#Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton

[icarusbetide]

#save elizabeth schuyler hamilton from male biographers 2024

Just got pissed off so bad. I'm in the middle of reading Burr, Hamilton, and Jefferson: A Study in Character, which presents an intriguing argument that Burr deserves to be put back into the Founding Father Pantheon, so to speak. The author doesn't shy away from hitting hard against the idea that Jeff & Ham were morally superior to Burr, and I was on board! Ready to go!

But then. During the discussion of the women in each of their lives, the author decides the best way to further promote Burr's attitude towards women compared to Jefferson and Hamilton is to disparage Martha Jefferson & Elizabeth Hamilton?

On Martha Jefferson:

Martha Wayles Skelton had been a widow, and none of Jefferson's biographers, even the resourceful Fawn Brodie, has been able to tell us much about her—from the solitary letter remaining to us in her hand or the accounts of their contemporaries—beyond the general impression that she was handsome, musical, and frail.

On Elizabeth Hamilton:

Hamilton's Elizabeth was an heiress, the daughter of an upstate squire, Philip Schuyler, with Livingston and van Rensselaer connections. She was plain, straightforward, loyal, and neurasthenic, endured his flagrant and frequent infidelities, and lived to the brink of the Civil War.

I'm sorry, I don't know enough about Martha J. to protest to her characterization, but I think I can say something about Eliza. Plain? Neurasthenic? And once again, annoyed at the lack of citation or evidence for flagrant and frequent infidelities - but putting that aside, even if it were true, I don't like how her staying in her marriage is subtly implied to be some failure or at least less interesting than a woman who didn't "endure" them. There's a lack of consideration of both her own strength & the societal circumstances of that time that would have influenced her actions.

On Theodosia:

Her character emerges from their large and fervent correspondence. She was confident, well connected, well read, beautiful even after a burn scarred her face, witty, worldly, and full of expectations of him.

Okay. The author saw the point and it sailed over his head. "From their large and fervent correspondence" is key here. Like I said earlier, I don't know enough about Martha Jefferson, but I bet that "handsome, musical, frail" is probably not an all-encompassing picture of her. The similarity between her and Eliza? We don't have the letters that they wrote to their husbands. It's unfair to judge Theodosia (don't get me wrong! she was well read and intelligent, that's not what i'm denying) from her correspondence with Burr, but then not acknowledge that the lack of that perspective would impact how we view the other two women.

And to top it all off:

Unlike Jefferson's and Hamilton's, Burr's character was molded by the love of a woman of immense force and intelligence.

Neither Hamilton nor Jefferson married a woman who evidenced such force of character and independence of view.

Jesus Christ. There's plenty to criticize about Jefferson & Hamilton, and I really wanted to see a well-reasoned argument about Burr's character and whatnot but this lacks nuance and is unnecessarily dismissive. It pisses me off that a book that seems determined to break down the idolized version of Hamilton, somehow ends up using his wife to further their angle, just like biased Hamiltonian biographies. In both cases, Eliza is the plain, unintelligent, steadfast wife. For sympathetic authors like Chernow, that's somehow justification for the Reynolds affair. For Roger G. Kennedy, that's used in an argument against her husband. "Let's talk attitude towards women! Hamilton & Jefferson didn't have intellectual wives! Point for Burr!"

I don't know nearly enough about Martha Jefferson to say anything of merit, but really?

To give credit where credit is due, I think Kennedy is trying to make the point here that Theodosia Bartow Burr was a major influence on Burr, as "Burr's character blossomed in the radiance of his wife and mentor". He also goes on to talk about various genuine reasons why Burr's attitude towards women is noteworthy. But I still don't like the way he dismissed the other two women as what? Not smart enough to help their husbands' characters blossom? Maybe there's merit to this book outside of this one section, The Women, but right now I'm not in the mood. Am I being dramatic? Idk.

#aughh i'm pissed so maybe i'm being too dramatic #idk let's post it on the internet for everyone to see. smart decision. #alexander hamilton #thomas jefferson #aaron burr #martha jefferson #elizabeth schuyler #elizabeth hamilton #theodosia bartow burr #historical hamilton #amrev #elizabeth schuyler hamilton

[fullofobsessions]

A rare documentation of Elizabeth Schuyler:

#broadway #hamilton #alexander hamilton #hamilton an american musical #hamilton the musical #hamilton memes #elizabeth schuyler #eliza schuyler #burn #phillipa soo #elizabeth schuyler hamilton #elizabeth hamilton #eliza hamilton #eliza schuyler hamilton #musicals

[46ten]

Elizabeth S. Hamilton at the Constitutional Convention, June 1797

Elizabeth Schuyler attended a diplomatic meeting at the age of 6; as a teenager, she hosted politicians solo; her relationship with George Washington predates Alexander Hamilton's. As a married adult, she stood in for Martha Washington, she led the Republican Court in NYC, she led charitable endeavors, and she hosted any number of national and international figures, from bankers to politicians, etc. U.S. presidents through the 1840s paid homage to her. But as so many women of the early Republic were, she was pretty deliberately erased. Particularly excised were the contributions and political activism of the Federalist wives - the amount of influence these women had could not be discussed.

