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James Alexander Hamilton (April 14, 1788 – September 24, 1878)〔Tombstone of James Alexander Hamilton. Image online at Findagrave.com Accessed on Oct 11, 2012 ()〕 was an American soldier, acting Secretary of State, and the third son of Alexander Hamilton. ==Early life and education== Hamilton was born in New York City, New York, on April 14, 1788, the third son of American founding father Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton.〔Fell, A. London. ''Origins of Legislative Sovereignty and the Legislative State, Volume 1'' p. 395 () Greenwood Publishing Co., 1983〕〔Tombstone of James Alexander Hamilton. Image online at Findagrave.com Accessed on Oct 11, 2012 () 〕 Hamilton later wrote of his childhood: ::''() Hamilton's gentle nature rendered his house a joyous one to his children...His intercourse with his children was always affectionate and confiding, which excited in them a corresponding confidence and devotion. I distinctly recollect the scene at breakfast in the front room of the house in Broadway. My dear mother, seated as was her wont at the head of the table with a napkin in her lap, cutting slices of bread and spreading them with butter for the younger boys...When the lessons were finished the father and the elder children were called to breakfast, after which the boys were packed off to school.''〔Hamilton, James Alexander. ''Reminiscences of James A. Hamilton: or, Men and events, at home and abroad, during three quarters of a century'' New York: C. Scribner & co., 1869 () 〕 When he was sixteen, his father was killed in a duel with Vice President Aaron Burr.〔Fell, A. London. ''Origins of Legislative Sovereignty and the Legislative State, Volume 1'' p. 395 () Greenwood Publishing Co., 1983〕 Along with his mother and siblings, Hamilton was present in the room, sitting at his father's bedside, when he died a few hours after the duel.〔Fell, A. London. ''Origins of Legislative Sovereignty and the Legislative State, Volume 1'' p. 395 () Greenwood Publishing Co., 1983〕 Hamilton graduated from Columbia University in 1805 at the age of seventeen.〔Fell, A. London. ''Origins of Legislative Sovereignty and the Legislative State, Volume 1'' p. 395 () Greenwood Publishing Co., 1983〕 He later studied law, and in 1809, he was admitted to the bar, and practiced law for a year in Waterford, New York.〔Fell, A. London. ''Origins of Legislative Sovereignty and the Legislative State, Volume 1'' p. 395 () Greenwood Publishing Co., 1983〕〔Hamilton, James Alexander. ''Reminiscences of James A. Hamilton: or, Men and events, at home and abroad, during three quarters of a century'' New York: C. Scribner & co., 1869 () 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Alexander Hamilton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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