Excerpt from The Bomb, 1902 Alexander_hamilton was three years of age when his father moved from Granville' County to Raleigh to accept the presidency of the Raleigh and Gaston Raiead Company. After two or three years of successful administration Mr. Hamilton resigned and moved to Petersburg, Va. Here the family has since resided, and here the primary education of its sons was conducted. In October, 1864, Petersburg being in a state of siege, Alexander was sent to the Belmont School in North Carolina, Mr. Ralph Graves, principal. Here he remained for several years prosecuting the academic courses which in later years formed the foundation on which his collegiate instruction was based. Returning to Peters burg after the close of hostilities he spent one year at the University School, W. Gordon mccabe, head-master. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.