The Real Hamilton: Founding Father
American History Hit
History Hit
4.3 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Who really was Alexander Hamilton, and what do we actually know about his life?
A Founding Father, he fought in the Revolutionary War, founded the American financial system and was the first ever Secretary of the Treasury. But who really was Hamilton? How did his face come to be on our bank notes? Did he love his wife? And why would he go to duel even after his son had died in doing so?
In this first episode of our 4 part series on American History Hit, Don Wildman is talking to William Hogeland to find out. William is the author of 'The Hamilton Scheme: An Epic Tale of Money and Power in the American Founding' and his substack can be found here.
Produced by Sophie Gee. Edited by Aidan Lonergan. Senior Producer was Charlotte Long.
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| 0:00.0 | Quick as the Dickens we round the street corner in anticipation and there it is the theater |
| 0:05.5 | gilded bejeweled festooned in glowing bulbs and bright neon the big names in |
| 0:11.9 | lights this is one of the hottest shows of the season bright neon, the big names and lights. |
| 0:13.0 | This is one of the hottest shows of the season, and we're right in the middle of things. |
| 0:17.1 | Gliding into the gathered hubbub, bustling shoulder to shoulder, people call out to their |
| 0:21.9 | friends, jockeying for position, everyone searching their |
| 0:25.1 | pockets and purses for tickets, checking their coats, eyeing the merchandise, downing the |
| 0:30.4 | last dregs of their drinks. We clear the lobby, make our way past the ushers. |
| 0:35.0 | Two programs, please, thank you very much, and locate our seats. |
| 0:39.0 | Whoa. Check it out, huh? Front and center. |
| 0:43.0 | Now these are seats. |
| 0:44.0 | Excuse us. |
| 0:45.0 | Sorry. |
| 0:46.0 | Careful. |
| 0:47.0 | Ooh, ooh, watch your knees. |
| 0:48.0 | It's a little tight but not too shabby, huh? |
| 0:51.0 | Five rows from the stage, pricey but worth it. The whole theater is Red Velvet |
| 0:55.9 | Finery, the orchestra players in tuxes, and we settle in and relax as the lights begin to dim, and the |
| 1:02.4 | show is underway. It's Hamilton. No, no, not the musical. |
| 1:07.4 | This is the Hamilton everyone's been waiting to see. The real Alexander Hamilton. |
| 1:11.8 | Let the play begin. Good day listeners this is American History Hit and I'm your host Don Wildman. |
| 1:33.7 | If there is a founding father who deserves to be the subject of his own podcast series, |
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