, 1SG3, in Stratford, Canada. He graduated from Trinity university of Toronto; and in 1884 grad uated from Canbridge university in England. In 1884 he waa one of the founders of Toynbee hall, the famous university settlement the Whitechapel in Ix>ndon. district of For three years he was minister for the

New York government department the public charities; cholera and typhus epidemic of 1.SJI3 he live*! on Black well's Island, ad He has ministering to the sick and dying. leetuicd in many of the large cities on social line>; and is a-soeiated with Mrs. Kussell Sage in some of her charities. In 1001 he became a member of the New York bar. He is the author of The Family of Hamilton; and Divorce Reforms. Hamilton, Charles M., soldier, lawyer, jurin of

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was born in NovemU-r. lint4m county. Pa. In 1801 he enunion army as a private, participated in sixteen battles, and was wounded three times. He was appointed a ju«lg"' advocate, in which capacity he served until Isii.l; and was subse«juent ly a commissioner of refugees in Florida. In 18IJ7-71 he wa.s u representative from Florida to the fortieth and forty lir-t cotigres^es as a republican. Hamilton, Charles M., statesman of Ripley. N.Y., was lM>rn .Ian. 23. 1874. in Ripley, N.Y. In 1013 he iKcame a member of con gress. Hamilton, Charles Smith, soldier, was born in New Yolk. In 1840 he joined the I'nilcil States armv and served in the Mexican and eivil wars. In 1802 he attaiiu-d the rank of major general of volunteers. He di»'d April 17. 1801. Hamilton, Charles W., banker, financier. 'va> Imiiii .l.m. 1. |s;{|. in (Jerman. N.Y. In lSS3-!Ui he was president of the I'niteil States national lumk. He rii .ov. 14, 1881. in Bnwiklyn, ..Y. Since r.lOO lie has lectured in the classical school for girls at Columbia university: and at the New York department of elas.

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