And so by the late 20th century, we have historians writing that ESH didn't like politics and was sickly, usually pregnant, and often absent from her husband, but at least she tried to make a nice cozy environment for the Great Alexander Hamilton to go home and snuggle in, or something like that, as though it didn't occur to these historians that Elizabeth Schuyler likely could have married any number of wealthy, accomplished (and distant relative) men and lived a very comfortable life of luxury in Albany. And yet she looked at the super-charismatic guy who everyone said was brilliant, but with no steady income, not even a lawyer yet and with no ties to Albany, but noted as highly ambitious and said, "yep, he's the one!" Spoiler: she did it because she was ambitious herself and recognized that theirs could be a strong strategic/political partnership, in addition to a strong marriage. (I'm sure it was also good for her ego that he declared himself her best friend after only a few weeks and was so far gone he couldn't remember a military password after an evening with her.)

This erasure led to the common assumption that Elizabeth was not in Philadelphia at the Constitutional Convention in summer 1787. However, statutesandstories.com has posted about new evidence - really, a more careful examination and reading of old documents - that ESH was in Philadelphia in June 1797, and was likely in the city at the time of AH's June 18th speech to the convention. The theory is that she traveled with the Knoxes from NYC to Philadelphia, as she's mentioned in a letter from Knox that she is traveling with them, and she's definitely with AH on June 19th, as they are recorded in a journal/diary at a social engagement also attended by George Washington. Additional conjecture that this letter from AH can be more tightly dated to this period, considering these lines:

I cannot yet determine what will be our stay here and consequently I can make no determinations about my love; but I feel that it will be impossible for me to submit to a long separation however inconvenient it may be to incur the expence which will attend her coming here. 

Which may align with EH borrowing money for this travel from her brother-in-law, Stephen van Rensselaer, also possibly more tightly dated to this period.

Please check out the well-cited posts (3 parts): 1, 2, and 3

Although no Hamilton biographers have discussed Eliza’s trip to the Convention in June, historians from Independence National Historic Park (INHP) concluded in the 1980s that Eliza was one of as many as nine wives who likely “attended” the Convention.  Part 4 (pending) will discuss Eliza Hamilton’s relationship with the other eight wives who likely were in Philadelphia during the Convention, including Rufus King’s wife, Mary Alsop King, who was a native New Yorker. 

This makes total sense to me - not just the documentation presented, but that she would have shown up to perform soft politicking/diplomacy around her husband's activities, in addition to a possible role assisting him in the drafting and editing of his speech. The daughter of Philip Schuyler and Catharine Van Rensselaer wasn't going to sit in NYC on the sidelines for this - she bolstered Hamilton not only in the ways she was personally helpful to him (emotionally, but also going over his writings and speeches with him), but through her representation of the wealthy Dutch-American interests, showing that Hamilton was a junior delegate from NY with a lot of political and financial power backing him.

As the blog states:

Yet it remains possible that Eliza may have helped her husband prepare for his one-of-a-kind speech on June 18. Moreover, it is felt that the possibility of informal, behind-the-scenes contributions by Eliza cries out for further examination.

Cause ya know, she's not discussing new threads for her needlework and thoughts on child-weaning at all these social gatherings or standing in for Martha Washington and chatting with Martha's husband about the best ways to make pastry.

And I just love if she helped advise him on a speech that only the "rich and well-born" can make a strong government. I'm sure they felt quite haughty and proud and said, "let's make another baby!" (James Alexander Hamilton was born around 9 months later.)

#elizabeth schuyler hamilton #alexander hamilton #u.s. constitution #Henry Knox #Lucy Knox

[wardrobeoftime]

Hamilton + Costumes

Elizabeth “Eliza” Schuyler Hamilton’s blue dress.

// requested by anonymous

#Hamilton #Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton #Eliza Hamilton #Musicals #period drama #perioddramaedit #costume drama #costumes #costumesource #1700s #1800s #18th century #19th century #blue #New York City #New York #USA #North America #requests

[yr-obedt-cicero]

Remember kids, you don't have to put down or degrade a cannon historical relationship just because you like another. It still annoys the living shit of me when I see people claiming Hamilton never truly loved Elizabeth and merely wanted her money, just to promote Lams. Sure, money was an addition he wanted, and it's not like he so humbly married into one of the wealthiest family's in the colonies with nothing but selflessness in mind. And gracefully declined the inheritance like some Disney prince. But that does not mean he didn't love Elizabeth, or for who she was. He loved her greatly, and the inheritance was only a side addition, not the complete goal in mind.

Fact of the matter is; believing Hamilton didn't truly love Elizabeth does not make Laurens' and Hamilton's relationship seem any more or less plausible. Claiming he never loved her does not mean he loved Laurens any more. And honestly, he adored them both. But villainizing his marriage isn't going to help cease the disbelief of his relationship with Laurens. Their undeniable affection and devotion should be a clear sign already.

You can't look at the 30 June 1780 letter from AH to JL where he dully describes his soon-to-be wife and take that as all the proof you need. You need more widespread research if you're going to make such severe claims.

