Alexander Hamilton in the Financial District Walking Tour

Alexander Hamilton immigrated to British Colonial New York as a young, orphaned nobody, but quickly rose to be an influential player in the Revolutionary War and the founding of the United States of America.  

On the southern tip of Manhattan, Hamilton lived, studied, worked, and served to create a financially robust nation in good standing with the international community. Today’s Financial District was the setting for much of Hamilton’s career.

Highlights include

 - Site of first capital of the United States

 - Society of the Cincinnati

 - Trinity Church, the Tory stronghold

 - Hamilton’s political foes Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr

 - Grave of Hamilton & Eliza Schuyler Hamilton—and Angelica