[3] In May 1734, James's father, Andrew Hamilton, sold him the town that is present-day Lancaster, Pennsylvania, for 5 shillings.

[4] After the death of his father on August 4, 1741, Hamilton inherited his 150-acre estate known as Bush Hill north of the city.

[5] He assisted his brother-in-law William Allen in the administration of lands purchased by his father to be used for the state house and surrounding public space.

The conveyance of this land completed the area of the yard: property that contained the state house and the public spaces surrounding it.

[6] During the period when Philadelphia was the federal capital of the United States, prior to its relocation to Washington, D.C., in 1800, Hamilton was on an extended stay in England.

The Lenape and Shawnee tribes raided deep into frontier Pennsylvania, taking captives and killing settlers.

Hamilton assumed the role of chief executive from May 4 to October 16, 1771, when John Penn left Philadelphia to return to England when his father died.

[2] The council was prohibited to approve any act of the Assembly so the role was strictly ceremonial or administrative until October when Richard Penn, Jr., (John's brother) was appointed as the province's deputy governor.