Ezra Weeks
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Ezra Weeks, was a successful undertaker/carpenter who had allied himself with the mercantile elite and had made powerful connections. His brother, Levi was a undertaker/carpenter by trade who worked closely with his brother, Ezra. The Weeks brothers’ main building project at the time was Hamilton Grange[1], a country house in Harlem Heights in Upper Manhattan. Alexander Hamilton was having a country seat built to rival Richmond Hill, the country home of his arch nemesis Aaron Burr. John McComb, the architect of Hamilton Grange, and Ezra Weeks would both be key defense witnesses for Ezra Weeks' brother, Levi in one of the most sensational murder trials of the turn of the 18th century.
Ezra Weeks was an object of curiosity within New York City society circles. Only a few years previous to being commissioned by Hamilton, he and his brother Levi lived at the corner of Greenwich and Harrison streets. On the 5th of March, 1800, Levi was tried for the murder of the beautiful Gulielma Sands. It made quite a scandal. Ezra was the principal witness for Hamilton's defense.
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- ^ Howard, Hugh and Straus III, Roger, Houses of the Founding Fathers (2007)
