“Hamilton” fans have learned a lot about America’s first Treasury Secretary from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s popular musical, which dropped Friday on Disney+, that they might not have known before.Alexander Hamilton was a scrappy immigrant from Saint Kitts and Nevis.
A prolific writer, he composed 51 of the Federalist Papers, but then a scandalous affair scuttled his chances for a political future.However, many Broadway buffs don’t know about one of Hamilton’s enduring achievements, which they see every day online at newsstands: He founded the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States — The New York Post.In an attempt to make a New York paper with a strong Federalist Party stance — as opposed to President Thomas Jefferson’s.
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