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Philip Hamilton (January 22, 1782 – November 24, 1801) was the eldest child of Alexander Hamilton (the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury) and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton. He died at age 19, fatally shot in a duel with George Eacker.
Sep 14, 2023 · Alexander Hamilton's son Philip Hamilton was just 19 when he was shot by George Eacker in a duel in New York in 1801. He died 14 hours later.
Philip Hamilton (1782-1801) Alexander Hamilton's eldest son and proudest hope for the future, Philip, died young in an ill-considered duel. After Philip's death, his father plunged into a...
Philip Hamilton was the eldest son of Alexander Hamilton, one of the founding fathers of America. This biography profiles his childhood, life, and tragic death.
May 27, 2017 · Considered the jewel of his family, the “eldest and brightest hope,” Philip Hamilton rushed to his father’s defense on November 23, 1801 to duel Republican lawyer George I. Eacker in Paulus Hook, New Jersey. Instructed to reserve his fire, young Hamilton fell on the field, a bullet shot through his body. He died the next morning, two ...
Jan 21, 2018 · There are literally thousands of surviving letters written by Alexander Hamilton, dating from his teenaged years all the way to a few hours before his fateful duel with Aaron Burr. But there's only one letter written to him by his oldest son Philip that is known to survive today, and this is it.
Philip Hamilton is a character in Hamilton. He was the son of Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton and Alexander Hamilton.
He advised Philip to salvage his honor without the risk of killing his opponent by “throwing away his shot,” shooting first into the air in the hope that his adversary would reconsider the consequences. Initially Philip did not raise his gun, but when he did, Eacker mortally wounded him.
Aug 22, 2020 · Alexander Hamilton's son, Philip Hamilton, is killed in a duel on the count of seven. Here's how the moment is foreshadowed earlier in the show.
May 18, 2021 · Philip Hamilton was born to Alexander and Eliza Schuyler Hamilton on January 22, 1782, but like his father, Philip was killed after a duel.