#amrev #american history #american revolution #alexander hamilton #historical alexander hamilton #john laurens #historical john laurens #elizabeth hamilton schuyler #elizabeth schuyler hamilton #elizabeth schuyler #elizabeth hamilton #history #hamilza #historical hamilza #lams #historical lams #txt

[pub-lius]

how amrev figures would respond to you asking their pronouns bc even tho this has probably been done before, all of my opinions are right and i preach the gospel /j

*disclaimer: this is a joke really only meant for my mutuals but whatever idrc. do not take this seriously. see this post before responding pls tysm ily*

washington: oh, he/him i suppose..

hamilton: who’s asking 🤨

jefferson: he/him!!! you know i actually just read a book about the neurology of gender-

madison: …um… jefferson, what are my “pronouns”?

laurens: the male ones 😐 im clearly a man, a straight man(*internalized homophobia and transphobia*)

lafayette: whatever you’d like to use! i really don’t mind ☺️

tilghman: uh he??? im not sure what to say 😅 whichever ones washington uses i guess

eliza hamilton: she/her, darling. what are yours?

dolley madison: she/they. go ask james, i want to see if he knows what they are

martha washington: hm well i suppose they would be she/her

benjamin franklin: he/him, you know when i was a young man- *some useless story with a moral that doesn’t make sense*

baron von steuben: he/him for strangers, they/he for friends 😉

adams: i dont have “pronouns”, im a man

burr: 👁👁

abraham woodhull: um… *reads the back of his hand* hel him?

benjamin tallmadge: he/him. is there anything else i can help you with?

henry laurens: you must be from london *shakes head in disappointment*

#founding fathers #amrev #history #george washington #alexander hamilton #thomas jefferson #james madison #john laurens #marquis de lafayette #tench tilghman #elizabeth schuyler hamilton #dolley madison #martha washington #benjamin franklin #baron von steuben #john adams #abraham woodhull #benjamin tallmadge #henry laurens

[18th-century-bitch]

This is the exact song John Laurens sings when he found out about Elizabeth

#amrev #american revolution #alexander hamilton #john laurens #elizabeth schuyler #elizabeth schuyler hamilton #Youtube

[yvisoul]

since i've been reading a lot of Hamliza books lately, i'm making a list of all the books i could find that are about/include Hamliza, (or at least Eliza because there isn't much about her!) if anyone is interested:

I, Eliza Hamilton by Susan Holloway Scott

Alex & Eliza (A Love Story, Love & War, All for One) by Melissa de la Cruz.

Hamilton's Choice by Jack Casey

The Hamilton Affair by Elizabeth Cobbs

My Dear Hamilton by Stephanie Dray, Laura Kamoie

A Master Passion by Juliet Waldron

Hamilton's Heart & Hamilton's Hope by Mercy Madison

Elizabeth Schuyler: A Story of Old New York by Mary Elizabeth Springer

Sharing Hamilton by Brian L. Porter, Diana Rubino

Hamilton's Battalion: A Trio Of Romances by Rose Lerner, Courtney Milan, Alyssa Cole

(will be updated if i find any other) + (and if you know another book, let me know!)

#hamilton #hamliza #eliza hamilton #elizabeth hamilton #elizabeth schuyler hamilton #i warn you that not all of these books are that good #but there's the list anyway #i'll also make a list about shows/movies that include Eliza #Alexander is easy to find in shows and books #but not Eliza #so i must collect anything i can find about her like little crumbs #i'm not obsessed with them at all!!! #˚₊· ͟͟͞͞✧ hamilton #˚₊· ͟͟͞͞✧ hamliza

[froggywritesstuff]

Blow Us All Away | Philip Hamilton (Chapter 11)

(Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10)

‘Two Years Later’

"Philip is coming, hoooooooooooooome!" Angelica sang as she danced about the house.

"Heard you the first time Angie," Y/N laughed.

Angelica paused her dancing and stood in front of Y/N, "I'm surprised you haven't joined me yet. He's your partner, anyway."

"Oh, believe me, Ange, I can't wait for him to come home again. But, before I can dance with you, I need to head up to the market."

"Well, can I come with you?" Angie pleaded, giving Y/N her best puppy dog eyes.

Y/N chuckled, "Oh no, Ange. It's that time of year, you know?"

Christmas had always been Angelica's favourite time of the year. Even more ever since Philip was off at college, and he could only come home at Christmas.

What really made it special, was that she got to spend it with her family, something she felt she rarely got to do, with how big her family was.

Angelica broke into the widest grin Y/N had ever seen, but before Angie could even beg, Y/N cut her off, knowing what she was going to say, "And I'm not telling you what I'm getting you."

Angie's smile disappeared, "Oh, come on, Y/N! You know I hate secrets!"

"Well, I've kept your last three Christmas presents a secret, surely you must be used to it?"

"Exactly! You've kept them a secret every year... you can't just give me one year with no secret?"

"Unfortunately, yes. It's the law." Y/N explained.

"Wha- no, there's no such law,"

"Yeah, well, it's a thing," Y/N said with a shrug.

"Oh, yeah, it's definitely a thing," Angie nodded.

(if you understand this reference, please be my friend)

"But can I at least come with you? I can help you with everyone else's gifts?"

Y/N bit the inside of her cheek as she thought.

She didn't have the best idea for the other children's presents, and she knew she would need help.

With a reluctant sigh, she agreed, "Fine. But I'm not letting you find out what I'm getting you."

"If you say so," Angie giggled, before the two left the house, and ventured toward the markets.

As soon as the opened the door, the cold air hit them like a brick, "Jeez it's cold," Y/N shivered, "I'm going back inside and getting a coat, you want one?"

"No thanks," Angie replied, staring at the snow slowly falling from the sky.

Y/N chuckled, "Nice one, your coats are in your drawers right? Or did you finally start hanging them in your closet like any normal child?"

Angie sent Y/N a pissed off look, "Was that really necessary?"

"Answer the question."

Angelica just sighed, "I'm serious, Y/N, I don't want a coat!"

"Fine!" Y/N sighed, knowing she would regret that.

