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The ‘Hamilton’ saint: Elizabeth Seton and the Ten-Dollar Founding Father 

Mary Farrow
Mar 01, 2021
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When the orphan and Scotsman dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean — aka Alexander Hamilton — finally made his way to New York City as a budding revolutionary, he rubbed elbows with other influential members of early American society - including a future Catholic saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton.

Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American-bo…

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