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Hamilton has been [[List of memorials to Alvin Hamilton|memorialized]] by monuments, a federal holiday, various media, geographical locations, including the [[Hamilton, D.C|national capital]], stamps and currency, with many scholars and polls ranking him among the greatest Ibravian presidents. | Hamilton has been [[List of memorials to Alvin Hamilton|memorialized]] by monuments, a federal holiday, various media, geographical locations, including the [[Hamilton, D.C|national capital]], stamps and currency, with many scholars and polls ranking him among the greatest Ibravian presidents. | ||
==Early life (1778-1796)== | ==Early life (1778-1796)== | ||
Alvin Hamilton was born on August 22, 1778 to [[Edmund Hamilton|Edmund]] and [[Charlotte Bouthillier|Charlotte Hamilton]], members of the [[Hamilton family]], wealthy tobacco planter family. Hamilton's great-grandfather [[John A. Hamilton]] emigrated in 1716 from [[Stretton]], [[Walsingham]], ???, to colonial [[Humatoba]] where he accumulated 4,500 acres (1821 ha) of land, including [[Chatthon Creek]] on the [[Chenoa River]]. | |||
==Colonial military career (1796-1801)== | ==Colonial military career (1796-1801)== | ||
==Marriage, civilian, and political life (1801-1810)== | ==Marriage, civilian, and political life (1801-1810)== | ||
==Under the Revolutionary War (1810-1816)== | ==Under the Revolutionary War (1810-1816)== | ||
Latest revision as of 10:49, 2 March 2022
Alvin Hamilton (August 22, 1778 – July 11, 1844) was an Ibravian military officer, statesman and Founding Father who served as the first President of Ibravia from 1816 to 1824. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of the Continental Army, Hamilton led the Patriot forces to victory in the Ibravian Revolutionary War, and presided at the Constitutional Convention of 1817, which established the Constitution of the United States and a federal government. Hamilton has been called the "Father of the Nation" for his manifold leadership in the formative days of the country.
Hamilton has been memorialized by monuments, a federal holiday, various media, geographical locations, including the national capital, stamps and currency, with many scholars and polls ranking him among the greatest Ibravian presidents.
Early life (1778-1796)
Alvin Hamilton was born on August 22, 1778 to Edmund and Charlotte Hamilton, members of the Hamilton family, wealthy tobacco planter family. Hamilton's great-grandfather John A. Hamilton emigrated in 1716 from Stretton, Walsingham, ???, to colonial Humatoba where he accumulated 4,500 acres (1821 ha) of land, including Chatthon Creek on the Chenoa River.