—————

The two were walking around in the markets, as Angelica was just trying to hide her intense shivering.

"Angie, I swear you, could've got a coat," Y/N sighed.

"I-I told you, I-I didn't ne-need one, a-and I st-still don't need one." she retorted, her teeth chattering like crazy.

"Don't be ridiculous Ange, you can just take my coat," Y/N offered, but to no avail.

"N-no thank you," Angie said, "And b-besides, you-you're wearing one of Ph-Philip's coats. I-I don't want anyone to think I-I'm dating a man."

"Right," Y/N nodded hesitantly, before a stall caught her eyes, holding something that would be perfect for Angelica, "Hey, you go ahead, I'm gonna get something." she told Angelica, who looked up at her, eyes sparkling.

"F-for me?" she asked hopefully.

"It won't be unless you go." Y/N laughed.

"Fine." she sighed, before walking ahead without Y/N.

Y/N walked up to the stall, when the man behind the counter eyes her suspiciously, "Aren't you the same kid who used to steal from here?"

Y/N just rolled her eyes, "So what if I was, so what if I wasn't. I've got the money, you've got the stuff I want." she finished, reaching into her tote bag and slamming a small pouch of coins onto the counter.

Yes, Eliza insisted that Y/N take some of her money, for Christmas presents, as much as Y/N protested.

—————

While Y/N was speaking with the worker, Angelica did as she was told, and wandered around aimlessly.

A stall filled with birds caught her eye, and she quickly walked toward it.

As she browsed around, a familiar voice interrupted her, “Angelica?”

Angie whipped around, to face the one and only Theodosia Burr (Jr), in her beautiful sky blue dress and coat. Her thick brown hair was tucked in a low ponytail, small strands floating near her cheeks.

”Theo? Wh-what are y-you doing here?” She asked, already feeling the blush rise to her cheeks.

Theo giggled, quickly hiding her hands behind her back, “Oh, you know….”

Angelica laughed, which filled Theodosia with butterflies in her stomach, “W-whatcha got there, Th-Theo?”

Theodosia smirked, which only flustered Angelica even more, “You’ll find out soon enough,”

Angelica sighed, “Se-seriously, what’s everyone’s deal wi-with hiding th-their Christmas presents from me?”

Theo chuckled, “You understand that’s a regular thing, right?”

"I-I get it, b-but I j-just wa-wanted a-a break thi-this year." Angelica stuttered, making Theo giggle.

She took whatever she was hiding behind her back and hid it in her skirt pocket so Angelica wouldn't see.

"Here," she began, a warm smile on her face as she took off her coat and handed it to Angelica, "Take my coat."

"I-I couldn't," Angie said, even though she really needed it.

"Please, Ange, you're freezing." she insisted.

Angelica's cheeks warmed up at her nickname as she smiled ear to ear. She liked her name just fine, but when she called her by her nickname? It was like heaven.

She could go on all night long about how much she loved the way it rolled off her tongue so effortlessly.

"Angelica?" Theodosia asked, a confused look on her face.

"Huh?" Angie asked, getting snapped out of her thoughts, only to be met with a laughing Theodosia.

"You're day dreaming on me, Ange."

"Oh, sorry!" Angie cried, her face flushed with embarrassment.

Theo only laughed more, "Don't apologize, it's adorable." she said, before blushing madly, almost as much as Angelica - if that were even possible.

"O-oh," she stuttered, this time it wasn't just because of the cold, "Uh, th-thanks. B-but you can keep your coat."

"Don't be ridiculous." she scoffed, a warm smile on her face as she practically threw her coat at Angelica.

Angelica reluctantly slid on the coat, a small smile tugging at her lips.

The smell of Theodosia instantly warmed her up, bringing a blush to Angelica's cheeks.

"Thanks," she said barely in a whisper.

The two stared into each other's eyes, as if they were the only two people alive, until the butterflies and blushes were too much for Angelica.

"Well, I-I should probably go." she stuttered, slowly walking away.

"O-oh, yeah. Well, I'll see you around then," Theo said, trying to hide her disappointment.

"Oh, and don't forget to write me," Angelica called, receiving a wide smile from Theodosia, before she disappeared into the crowd.

Angie eventually made her way back to Y/N, who had most likely hidden her Christmas presents in her tote bag.

"We ready to go now?" Angelica asked, slightly out of breath.

"Yeah-" Y/N went to answer but stopped when she saw Angelica's red cheeks, "Damn, Angie, who were you talking to?"

"No one!" she answered quickly, before speed walking away, Y/N eventually following suit.

Angie was walking hastily, trying not to give anything about Theodosia away.

Unfortunately, the bright blush on her cheeks and her newly borrowed coat was all Y/N needed.

"Who were you talking to just then?" Y/N asked with a smirk.

"Oh, just a friend." she replied, too quickly once again.

Y/N spun on her heel to walk backwards, and spotted a girl in a sky blue dress, the blush on her cheeks almost as bright as Angelica's, "Is that her coat?"

"N-no!" Angie cried, not even wanting to look back, practically accepting that Y/N knew.

"Oooo," Y/N sang, "Does Angie have a girlfriend?"

"Y/N," Angelica hissed, "You can't say things like that!"

"Is it true though?"

Angelica looked down at her shoes, "Maybe..." she mumbled.

Y/N smiled ear to ear, "Angie!" she cheered, "Why didn't you tell me sooner?"

