Don't forget that Hamilton also ran the Bank of New York, which made the first loan to the US government. He knew banking -- because money is a great buffer against being dismissed as an illegitimate. For those of you not coming out of the 20th Century: it used to be embarrassing (on the verge of public ostracism) if your parents were not married when you were born. Hamilton's dad was a Scottish beachcomber in the West Indies. A perpetual state of debt guaranteed... something. Hamilton had the answers. Too bad the question was "how can we wind up the robber baron nation?" Aaron Burr killed him. Sounds noble, but Burr ran what is now Chase Morgan (the Chase side of it).
Haven't gotten to that yet in my class, though I'm two days behind on my textbook readings! To people unfamiliar with the story, it is absolutely vital to note that Burr killed Hamilton because they tried to settle their beef with a duel. yeah. an actual, fucking duel. Which Hamilton– leader of the first political party of the United States, father of the first U.S. Bank, and Washington's Chief of Staff after signing the Declaration of Independence– thought was a good idea. And then Burr ran away to Georgia.