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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.
Jun 7, 2023 · The oldest of the Hamilton brood, Philip was born in 1782 and named after his maternal grandfather, Philip Schuyler, an American Revolutionary War general and Senator. From the get-go ...
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.
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 ...
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.
Nov 9, 2009 · Alexander Hamilton's beloved first-born son, Philip, was killed in a duel in 1801 while attempting to defend his father's honor against attacks by New York lawyer George Eacker.
Jan 9, 2002 · Philip Hamilton, H’s eldest son, was born in 1782. On November 26, 1791, Moore Furman, a resident of Trenton, New Jersey, wrote: “Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton came to town last night they have brought their son to put to boarding school to our Episcopal Church Parson” (The Letters of Moore Furman [New York, 1912], 90). William Frazer was the ...
