8 At Home

CHAPTER 8 At Home Now that he had left his government job, Alexander decided to move his family to a new house called the Grange. The house was in

既然亚历山大已经辞去了政府的工作，他决定把家搬到一所叫画眉山庄的新房子里去。 房子在

Harlem, farther north in Manhattan. In 1795, the neighborhood of Harlem was practically considered the country! Alexander named the house the Grange after his father's family's castle in Scotland. Alexander had not seen his father since he was eleven years old, but Alexander had sent money to him. After leaving office, Alexander took a three- week trip around Cayuga Lake in New York State to meet the Native people there. Alexander had often tried to use his influence in the government to protect the rights of American Indians. He helped manage a school that taught both English and American Indian languages. When he returned to the city, he immediately began his law practice once again.

哈莱姆，曼哈顿更北边的地方。 在1795年，哈莱姆区实际上被认为是一个国家！亚历山大以他父亲家族在苏格兰的城堡命名这所房子为画眉山庄。 亚历山大从11岁起就没有见过他的父亲，但亚历山大给他寄了钱。 离任后，亚历山大在纽约州的卡尤加湖周围进行了为期三周的旅行，以会见那里的土著居民。 亚历山大经常试图利用他在政府中的影响力来保护美洲印第安人的权利。 他帮助管理了一所同时教授英语和美洲印第安语的学校。 当他回到这个城市，他立即又开始了他的律师执业。

That same year, Alexander received an unexpected letter. It was from the Hamiltons of Scotland, his father's family. They, like the rest of the world, had been watching the formation of this new country and knew that their famous relative had played a role in it. After years of ignoring Alexander because his father was not married to his mother, Alexander's noble Scottish relatives wanted to meet him! Of course he was happy to invite them to visit him in New York.

同年，亚历山大收到了一封意想不到的信。 信来自苏格兰的汉密尔顿家族，他父亲的家族。 他们和世界其他地方的人一样，一直在注视着这个新国家的形成，并且知道他们那位著名的亲戚在其中发挥了作用。 由于亚历山大的父亲没有与他的母亲结婚，亚历山大的贵族苏格兰亲戚多年来一直无视他，他们想要见见他！当然，他很乐意邀请他们来纽约拜访他。

In the spring of 1796, after seven years of being president, George Washington decided to retire. He asked Alexander to write his Farewell Address. The speech was published on September 19, 1796, and was immediately reprinted in all the newspapers. It is the most famous letter to the nation Washington ever published, but for years, no one knew it was written by Alexander Hamilton!

1796年春天，当了7年总统的乔治·华盛顿决定退休。 他请亚历山大写他的告别演说。 这篇演讲于1796年9月19日发表，并立即在所有的报纸上转载。 这是华盛顿发表的最著名的致全国人民的信，但多年来，没有人知道这是亚历山大·汉密尔顿写的！

Washington's Farewell Address George Washington was America's first president and a very popular one. Many people couldn't imagine how the country would be run with anyone else doing the job! So Washington's Farewell Address was very important. In it, he said that if he had been a good president, it was because he had had the support of the American people. Americans were the real strength of their country, and they needed to stick together in order to make it work. The nation did not need him to succeed. They needed one another. John Adams was sworn in as the second president of the United States on March 4, 1797. But Alexander was no longer a part of the

华盛顿的告别演说乔治·华盛顿是美国第一任总统，也是一位非常受欢迎的总统。 许多人无法想象，如果由别人来做这个工作，这个国家将如何管理！所以华盛顿的告别演说是非常重要的。 他在信中说，如果他是一位好总统，那是因为他得到了美国人民的支持。 美国人是他们国家的真正力量，他们需要团结一致才能使国家运转起来。 这个国家并不需要他来取得成功。 他们彼此需要。约翰·亚当斯于1797年3月4日宣誓就任美国第二任总统。 但是亚历山大已经不再是

president's cabinet. He was happy just to be spending time with his family. Eliza's sister Angelica, who had been living in England with her husband for years, returned to America, and Alexander and Eliza were very happy to see her again. In August 1797, Alexander and Eliza had another son, William Steven. The Hamiltons had six children, the oldest now fifteen. They were close to both Eliza's family and to Alexander's relatives. They enjoyed welcoming family—and anyone else who needed a place to stay—into their home. For a man who once had no one, Alexander was now surrounded by people who loved him.

总统的内阁。他很高兴能和家人在一起。 伊丽莎的妹妹安杰莉卡和丈夫在英国生活了多年，现在回到了美国，亚历山大和伊丽莎很高兴再次见到她。 1797年8月，亚历山大和伊丽莎又生了一个儿子威廉·史蒂文。 汉密尔顿家有六个孩子，最大的已经15岁了。 他们与伊丽莎的家人和亚历山大的亲戚都很亲近。 他们喜欢欢迎家人和任何需要住宿的人来他们家。 对于一个曾经孤身一人的人来说，亚历山大现在被爱他的人包围了。