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Title: The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902
Subjects: Historic buildings -- United States United States -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York : Century Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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THE TOMB OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON.In Trinity churchyard.
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THE STATUE OF NATHAN HALE.By Frederick McMonnies, recently erected in City Hall Park, New York. IN THE NATIONS FIRST CAPITAL ^7 v-> / ager; at fourteen, a descriptive writer; at sixteen, a regular student incollege and at the same time taking a medical course; at seventeen, apopular orator; at nineteen, a captain of artillery in the Continental army;at twenty, a lieutenant-colonel and Washingtons aide-de-camp ; at twenty-three, a battalion commander; at twenty-four, a member of Congress;at thirty, framer and signer of the Constitution of the United States; atthirty-two, the first Secretary of the Treasury ; at thirty-five, a great lawyer ;at forty, a major-general; at forty-two, commander-in-chief of the armiesof the United States; at forty-five, Americas leading statesman ; and atforty-seven — here, murdered by his relentless rival, Aaron Burr. Really murdered, Uncle Tom ? How dreadful! exclaimed Christine. I thought he was killed in a duel, said Jack. Duelling was nt calledmurd

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