Probate Court Kept Hamilton Waiting for a Year

(p. 25) For a year after his mother’s death, Alexander was held in painful suspense by the probate court and perhaps absorbed the useful lesson that people who manipulate the law wield the real power in society.

Source:
Chernow, Ron. Alexander Hamilton. New York: The Penguin Press, 2004.

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