Her painting of Alexander Hamilton, a copy of John Trumbull's contemporary portrait which hangs in New York's City Hall, was painted on commission for the Treasury Department. After working in Ohio and New York, she settled in Washington, D.C. Durand and Daniel Huntington, and later she studied with Wilhelm von Kaulbach in Munich where she made many copies of old masters. She moved to New York City to study with Asher B. Ormes Ransom (1838 - 1910) was a portrait and landscape painter born in Newark, Ohio in 1838. Hamilton was killed in 1804 in a duel with Aaron Burr arising from a political dispute. He kept in close contact with President Washington, however, and continued to give financial advice to his successor, Oliver Wolcott.

Under personal financial pressure, his office paying only $3500 a year, Hamilton resigned in 1795 and joined the New York bar. The Mint became an independent agency in 1797 and was eventually transferred to Treasury in 1873. Though he wanted the Mint to be a structural part of the Treasury, he lost the battle to Jefferson and it was established in 1792 within the State Department. Hamilton also introduced plans for a United States Mint. The First Bank issued paper currency, used to pay taxes and debts owed to the Federal Government. The Bank served as a depository for public funds and assisted the Government in its financial transactions. He introduced plans for the First Bank of the United States, established in 1791 which was designed to be the financial agent of the Treasury Department. Hamilton's attack on the debt helped secure the confidence and respect of foreign nations. was the price of liberty,'' he affirmed, and he then put into effect, during 17, a revenue system based on customs duties and excise taxes. Facing a chaotic treasury burdened by the heavy debt of the Revolutionary War, Hamilton's first interest when he took office was the repayment of the war debt in full.

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