From Yorktown to York Avenue

In 1788, Alexander Hamilton wrote in Federalist Paper no. 68 that the Electoral College was meant to stop people with talents for low intrigue, and the little arts of popularity from becoming president. Oh well. On 12 January, Sothebys held a press preview for its auction of the Founding Fathers letters and invited members of the cast and crew from the hit Broadway musical that bears the statesmans name (the shows star, Javier Muoz, stopped by a couple of days earlier). Among the documents are