Angie stopped in her tracks and looked up at Y/N, "Y-you're ok with it?"

"Uh, of course I am!" Y/N stated like it was obvious.

A small tear rolled down Angelica's cheek, "S-so, you're not gonna tell my mama and papa?"

"Of course not, Ange," Y/N began, her voice as sweet as honey, "You can tell them whenever you're ready."

"Really?"

Y/N playfully rolled her eyes, "For the millionth time, Ange, yes! I think it's beautiful."

Angelica smiled and let out a breath she didn't even realize she was holding, "Thank goodness," she sighed.

"I love you, Ange. You know that?"

Angelica smiled wider, if that were even possible, "I love you too." she beamed, pulling Y/N into a tight hug.

When they finally pulled away from each other and wiped away some tears, Y/N smirked, "Now I get to annoy you about you and your girlfriend!"

Angelica smiled at the thought of calling Theodosia her girlfriend, but it disappeared just as quick as it appeared when she realized what Y/N had said, "Oh, god," she groaned, "What have I done?"

"You've given me too much power, Angie. You have no idea what you've released into the world. You and..." Y/N paused, before facing Angelica, "What's your girlfriend's name?"

Angelica's smile reappeared and her stomach filled with butterflies, "Theodosia Burr. Jr." she added.

"Oh shit," Y/N whispered, "Doesn't your father hate her father?"

"Well," she squeaked, "Hate's a strong word."

"That's why I used it."

"I prefer the term, 'frenemies'." Angelica explained, but was only met with a blank look from Y/N.

"Uhhhhh." she mumbled.

"It'll catch on." Angelica said with a smirk.

"Will it?"

"Yes." she answered 'matter of factly'.

"Well anyway," Y/N began, changing the subject, "You guys got a classic Romeo and Juliet story going on, so that'll be super cute."

"Y/N! They both died in the end!"

"They were straight, Angie. You guys will do a much better job."

"Why does that make me feel better?"

Y/N just shrugged.

—————

Angelica and Y/N finally arrived back home, the Hamilton family waiting for them.

"Where have you two been?" Eliza asked.

"Sorry we ran late, we just had some last minute things to do," Y/N answered quickly, glancing at Angelica

"Oh, that's fine dear," she responded, before her smile turned into a smirk, "I just thought you would've wanted to see Philip when he came home."

"He's home?" Y/N and Angie asked in unison, to which Eliza responded with a laugh.

"Yes, he's up in his room, just waiting for you two."

Y/N's eyes widened, while Angelica sprinted upstairs without a second thought.

Angelica burst through the door, practically jumping to Philip to hug him.

"I missed you so much, Philip!" she squealed as Philip slowly hugged her back.

"I-I missed you too, Ange," he chuckled, "But do you think I could breathe for a second?"

"No," she answered with no hesitation, before she whispered, "Did you get it?"

Angelica didn't even have to look up to know that her brother was blushing, "Yes, now keep quiet about it."

As the two pulled away from each other, they saw the door slowly open revealing Y/N, who was blushing just as much as Philip.

"H-hey, Y/N." Philip greeted, mentally cursing himself for stuttering.

"Hey," Y/N smiled at him, before embracing him in a tight hug, "Took you long enough."

Philip didn't hesitate to hug Y/N back, just as tight, "I missed you so much."

They could've hugged for hours, until Angelica interrupted them, by loudly clearing her throat.

"I believe Philip has something he wants to say." Angelica announced, an innocent smile on her lips.

Y/N playfully rolled her eyes while Philip sighed and pulled away from the hug, sending Angie a hard look.

Angelica threw her hands up in the air in frustration, "Just tryna speed things along. Honestly, you two would be nowhere without me."

"Hey," Philip said, clearly annoyed.

"Sorry, too soon," Angie apologized, "But seriously-"

"Dude," Philip groaned, Angelica taking this as a signal to leave.

The room became filled with silence, until Y/N broke it, "I missed you too, Pip."

Philip smiled, which gave Y/N butterflies, before he leaned in for a small kiss.

"So what did you want to say?" Y/N asked.

Philip's cheeks went bright red at Y/N’s words, “O-oh yeah… right,” he said, before taking Y/N‘s hands.

"Y/N," he began, fear evident in his shaky voice, "I keep in the sanctuary of my heart, every minute we shared because from the first moment I was totally overwhelmed by you.

I do not know how it has been possible to live without your support and cheerfulness, without every letter you send, and every time you're with me.

You encourage me to get up every morning, to do great deeds for you, and to constantly become better.

You are my inspiration, my motivation, and my desired goal.

You know like nobody what happiness is and where it is hidden.

We both want to have a colorful and memorable life, and together we can make our dreams come true.

I want to become your happily-ever-after, and I will do my best for your incredible smile to never fade.

You are the greatest and the most precious gift given to me by this life, so I wish the whole world knew about my infinite and limitless love for you.

The love we share makes my life beautiful.

I can’t imagine my life without you in it.

Life has many sweet moments and I want to enjoy each one with you.

You are the one I want to be for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer.

I promise to do everything I can to be a perfect match for you and to become a husband you deserve.

My voice is trembling, and my heart beats at a furious pace, as I hope you will say yes and make me the luckiest man on Earth.

Y/N L/N, will you do the honor of marrying me?"

