. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . CHAPTER IV IN THE NATIONS FIRST CAPITAL New Yorks Greatest Man — A Tour of the Old Town — Famous Menand Historic Points— The Story of Alexander Hamilton — A Remark-, able Character. EW YORKS greatest man? said Uncle Tom, reflectively, inanswer to a question from Roger. Why, I should say, with-out hesitation, Alexander Hamilton — even if we countGeneral Grant. General Grant! cried the Boston boy. Why, how doyou make that out, Uncle Tom ? Grant was an Illinois man, I thought. Primarily, yes,-Unc
. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . CHAPTER IV IN THE NATIONS FIRST CAPITAL New Yorks Greatest Man — A Tour of the Old Town — Famous Menand Historic Points— The Story of Alexander Hamilton — A Remark-, able Character. EW YORKS greatest man? said Uncle Tom, reflectively, inanswer to a question from Roger. Why, I should say, with-out hesitation, Alexander Hamilton — even if we countGeneral Grant. General Grant! cried the Boston boy. Why, how doyou make that out, Uncle Tom ? Grant was an Illinois man, I thought. Primarily, yes,-Uncle Tom replied; though he was Ohio-born, youknow. But we are regarding Americas famous men after they had become,as we might say, the property of the nation. Grant was practically a cipheruntil developed into greatness by the inspiration of war. After the war andthe Presidency, New York was his chosen home; so, for our purpose,we can, I think, claim him as a New York man. At any rate, I prefer so to•consider him at this stage of the inquiry ; for, except for Grant and Hamil-ton, anoth
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