up next on american history tv historian and author william hogeland talks about alexander hamilton's financial ideas. this discussion is about 50 minutes. now while the museum the gallery of the museum is closed because of flood that we sustained our robust programming continues as evidenced by today and our author who is speaking is william hogeland. he's written multiple books on early us history including autumn of the black snake declaration the whisk

it's my pleasure to introduce him, william hogeland. [ cheers and applause ] >>> thanks a lot. i know the accoustics in here boom a bit, can anyone hear me? okay, thank you, good to know. i think some of you know maybe i'm a bit of a fish out of water here. i would like to point out that the museum of american finance, they have had me speak, this is the first time. my first ever talk on alexander hamilton and related issues was sponsored by the museum. for my very first book and that was back in 2006. so, it's a, i think some of you already know that my, you know, it's celebrate ham ton right now, and celebrate is not exactly what i do, generally speaking. those that know my work, know that i think critically and i write critically. i write and think critically about everything because that's just how i think. people sometimes think because i'm not celebrating that i'm filled with hatred for the people that i write about. you don't spend your life in the company of these people because you hate them. but, nonetheless, for those of you who don't know my stuff, you will note the

it's my pleasure to introduce him william hogeland. thanks a lot. i know the acoustics in here boom a little bit. can anyone hear me? okay. thank you. that's good to know. i think some of you know that maybe it's a little bit. i'm a little bit of a fish out of water here. i would like to point out that the museum of american finance has had me speak. this is the third time in fact my very first ever talk on alexander hamilton and other related issues was sponsored by the museum from my very first book and that was back in 2006. so it's a big i think some of you already know that my you know, it's celebrate hamilton time right now and celebrate is not exactly what i do generally speaking. i those of you know my work know that i think critically and i write critically i write and think critically about everything because that's just how i think people sometimes think because i'm not celebrating that i'm filled with hatred for these people that i write about you don't spend your life in the company of these people because you hate them but none us for

up next to american history tv, historian and author william hogeland talks about hamilton's economichis. discussion is about 50 minutes. >>> now, while the museum, the gallery of the museum is closed because of a flood that we sustained, our robust