—————

A/N: I’m going to be writing another story about Angelica and Theodosia (Theogelica) which I’ll be posting soon of anyone would be interested in that

stay safe my friends!

taglist:  @vermilionrr   @acupnoodle

#Blow Us All Away #Philip Hamilton #philip hamilton fanfic #philip hamilton x reader #philip hamilton x reader fanfiction #philip hamilton x y/n #hamilton #hamilton musical #hamilton musical fanfiction #fanfiction #philip hamilton x you #philip hamilton fanfiction #musical #Angelica Hamilton #angelica x theodosia #angelica hamilton x theodosia burr jr #theogelica #theodosia burr jr #elizabeth schuyler #elizabeth schuyler hamilton #hamilton fanfiction #anthony ramos #anthony ramos x reader #anthony ramos hamilton #froggywritesstuff

[medici-collar]

@battleofbunkerhill

#amrev #amrev fandom #american revolution #martha washington #elizabeth schuyler hamilton #dolly madison #elizabeth monroe #eleanor laurens #peggy shippen #18th century fashion

[fullofobsessions]

How would different Hamilton characters help Alexander get something from a high shelf:

Eliza: would get on top of a chair and bring it to him

Washington: would grab it and bring it to him

Mulligan: would take Alex on his shoulders to help him reach it

Laurens: would give him a boost

Jefferson: would grab the thing, place it on the top shelf, and laugh at Hamilton

(Can someone please draw this?)

#broadway #hamilton #alexander hamilton #hamilton an american musical #hamilton the musical #lin manuel miranda #elizabeth schuyler #eliza schuyler #elizabeth hamilton #elizabeth schuyler hamilton #eliza hamilton #eliza schuyler hamilton #phillipa soo #george washington #christopher jackson #hercules mulligan #okieriete onaodowan #john laurens #anthony ramos #thomas jefferson #daveed diggs #musicals

[dearestcorrespondence]

Philip Schuyler to Elizabeth Hamilton, Albany, [November 10, 1801]

My Dear beloved child,

I would have acknowledged your favor sooner, but on Tuesday last I was severely attacked with an ague which terminated with a fit of the gout in my head, and feet. I am now relieved and tolerably well, the wounds on my leg are healed except one, and that I hope will not confine me much longer, but the confinement to my chair for 63 days has been extreamly irksome.

Mr Morton with Cornelia & Catherine went on the 30th ult. to your Brother Renesslaer your sisters returned on saturday last, but Mr Morton on the preceeding tuesday went to Lake George, from whence he is not yet returned, what detains him we cannot conjecture, Renesslaer is with him.

Your mama and sisters are well and unite in love to you The General & the children,—adieu my beloved child.

Ever most tenderly

& affectionately yours

Ph. Schyler

The pipes to lead the water to the house ought to be laid so deep that the upper side of them should be 2 1/2 feet below the surface of the earth_

#elizabeth hamilton #elizabeth schuyler hamilton #philip schuyler #hamilton correspondence #schuyler correspondence #1801

[46ten]

What did the Hamiltons usually do in the summers? Did they take vacations? EH used to travel to Albany with the children but after 1792 she did not leave AH alone again. Did she continue traveling to Albany but taking AH with her, or did they have other plans for the summer?

way too long DNR summary: they didn't really take vacations in the summer, or at other times of the year. At no time did Eliza, in particular, go and visit her parents on some regular schedule.

I think AH spent more time with his wife's parents in Albany during their married life than she did! AH is more frequently going up there because he has to be at court (NY Supreme Court in session in Jan, Apr, July, and Oct, and Court of Errors in session right after, as far as I can recall) or a matter he's dealing with is in arbitration, or some such - she often doesn't go with him, though.

I think Eliza was a lot more independent and assertive and knew how she wanted things than is acknowledged - I don't think these were traits that suddenly appeared after AH died. She grew up without her father around for chunks of time (why don't we ever discuss that bit of bonding about somewhat absent fathers that she and AH could have had), and then in the chaos of the AmRev, while still a teenager, she's trusted at times to run the households while her father is away general-ing and/or having to do political stuff elsewhere, and her mother is managing their other properties -her parents were likely in Saratoga and she was managing things at the Pastures right before she got married in late fall 1780. Once she finally got to establish her own household, I don't think she loved going back to stay with them and having to fall in line with how her parents wanted the household to work - that's entirely my speculation though. Maybe she secretly hated them, maybe she had some trauma/stress around being in Albany and Saratoga from her childhood, when that was considered the frontier, or from her war experiences, maybe she just didn't want to have to manage the packing and moving of servants that was also necessary or have the funds to make it sensible, maybe the arrangements she had with her servants made it difficult to agree to travel (there was a shortage of "good labor" in the cities), maybe she enjoyed her thriving social life elsewhere and hated being back in Albany and hearing "the Dutch bell," as Angelica C. jokes about.

To the actual question! If you want a detailed report, @runawayforthesummer is probably the best person to ask, as she developed a timeline of the locations of all the various family members based not only on publicly available documents but on Schuyler family letters and other documents that required on the ground research. Below is just my rough summary of what I can remember - parts may be wrong, but I think it's generally okay.

Summer of 1781: he goes off with the military, ultimately to VA

Summer of 1782: still on her parents' property in Albany with baby Philip

Summer of 1783: the same, though he's traveling a bit more.

Summer of 1784: living in NYC, she stays there while he briefly travels (she gives birth to Angelica H. in September)

Summers of 1785-88: mostly in NYC (with two more bio kids added to the family, and Fanny added in 1787), although now we know she went to Philadelphia in June 1787 around the time AH gave a speech at the Constitutional Convention. (It had been assumed she spent the summer in NYC, as AH was known to be back there briefly in July, and James A. H. was born in April 1788, so easy to deduce that she must have been in NYC, too.)

