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History: Few figures in the History of the
United States have left such a profound legacy as that of Alexander Hamilton.
From modest beginnings, this controversial Revolutionary figure would ultimately
become the first Secretary to the Treasury in 1789. Hamilton's was a short
life of great military and political achievement. It was also a life of
great personal incidents, not the least his untimely death at the hands of Aaron
Burr, in a duel in 1804. The ambitious young Hamilton married Elizabeth
Schuyler, the daughter of one of New York's most influential families, in
December 1780. This modern pendant is inscribed with a delightful
quotation from Hamilton's intimate letter to Elizabeth, dated October 5th 1780,
only a few weeks before their marriage. It displays his elegance as a
wordsmith, his charm and his humanity, often forgotten among the great issues of
military history and statesmanship for which he is best remembered.
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