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The original flintlock pistols made of walnut, brass and gold that were used in the July 11, 1804 duel with then-Vice President Aaron Burr, which resulted in the death of former secretary of treasury and a retired two-star Army General Alexander Hamilton, are displayed at Smithsonian National Postal Museum in Washington, Monday, June 11, 2018. The blockbuster show Hamilton is finally coming to the nation’s capital and the city is preparing in ways that only Washington can. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Alexander Hamilton’s pistols up for auction

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, file photo, a statue of Alexander Hamilton stands in Central Park in New York. A new research paper takes a swipe at the popular image of Alexander Hamilton as the abolitionist founding father, citing evidence that he was a slave trader and owner himself. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Alexander Hamilton indispensable to America’s success

By Rebecca Munson

Georgia's Constitutional Right Over its Elections Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Georgia has the constitutional right to govern its own elections

By Barry Fleming

Rep. Pete Stauber, Minnesota Republican, explains how the Biden administration’s actions have strayed from Alexander Hamilton’s philosophy and how the responsible development of natural resources can help create prosperity through self-reliance. (Associated Press)

Pete Stauber: Developing American natural resources encourages hard work, innovation

By Rep. Pete Stauber

In this Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, file photo, a statue of Alexander Hamilton stands in Central Park in New York. A new research paper takes a swipe at the popular image of Alexander Hamilton as the abolitionist founding father, citing evidence that he was a slave trader and owner himself. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Research sheds light on Alexander Hamilton as slave owner

By MARY ESCH - Associated Press

American History Lesson in "Hamilton: An American Musical" Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Conservatives and libertarians will appreciate ‘Hamilton: An American Musical’

By Cliff Maloney

Single tickets for ‘Hamilton’ in Virginia on sale next week

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Biographer to discuss Hamilton’s connections to Vermont

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This image filed Wednesday, May 15, 2019, in federal court as part of a forfeiture complaint by the U.S. attorney's office in Boston shows a 1780 letter from Alexander Hamilton to the Marquis de Lafayette, that was stolen from the Massachusetts Archives decades ago. The complaint asks a judge to order the letter returned to the state. It resurfaced in November 2018 when a Virginia auction house received it from a South Carolina family that wanted to sell it. The letter was part of a deceased relative's estate. (U.S. Attorney's Office via AP)

Feds want stolen Alexander Hamilton letter returned

By MARK PRATT - Associated Press

Tony Award-winning ‘Hamilton’ ending Chicago run in January

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Hamilton exhibition creative director and designer David Korins, poses for a portrait at the exhibit in Chicago, Thursday, April 25, 2019. Korins is standing in one of 19 rooms that make up a 360-degree immersive experience to accompany &quot;Hamilton&quot; the musical. Visitors can follow Alexander Hamilton's life as a trader in St. Croix to his death in a duel with Aaron Burr in 1804. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)

Miranda to attend Chicago opening of ‘Hamilton’ exhibition

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FILE- This undated image provided by the Smithsonian Institution shows Samuel Slater's Spinning frame that is part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Slater of Derbyshire, had apprenticed under a leading British industrialist. Figuring his prospects were brighter across the Atlantic, Slater disguised himself as a farmer, boarded a ship to the United States, signed on with a business owner in Rhode Island and replanted Britain’s cutting-edge cotton-spinning technology on American soil. In the United States, he was sometimes called “the father of the American Industrial Revolution.’’ (Eric Long/National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution via AP)

In trade wars of 200 years ago, the pirates were Americans

By PAUL WISEMAN - Associated Press

Delays mean Chicago ‘Hamilton’ exhibit opening 3 weeks late

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FILE - In this June 12, 2016 file photo, Lin-Manuel Miranda, center, and the cast of &quot;Hamilton&quot; perform at the Tony Awards in New York. Ever since the historical musical began its march to near-universal infatuation, one group has noticeable withheld its applause, historians. Many academics argue the onstage portrait of Alexander Hamilton is a counterfeit. Now they’re escalating their fight. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Historians irked by musical ‘Hamilton’ escalate their duel

By MARK KENNEDY - Associated Press

This Oct. 4, 2016, file image released by NBC shows Lin-Manuel Miranda during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on &quot;The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,&quot; in New York. (Andrew Lipovsky/NBCU Photo Bank via AP)

To ovations, Hamilton’s star reprises role in Puerto Rico

By DANICA COTO - Associated Press

Students perform a dance routine as part of auditions at the Mosaic Youth Theater of Detroit, on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019. The theater recently received a gift of $1 million Hamilton producer and Oak Park native Jeffrey Seller. (David Guralnick/Detroit News via AP)

Foundation gives $1 million grant to Detroit youth theatre

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In this Nov. 28, 2018 photo, Lin-Manuel Miranda, a cast member in the film &quot;Mary Poppins Returns,&quot; poses for a portrait at the Montage Beverly Hills in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Lin-Manuel Miranda calls ‘Mary Poppins’ sequel role a dream

By JOHN CARUCCI - Associated Press

Students from Hillside High School perform on Hamilton's stage on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018 as part of the EduHam initiative. (Lorena Rios Trevino/The Charlotte Observer via AP)

Teens tell America’s story with help from ‘Hamilton,’

By ANN DOSS HELMS - Associated Press

Displayed is Alexander Hamilton's Society of the Cincinnati Eagle insignia at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, Monday, Nov. 12, 2018. This and other items loaned by the fifth great-grandson of Hamilton will be featured as part of the museum's &quot;Year of Hamilton.&quot; (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Alexander Hamilton descendant loans heirlooms to museum

By KRISTEN DE GROOT - Associated Press