Point to note here and for the next 15 years or so: just because the Hamiltons weren't traveling back and forth to Albany doesn't mean that family members from upstate NY were stuck in place. Peggy and hubby Stephen van Rensselaer stay with them, Eliza's brother is sent to live with them by Philip S because he thinks their good example will rub off on his wayward son, Eliza's youngest sisters Cornelia and Kitty/Caty (little Catharine b 1781) also live with them at various times, and Philip S. and Catharine are fairly frequently visiting when Phil S. isn't too sick to travel (and since Philip S spends two years as a U.S. Sen, they're also sometimes living in the same city as the Hamiltons anyway).

Summer of 1789: this is an interesting year, because Angelica Church returns back to NY for the first time in nearly six years; she just barely misses the inauguration in April. And then Angelica actually spends most of her time in upstate NY - contra one particular Hamilton biographer who alleges (based on nothing) that Eliza spent most of her time that year in Albany while AH and Angelica were having a torrid affair in NYC. The interesting part? If Eliza went up to Albany at all while Angelica was there, she didn't spend tons of time there. Phiiip S. requests in May that everyone goes up as he wants his whole family together- someone else probably knows whether they actually did. Eliza and the kids also may have gone to Albany in Nov 1789 after Angelica has leftl; AH is too busy with work to go.

Summer of 1790: she and the kids go to Albany. But she just goes up in September and is likely back within three weeks - the plan was that AH was also going to join them, but then he's too busy with work.

Summer of 1791: back in Albany for Eliza and the kids, this time to get away from hot Philadelphia, but actually only gone the last week of July to beginning of September, and he makes a brief trip to NJ during that time, too. But she and AH also took a trip "to the country" together for two weeks in May, sans kids - he doesn't even send any letters during that time.

December of 1791: Philip H. starts boarding school - I point this out not only because both his parents escorted him to boarding school (taking a mini-trip themselves), but because the patterns of the older boys' schooling - usually in school at least through July - from here on out would have prevented summer trekking to Albany, anyway.

Summer of 1792: the Hamiltons remain in Philadelphia, where Eliza gives birth to John Church H in August.

Summer of 1793: YELLOW FEVER REACHES PHILADELPHIA! They stay in Philadelphia but rent a house outside the city. The children are eventually sent up to Albany, and Eliza and AH end up there, too, for a couple of months after Edward Stevens nurses them back for health. EH and AH return to Philadelphia together, and then AH probably had to send a threatening letter to his father-in-law to return his kids. (Philip S. had written that AH was clearly still too sick to have proper judgment on whether the kids could return.)

Point to note here: just because AH and EH are in their usual residential spot doesn't mean that all of their kids are there with them. At various times over the years, and in varying combinations, the kids get brought up by a relative or left by their parents in Albany - Eliza's married siblings are in upstate NY so they have first cousins and a ton of other relatives; their grandparents or Aunt Peggy take over their tutoring and other instruction, etc. They get returned when another relative is traveling back to Philly/NYC.

Summer of 1794: it doesn't seem like anyone planned to go to Albany, but JCH gets sick and Eliza is pregnant, and they try a brief excursion away from hot Philly but JCH doesn't get better, so in late July, AH escorts both of them (likely with James A. H.) up to Albany and then rushes back down and Angelica H stays with him, while Phil and Alex eventually go back to school in Trenton. And then they have an awful couple of months, because although JCH recovers, AH leaves to deal with the "insurrection" in October and pretty much all the Hamilton kids get sick while he's away. Eliza has to go get the oldest boys from school. AH, who was always recommending medical treatments and played a big part in nursing the family when anyone got sick isn't around (the old thing of him intending to become a medical doctor when he left St. Croix). It largely all falls to Eliza and her parents and maybe a few siblings come down to help her out, and then she gets sick too (or is just so exhausted) - Edward Stevens helps take care of her - and she loses the baby. AH gets home and sends his resignation letter to GW and accepts the guilt of being the reason Eliza was ill.

Late winter/early spring 1795: the above led to the longest "vacation" they probably every took - after his resignation is official on Jan 31, the Hamiltons leave Philly on Feb 17 and travel to upstate NY via NYC, arriving in March, and stay there all the way until June. They make some mini excursions, but it looks like a deliberate downtime after an exhausting 6 years and super rough eight months. It also gives AH time to evaluate how poor (relative to others in their social class) they are due to his time in the admin. And then they settle into life back in NYC and AH's return to his law practice (and interference in any number of other political happenings).

Summer of 1795: YELLOW FEVER REACHES NYC! And they stay in the city, to Philip S's great panic for this and every subsequent NYC summer prior to the Grange. AH has Jay Treaty stuff, running the Washington admin from a distance, and establishing his law office to deal with. And they host Talleyrand. They also now have four (?) non-bio kids living with them.

Summer of 1796: Still in the city! The older boys are in school; AH goes up in October.

Summer of 1797: Yep, still there! The Churches return from Europe in May (and subsequently, Angelica C. spends way more time in Albany than it seems Eliza ever does). They have the whole Callendar/Reynolds/Monroe debacle to spice things up; Eliza gives birth to William in August. Most interesting - Philip S. was very ill in April 1797 - they thought he was going to die. Eliza doesn't go to Albany to visit him immediately, even though AH is there! At least Cornelia is with her, so they were bad daughters together; they may have gone briefly after he recovered. AH is absent again when Phil H. gets extremely sick in the fall.

