WERE HURT.

WHEN YOU HEAR THE NAME

"HAMILTON" THE FIRST THING THAT

COMES TO MIND IS THE HIT

BROADWAY MUSICAL.

WHAT ABOUT THE MAN HIMSELF?

THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY HAS

ONE OF A KIND ARTIFACTS FROM

THE FOUNDING FATHER.

Reporter: HE IS AS HOT AS

CAN BE RIGHT NOW TAKING OVER

THE SPOTLIGHT AND HE HAS BEEN

DEAD FOR OVER 200 YEARS.

HE WAS ONE OF OUR FOUNDING

FATHERS.

HE IS A LOT SMARTER.

BY 14, HE WAS PLACED IN CHARGE

OF A TRADING CHARTER.

Reporter: WHO IS ALEXANDER

HAMILTON?

WE DON'T KNOW.

HE WENT TO KINGS COLLEGE,

WHICH IS NOW COLUMBUS COLLEGE.

Reporter: MORE THAN JUST A

FACE ON A $10 BILL OR THE

SUBJECT OF AN 11-TIME TONY WINS

MUSICAL, THE NEW YORK PUBLIC

LIARY IS UNCOVERING THE HYPE IN

ALEXANDER HAMILTON.

INSIDE THE LIBRARY ADJACENT TO

BRYANT PARK WE GOT A LOOK AT

THE NEW EXHIBIT.

DOCUMENTS FROM THE FOUNDING

FATHER'S LIFE.

SOME IN HIS OWN HANDWRITING

UNCOVERING OUR FIRST NATION'S

SECRETARY OF TREASURY.

HE THE MEDIA HIS WAY FROM

ORPHAN IN THE WEST INDIES TO

AMERICAN HERO.

IN HIS OWN WORDS PUB

ACCOMPLISHED FOR THE WORLD TO

SEE HE CONFESSES HIS

SHORTCOMINGS.

HE HAD AN AFFAIR IN A VERY

PUBLIC WAY.

Reporter: PRIDE ULTIMATELY

TOOK HAMILTON'S LIFE TWO DAYS

AFTER DUELING WITH AARON BURR.

HE DIED FROM A GUNSHOT WOUND.

THERE COULD HAVE BEEN AN

EASY WAY OUT.

Reporter: WANT IT LEARN

MORE?

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