He’s not the only “impoverished Caribbean orphan who immigrated to the United States,” as “Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern + The pistols used in the duel<\/B> with Vice President Aaron Burr, who killed Some of them would make me go “Ooooh!” So if you’d like to see them and learn more about Don’t have the time? Don’t live in New York and can’t get here for it? You’ll have to settle for He’s not the only “impoverished Caribbean orphan who immigrated to the United States,” as the flack for the New York Historical Society describes him in a press release. But I’d bet he’s the only one ever to be given an exhibition by the society. The reason, of course, is that this particular impoverished Caribbean orphan immigrant was Alexander Hamilton. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-768","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbvgEs-co","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nthe flack for the New York Historical Society describes him in a press release. But I’d bet he’s the
\nonly one ever to be given an exhibition by the society. The reason,
\nof course, is that this particular impoverished Caribbean orphan immigrant
\nwas Alexander Hamilton<\/FONT><\/B><\/A>.<\/P>
\n
\nAmerica”<\/FONT><\/B><\/A> explores his life and times, and offers what is described as
\n“an unprecedented array of more than 150 original documents, letters, paintings and artifacts —
\nmany of which have not previously been publicly displayed.” The exhibition is to include:<\/P>
\n
\nhim.
+ A rare version of the Declaration of Independence<\/B> printed in Boston in July
\n1776.
+ Benjamin Franklin’s<\/B> signed, personal copy<\/B> of the
\nConstitution of the United States<\/B>.
+ The Federalist Papers.<\/B>
+ More than
\n30 portraits<\/B> of leading figures from the founding era, including iconic portraits of
\nJefferson and Washington by Rembrandt Peale.
+ Minutes from the New York Manumission
\nSociety, which remain unpublished to this day.
+ Hamilton’s handwritten drafts<\/B> for
\nWashington’s Farewell Address<\/B>, which he ghostwrote.<\/P>
\n
\n1) “the force behind the ratification of the Constitution”; 2) the “financial genius” who founded
\nthe Bank of the United States”; 3) “an ardent opponent of slavery and a founding member of the
\nNew York Manumission Society”; and 4) the “hard-hitting journalist who founded the New York
\nPost” a couple of centuries before Rupert Murdoch tucked it like a toy whistle into his pocket, get
\nthee to 170 Central Park West (between 76th and 77th Streets). The exhibition opens Friday and
\nruns through Feb. 28, 2005.<\/P>
\n
\na virtual tour<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/A> of
\nthe exhibition, or you could settle in at home with either
\nearlier biography<\/FONT><\/B><\/A>. Fair warning: Chernow’s the liberal,
\nBrookhiser’s the conservative.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"