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That face on the $10 bill is full of history. Founding Father Alexander Hamilton might have been born 1,300 miles away on the Caribbean island of Nevis, but he would go on to become the quintessential New Yorker.

How did New York become the commercial capital of the world? Alexander Hamilton.

He grew up in St. Croix, but by the time he arrived in the United States at age 17, he was already good at making money.

He became President George Washington’s aide and later the U.S. secretary of the treasury and a Founding Father of the young nation.

He opened his own law office after passing the bar exam in just three months. Next, he organized the city’s first bank — The Bank of New York — which is still in business today.

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