so he will come up from charleston for this meeting, along with secretary james mchenry. they will converse there for five weeks. and will break out the start for regiments. they've figure out how things will work with voters and companies and regiment, it's very organized, and shows how obsessive compulsive hamilton was with the detail, including designed for uniforms, and even the soldiers huts. he was a little bit of a amateur architect and, after the five week four over, they wouldn't return to the office. there's an encampment not too far from here. it is the site picked by new jersey's own, and officers, like the others i mentioned. serving as a colonel in the revolution, he had this site because of the strategic height, about 2000 soldiers were there and did review the troops in the fall of 1799. >> as we begin to wrap it up, we will see how the membership in society, this is the so-called diamond eagle, a gift to general washington, presented from officers of the french navy, that was their first meeting and was owned by george washington until his death at mount

in fact, the birthday of another founding founder, james mchenry is usually given as november 16, 1753. family records give it as 1752, and in a letter in 1813, mchenry gave it as 1751, so he changed the year end date of his birth. hitting closer to home, hamilton's mother also may have misrepresented how old she was because he agent her burial record is reduced from her real age. it is clear that hamilton misrepresented his age and his given birth to eight is -- birthdate is incorrect, it appears that taking liberties with one's age is not as big a deal then as it is considered today. of course it was easier to get away with it then as it would be today. in addition to giving his birth date as january 11, 1757, he apparently told friends and family that he was born on nevis. this was repeated by james yard, probably based on information from edward stevens, who is yard's brother-in-law and repeated by john c. hamilton. unlike his birthday, his birth on nevis has never been questioned because there was never any reason to doubt it. however, none of the witnesses who testified in the di