Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern America Overview of
Exhibition and Themes Introductory panel: Alexander Hamilton
(1757-1804), more than any other Founder of the United States,
foresaw the America we live in now. He shaped the young
country's financial, political, and legal systems according to
this vision. His ideas on racial equality and economic diversity
were so far ahead of their time that it took America decades to
catch up with them. Hamilton made the early republic work, and
set the agenda for its future. Section I: His World Hamilton's
world teemed with active, opinionated men and women. Some were
local celebrities in his small but bustling adopted home of New
York City; some were national figures; and a few were world
famous. Hamilton worked, argued, and fought with them; he loved,
admired and hated them. Some crossed his path briefly. Others
were fixed points in his life. Still others changed their
relationships with him as politics or passion moved them. The
portraits in this exhibition