James Hamilton (Pennsylvania)
James Hamilton (c. 1740 in Accomac County(?), Virginia – 14 August 1783, New York, New York), son of the well-known Philadelphia lawyer Andrew Hamilton, was a prominent lawyer and governmental figure in colonial Philadelphia and Pennsylvania.
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