Courtesy: National Heritage Museum, Lexington, MA. Though they worked in close proximity for years, Alexander Hamilton and George Washington never became close friends; different positions and ...

Eventually acquired by businessman and art collector ... In addition to the Washington portrait, the museum sold a pair of pocket pistols belonging to Alexander Hamilton that sold for $819,000.

Balderson says, "It was commissioned by George Washington. It was overseen by Alexander Hamilton. Alexander Hamilton actually picked out the architect who built the lighthouse, the same architect ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with historian William Hogeland about little-known facts he learned about founding father Alexander ... under President George Washington. Hamilton was obsessed with ...

The historian William Hogeland set out to write a book about Alexander ... in detail - it was Hamilton's plan as the first secretary of the treasury under President George Washington.