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At this location stood the residence of Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton and his wife Elizabeth. Hamilton was the architect of President’s Washington’s controversial economic policies including creation of a national bank, consolidation of state war debts, and promotion of domestic manufacturing. These policies were criticized by the National Gazette, Philip Freneau’s pro-Jeffersonian partisan newspaper. In response, Hamilton worked with John Fenno of the Gazette of the United States to defend and promote the president’s policies. A newspaper war ensued with Hamilton and his political rival Thomas Jefferson pulling the strings in the background.

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