By Michael Fressola, Staten Island Advance
Citizens manhandle his likeness every day and yet, Alexander Hamilton, the face on the $10 bill, is an under-known founding father.For instance: How many otherwise informed people can recall his slot in the list of early presidents? (The answer is at the end of this article).
This spring, the Museum of American Finance, which sits in a part of lower Manhattan that Hamilton knew well, has opened “Alexander Hamilton: Lineage and Legacy,” a small show that doesn’t skirt the lurid episodes in the great man’s life.