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 A misguided young Hamilton was originally interested in attending [[Princeton University|Princeton]] (then hideously named the "College of New Jersey"), but was rejected. When he became a general during the Revolutionary War, he famously ordered a cannonball fired at Princeton's Nassau Hall when a battle was taking place on the college's campus.
-At King's, he roomed with [[Robert Troup]], who remembered Hamilton's speeches against British rule. They later served together in the [[Hearts of Oak]].
+At King's, he roomed with [[Robert Troup]], who remembered Hamilton's speeches against British rule. They founded a literary society that was an arguable precursor to the [[Philolexian Society]] and later served together in the [[Hearts of Oak]].
 A proud pseudo-alumnus, Hamilton was instrumental, with [[John Jay (person)|John Jay]], in reinstating King's as [[Columbia College]] in less than a year after British troops departed New York at the end of the war. Several years later, he employed shrewd legal maneuvers to wrest Columbia from state control, placing the college under the control of a private [[Trustees|Board]] partly led by himself.

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	A misguided young Hamilton was originally interested in attending [[Princeton University\|Princeton]] (then hideously named the "College of New Jersey"), but was rejected. When he became a general during the Revolutionary War, he famously ordered a cannonball fired at Princeton's Nassau Hall when a battle was taking place on the college's campus.		A misguided young Hamilton was originally interested in attending [[Princeton University\|Princeton]] (then hideously named the "College of New Jersey"), but was rejected. When he became a general during the Revolutionary War, he famously ordered a cannonball fired at Princeton's Nassau Hall when a battle was taking place on the college's campus.
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		+	At King's, he roomed with [[Robert Troup]], who remembered Hamilton's speeches against British rule. They later served together in the [[Hearts of Oak]].

	A proud pseudo-alumnus, Hamilton was instrumental, with [[John Jay (person)\|John Jay]], in reinstating King's as [[Columbia College]] in less than a year after British troops departed New York at the end of the war. Several years later, he employed shrewd legal maneuvers to wrest Columbia from state control, placing the college under the control of a private [[Trustees\|Board]] partly led by himself.		A proud pseudo-alumnus, Hamilton was instrumental, with [[John Jay (person)\|John Jay]], in reinstating King's as [[Columbia College]] in less than a year after British troops departed New York at the end of the war. Several years later, he employed shrewd legal maneuvers to wrest Columbia from state control, placing the college under the control of a private [[Trustees\|Board]] partly led by himself.

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-'''Alexander Hamilton''' is the namesake of a hit Broadway musical and a Founding Father of the United States. He also failed to graduate from Columbia's predecessor, [[King's College]], over 220 years ago. It wasn't his fault. While many maintain Hamilton was a dropout, he only left because the school closed during the Revolutionary War. He remains one of the most famous people ever associated with the school - even though he never got a degree, and the school wasn't even called Columbia at the time.
+'''Alexander Hamilton''' is the namesake of a hit Broadway musical and a Founding Father of the United States. He also failed to graduate from Columbia's predecessor, [[King's College]], over 220 years ago. It wasn't his fault. While many maintain Hamilton was a dropout, he only left because the school closed during the [[Revolutionary War]]. He remains one of the most famous people ever associated with the school - even though he never got a degree, and the school wasn't even called Columbia at the time.
 A misguided young Hamilton was originally interested in attending [[Princeton University|Princeton]] (then hideously named the "College of New Jersey"), but was rejected. When he became a general during the Revolutionary War, he famously ordered a cannonball fired at Princeton's Nassau Hall when a battle was taking place on the college's campus.

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-'''Alexander Hamilton''' was a Founding Father of the United States. He also failed to graduate from Columbia's predecessor, [[King's College]], over 220 years ago. It wasn't his fault. While many maintain Hamilton was a dropout, he only left because the school closed during the Revolutionary War. He remains one of the most famous people ever associated with the school - even though he never got a degree, and the school wasn't even called Columbia at the time.
+'''Alexander Hamilton''' is the namesake of a hit Broadway musical and a Founding Father of the United States. He also failed to graduate from Columbia's predecessor, [[King's College]], over 220 years ago. It wasn't his fault. While many maintain Hamilton was a dropout, he only left because the school closed during the Revolutionary War. He remains one of the most famous people ever associated with the school - even though he never got a degree, and the school wasn't even called Columbia at the time.
 A misguided young Hamilton was originally interested in attending [[Princeton University|Princeton]] (then hideously named the "College of New Jersey"), but was rejected. When he became a general during the Revolutionary War, he famously ordered a cannonball fired at Princeton's Nassau Hall when a battle was taking place on the college's campus.

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 A proud pseudo-alumnus, Hamilton was instrumental, with [[John Jay (person)|John Jay]], in reinstating King's as [[Columbia College]] in less than a year after British troops departed New York at the end of the war. Several years later, he employed shrewd legal maneuvers to wrest Columbia from state control, placing the college under the control of a private [[Trustees|Board]] partly led by himself.
-[[Hamilton Hall]] is named after him, and that statue outside Hamilton, yeah, that's him too. The [[Alexander Hamilton Medal]] is given in his honor, and the [[Law School]]'s full tuition scholarship is named after him. You might have also seen him featured on the $10 bill. Oh, and he was murdered in cold blood by the sinister [[Aaron Burr]], who happened to be a graduate of darkest [[Princeton University|Princeton]]. Sadly, Burr inflicted a wound so deep and vile that not even Columbia medicine prof [[David Hosack]] could save Hamilton's life.
+[[Hamilton Hall]] is named after him, and that [[Statue of Alexander Hamilton|statue]] outside Hamilton, yeah, that's him too. The [[Alexander Hamilton Medal]] is given in his honor, and the [[Law School]]'s full tuition scholarship is named after him. You might have also seen him featured on the $10 bill. Oh, and he was murdered in cold blood by the sinister [[Aaron Burr]], who happened to be a graduate of darkest [[Princeton University|Princeton]]. Sadly, Burr inflicted a wound so deep and vile that not even Columbia medicine prof [[David Hosack]] could save Hamilton's life.
 His son, [[James Hamilton]], also attended Columbia, and was an early member of the [[Philolexian Society]].

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 His son, [[James Hamilton]], also attended Columbia, and was an early member of the [[Philolexian Society]].
 [[Category:Drop outs|Hamilton, Alexander]]
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