Philip Hamilton was the eldest of eight children of Alexander and Elizabeth Hamilton. His father was one of the founding fathers of the United States of America, and was also the first US Secretary of the Treasury. Philip was sent to Trenton Boarding School in New Jersey at the age of nine, and later joined Columbia College, the same college where his father too had graduated. After graduation, he went on to study law. He was a bright student and the favourite of his father, who groomed him to carry the name of the family forward. Unfortunately, his father’s hopes came to an abrupt end when Philip died as a result of a duel with George Eacker, who had made derogatory remarks about his father. His father too was mortally wounded in a duel against a political rival at the same place as his son three years later using the same pistol.
