Burr had the dark and severe coloring of his Edwards ancestry, with black hair receding from the forehead and dark brown, almost black, eyes that suggested a cross between an eagle and a raven. Hamilton had a light peaches and cream complexion with violet-blue eyes and auburn-red hair, all of which came together to suggest an animated beam of light to Burr’s somewhat stationary shadow. Joseph J. Ellis
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Alexander Hamilton was the illegitimate child of James Hamilton, a British loyalist. He was dropped off by his mother in New York just weeks after the Battle of Lexington and Concord. The British army, during the American Revolution, positioned troops in New York to prevent supplies from reaching the Continental Army. Most of the troops were away fighting. Hamilton was raised by his mother in New York City with no contact with his father.

Source: Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

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