until recently alexander hamilton was best known as the stoic face on the $10 bill. that changed when hamilton hit broadway. so, this is hamilton grange. >> where he lived the last couple years of his life. this would be far from t cy. >> 100 blocks north of the theater is where the real alexander hamilton lived in an area known as hamilton heights. ron churno wrote the biography on which the musical is based. >> we are sitting in his house right now. the dining room table. what is it like for you to be sitting here? >> a thrill to be in this house. this was really the only house that we know that he ever owned. >> hamilton's story is an extraordinary self-made american immigrant. born out of wedlock, he was orphaned as a child. within a few decades he became one of most influential figures general george washington's top aide. signer of and major force behind the constitution. creator of the u.s. financial system and founder of the coast guard and "new york post." >> was hamilton a war hero? >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> evil genius? >> not for me. >> for some peo

there is alexander hamilton and george washington. the most important thing, i think, of this small place with all of these people who all are interconnected, george washington is the center. everybody knows and admires him. everybody wants a portrait. everybody wants to paint him. if you are a painter. and everybody else wants a picture or image of george washington. it can be an engraving from the painting or maybe it is a vase that you bought from france, with george washington's image on it. considering george washington to be the modern day -- also one with john adams on it. or maybe it is a clock with george washington on it. imported from france. everyone wants something with george washington on it. this portrait that we are looking at, right here, is an image of george washington which was recently cleaned by a grant that the gallery has from the bank of america. it is to conserve paintings by gilbert stuart. i think we are working our way through them, but this is one of the first ones that was done. it is a replica of the v

theater is where the real alexander hamilton lived in an area known as hamilton heights.o wrote the biography on which the musical is based. >> we are sitting in his house right now. the dining room table. what is it like for you to be sitting here? >> a thrill to be in this house. this was really the only house that we know that he ever owned. >> hamilton's story is an extraordinary self-made american immigrant. born out of wedlock, he was orphaned as a child. within a few decades he became one of most influential figures in u.s. history. general george washington's top aide. signer of and major force behind the constitution. cretate tore of the u.s. financial system. founder of the ghost guard and "new york post." >> was hamilton a war hero? >> absolutely. >> yeenous? >> absolutely. >> evil genius? >> not for me. >> for some people? >> some people. >> visionary? >> undoubtedly. >> insecure? >> to an extent. >> temperamental? >> definitely. >> i think what attracts people to the story of alexander hamilton is there are so many thing as but him that you can admire. but he

>> definitely. >> i think what attracts people to the story of alexander hamilton is there are so manyout him that you can admire. but he was an individual, you can at the same time identify with him. ♪ ♪ >> lynn manuel miranda decided to tell hamilton's story and rhyming lyrics of rap. in an interview he explained the concept to charlie rose. >> your music is rap. i also believe that form is uniquely suited to tell hamilton's story. it has the words per measure than any musical genre. it has the rhythm. if it has density. if hamilton had anything in his writings, density. his furious disputes with the other founding fathers were legendary including a decade long rivalry with thomas jefferson. over slavery which hamilton opposed. and over the future of the young republic. >> hamilton had a vision, not only traditional agriculture. there would be cities, factories, stock exchanges, banks, corporations, central bank. the world that we know today. >> hamilton died in a duel with vice president aaron burr at age 49. at his grave in lower manhattan, there is a surge of visitors here to reme

until recently alexander hamilton was best known as the stoic face on the $10 bill. broadway. so, this is hamilton grange. >> where he lived the last couple years of his life. this would be far from the city. >> 100 blocks north of the theater is where the real alexander hamilton lived in an area known as hamilton heights. ron churno wrote the biography on which the musical is based. >> we are sitting in his house right now. the dining room table. what is it like for you to be sitting here? >> a thrill to be in this house. this was really the only house that we know that he ever owned. >> hamilton's story is an extraordinary self-made american immigrant. born out of wedlock, he was orphaned as a child. within a few decades he became one of most influential figures in u.s. history. general george washington's top aide. the constitution. creator of the u.s. financial system and founder of the coast "new york post." >> was hamilton a war hero? >> absolutely. >> evil genius? >> not for me. >> for some people? >> some people. >> visionary? >> undoubtedly. >> insecure? >> to an exten

saying who shot alexander hamilton, charlie rose. >> remember? >> ding, ding, ding. >> because he is out of milk! that is one of the fun facts i learned when i went to see "hamilton." you learn a lot going to see that play. i knew very little about him. highly recommend. >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up in this half hour, more on the run-away success of the musical "hamilton." it is enjoy norginormous in this city. >> how do you spell that? >> >> you learn something new in our sew show. dr. tara narula is in our green room. why women fare worse than men. >> ginormous fact. >> that's true. she has got a good excuse. >> let's show you some of this morning's headlines. wp reports on dr. samuel alito said the supreme court will find without dr. scalia's on the bench. he said the supreme court. >>> erin andrews wants $75 million in damages. they accuse the hotel for giving her room number to a stalker. >> two window washers in manhattan were stranded 70 feet up more than an hour yesterday when their scaffold got stuck. firefighters bro

