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Regarding the article's current primary portrait

The current portrait being used to portray Hamilton at the top of the article is not Hamilton. The portrait was painted by John Trumbull two years after Hamilton's death, meaning that the portrait is merely what Trumbull remembers Hamilton looking like. There are many other contemporary portraits of Hamilton to choose from, some of which were also painted by Trumbull, that provide a much more accurate depiction of Hamilton particularly in his later years. Thank you for your consideration. UnbearableIsBad (talk) 02:44, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

Second Armed League of Neutrality and the Jay Treaty

This article states that Hamilton revealed to the British the American decision not to join the second league of armed neutrality and that this weakened Jay's hand in dealing with the British. Since the Jay treaty was negotiated in 1794 and the second league of armed neutrality did not come about until 1800, the article cannot possibly be correct. Please make the necessary corrections. 187.230.125.253 (talk) 03:27, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

grammatical error

He drafted many of Washington's orders and letters under Washington's direction, and he eventually issued orders on Washington behalf over his own signature

should be washington's behalf 2001:4BB8:105:AC9C:1CA0:10D1:F550:D92A (talk) 17:53, 4 September 2023 (UTC)

Musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda

I'm mildly surprised to see that the page has no mention at all of the hit musical that brought Hamilton to popular attention in the past decade. I searched the talk page archives for discussions of this, since I strongly suspected the issue would have been litigated to death, but found only a few mentions of the page having at one time focused too strongly on the musical (e.g. with a mention in the lead and an extended quote in the body). I'm curious whether there's a consensus that the musical isn't really relevant here, and/or whether there's talk page discussion I missed. Thanks!

2601:189:8180:3C80:55D7:837:CE23:A62 (talk) 16:56, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

The Legacy section directs the reader to Cultural depictions of Alexander Hamilton that mentions the 2015 musical. We cannot fit everything into one article without making the article too long. Peaceray (talk) 00:56, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
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