." >> i'm chip reid at alexander hamilton's south in northern manhattan. a hundred blocks south of here he is the biggest name on wall street. we will explain how hamilton has become the hippest of the founding fathers. new york see me. see me. see me to know that psoriasis is just something that i have. i'm not contagious. see me to know that i won't stop. until i find what works. discover cosentyx, a different kind of medicine for moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. proven to help the majority of people find clear or almost clear skin. 8 out of 10 people saw 75% skin clearance at 3 months. while the majority saw 90% clearance. do not use if you are allergic to cosentyx. before starting, you should be tested for tuberculosis. an increased risk of infections and lowered ability to fight them may occur. an infection or symptoms... ...such as fever, sweats, chills, muscle aches or cough. or if you have received a vaccine or plan to. if you have crohn's disease, tell your doctor as symptoms can worsen. serious allergic reactions may occur. see me. see me. see

what thomas jefferson immediately turned to the part involving alexander hamilton. hamilton had given this big speech where he argued maybe the united states should have an elective, basically like an elective monarch, a person who would live forever. trying to make the virginians looked moderate. thomas jefferson flipped to that part. there are people trying to create a monarchy. from that moment on jefferson is convinced alexander hamilton is enormous danger to the united states and he is secretly trying to have a monarchy. madison started thinking, gosh there are things i wrote in the notes, i gave some speeches i sounded suspiciously all these things jefferson thinks is a bad idea. the book argues that madison took those pages and the speeches and rewrote the pages leaving out the dangerous conclusion he had made so thomas jefferson would not realize he had been more with the hamilton crowd than jefferson thought was advisable when he came back. madison and jefferson become very, very close when jefferson comes back. >> it turns out, the revision, this may be a l

. >> reporter: until recently, alexander hamilton was best 10 dollar bill. that changed when "hamilton" hit broadway. so this is? >> this is where he lived the life. you have to remember, chip, this would have been very farther north of the city at the time. this would have been virtual wilderness. >> reporter: about a hundred blocks north of the theater is where the real alexander hamilton lived in an area now known as hamilton heights. ron wrote the 800-page auto biography in which the play is based. we are sitting in alexander hamilton's house now. what is it like for you to be sitting here? >> it's a thrill to be in this house because this is the only house we know that he ever owned. >> that's all ahead on "cbs this morning." >>> finally, punk icon and fans are releasing their first album in 13 years. the rock trio played some of that new music on "the late show with stephen colbert" last night. but they left the audience with their most well-known song. for this wednesday. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. when i'm walking i strut my stuff i'm as

we are sitting in alexander hamilton's house now. what is it like for you to be sitting here? >> it's a thrill to be in this house because this is the only house we know that he ever owned. >> that's all ahead on "cbs this morning." >>> finally, punk icon and fans the rock trio played some of that new music on "the late show with stephen colbert" last night. but they left the audience with their most well-known song. that is the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. when i'm walking i strut my stuff the number of votes of his second-place contender. we'll look at all the candidates in our first-in-the-west caucus. and it was only the second time nevadans held a state caucus... since switching from a primary format back in 2008. we spoke to caucus-goers in reno and carson city... who had mixed feelings about the process. and how washoe county schools are promoting social and emotional learning for children. ky sisson is live to tell us more about an improtant conference, and how it could impact schools across the country. these stories t

urr,won her dual with b unlike alexander hamilton but the marriage cost her dearly.he ran through massive amounts of money in a short time she could have used for her future security. she also had to pay for lawyers to secure the divorce. thenl say that legal cost were just as bad as they are now. cleverly, she managed to turn this disaster is marriage into an asset. it as a way to go in the social status she -- to gain the social status she desired for so long. by the 1850's, she was traveling in europe as madame burr. as to whether she could actually claim the title as opposed to being the divorced wife of burr, well, that is an interesting little wrinkle in her biography. but i don't want to spoil the story, so the answer to that thetion, whether she was by 1850's the widow or divorcee, you will have to read the book. thank you, ladies and gentlemenmen, and we are open to questions. [applause] yes? >> what was burr's primary mode of -- [indiscernible] margaret: he wanted to speculate, because he felt that his speculations would bring so much money that he could li

madison was fascinated by alexander hamilton and so alexander hamilton wasn't there for the entire convention, but his speeches very large. madison was, i argue, found charles from south carolina extremely annoying. [laughter] >> that's the only way -- he was about madison's age. pinkney wrote. pinkney had big handwriting, huge. after the convention, he writes madison this letter that sort of says, here i am, i'm married, you know, having a fine time, i gather you're still a bachelor, which is pretty much in your face, and pigmey and madison were staying at the same house together and there's a lot of competition between them and pinkney introduces a plan also at the convention at the beginning and madison doesn't record it. and in fact, madison basically leaves pinkney out almost entirely through the beginning of his notes, when we read the notes, it looks like pinkney never had a plan. historians believe that he had a plan. it was an interesting plan. >> tell us about a few other plan that is were sort of introduced? >> yeah, so the virginians had a plan t virginians thought that the proble