Summer of 1798: Ah, Eliza finally goes back to Albany again without AH! And she's super unhappy about it or she and AH had some big fight before she left, based on AH's and Angelica C's letters to her. She takes baby William with her - Angelica H. might already be up there - but the older boys stay in the city with AH, and Angelica C., Peggy, AND Cornelia are in the city keeping an eye on him anyway (and likely helping with the kids). Eliza doesn't even stay three weeks before going back home (even though it seems AH thought she might stay away longer, maybe in retaliation or something). They rent a house outside the city with the Churches to get away from the yellow fever outbreak.

1798 is also the year when AH starts to complain A LOT in his letters about having to travel and any separations - he always expressed sadness about it and his anxiety increased the longer they were apart, but in this year and onwards it really carries a "this sucks and I hate it and I cannot do it much longer, I need the comfort of my family all the time" tone - even Angelica C. notes his unhappiness about separations and that anything that seems to affect Eliza or the children in his absence really drags him down.

Summer of 1799: still in NYC! Eliza's also pregnant and gives birth to a real Eliza in Nov.

And nothing much changed for the remaining summers, except adding the Grange as a place they could go, which was entirely the point . AH is in Albany for business/court and stays longer to be there when Peggy dies in 1801; Eliza does not go up. Philip H's death in Nov 1801 leads to an invitation from Phil S that they come to visit, which it seems that they do in January 1802 and then return to NY - Eliza is pregnant and there are frequent concerns that she's going to lose that baby (whether because she's actually ill or so grief-stricken) and AH does not respond to condolences until March, but Lil Phil is born healthy in June 1802. Eliza goes up solo after her mother dies in spring 1803 to comfort her father but doesn't spend much time there. The Hamiltons go into a pattern, esp in the warmer months, of Eliza staying up at the Grange with Angelica H. and the youngest children and AH staying in the city with the oldest boys during the week and coming up to the Grange on the weekends, a separation that Eliza would describe as a "sacrifice" they made so that their kids would always have a parent with them. (Beyond first Philip H's death, there were concerns that NYC was becoming increasingly dangerous.)

Apologies for errors - I am largely working on memory and have not confirmed all details above, but there are better sources for that.

#alexander hamilton #elizabeth schuyler hamilton #philip schuyler #vacations

[wardrobeoftime]

Hamilton + Costumes

Elizabeth “Eliza” Schuyler Hamilton’s blue dressing gown and white night gown.

// requested by anonymous

#Hamilton #Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton #Eliza Hamilton #Musicals #period drama #perioddramaedit #costume drama #costumes #costumesource #1800s #19th century #blue #white #New York City #New York #USA #North America #requests

[yr-obedt-cicero]

Hi! Were there any instances of Laurens being jealous?

Quite.

Although I wouldn't exactly blame him for such, honestly. The prime examples I will be using are in regards to Hamilton's marriage with Elizabeth Schuyler. As they are what was mentioned in the post that these asks stem from.

I would take Hamilton as a great source of reading Laurens's character, with how close of lovers they were. So it is notable that Hamilton seems to sort of be aware of Laurens's envy, and mentions it a few times in their letters. For starters, in the “Cold in my professions, warm in my friendship...” letter [April 1779] Hamilton goes on a long ramble of Laurens finding him a wife in South Carolina. As Hamilton was jealous himself after discovering Laurens's, probably never mentioned before, wife, Martha Manning. In a way of petty revenge, he spends a long paragraph giving the details he wants in a wife, knowing it will feist him, as he says at the end;

“Do I want a wife? No—I have plagues enough without desiring to add to the number that greatest of all; and if I were silly enough to do it, I should take care how I employ a proxy. Did I mean to show my wit? If I did, I am sure I have missed my aim. Did I only intend to frisk? In this I have succeeded, but I have done more.”

(source)

Fast forward, around the summer of 1780, and Hamilton is to be wedded to Elizabeth Schuyler. When reading Hamilton's letters or discussions of Elizabeth, they are always extremely affectionate and always with adoration in her regards. So it is interesting that when Hamilton must confess the news to his lover, he tries hard to describe Elizabeth in the most dull terms he can to probably try and ease Laurens's jealousy. As mentioned in another letter while Laurens was a prisoner of war [30 June 1780];

“Have you not heard that I am on the point of becoming a benedict? I confess my sins. I am guilty. Next fall completes my doom. I give up my liberty to Miss Schuyler. She is a good hearted girl who I am sure will never play the termagant; though not a genius she has good sense enough to be agreeable, and though not a beauty, she has fine black eyes—is rather handsome and has every other requisite of the exterior to make a lover happy. And believe me, I am lover in earnest, though I do not speak of the perfections of my Mistress in the enthusiasm of Chivalry.”

(source)

With these instances in mind, they heavily imply Laurens was prone to being jealous (And I mean, can you blame him? It's literally his lover getting married away).

Even more so, Laurens's jealousy never seemed to have faded. Throughout the surviving correspondence we have between Hamilton and Laurens, Laurens never mentions Hamilton's new family, not even when Hamilton would bring them up continuously in his letters. Laurens never spoke of Elizabeth, in almost refusal to accept that she was Hamilton's wife or her existence.

There is only the one moment Laurens spoke of Hamilton's family, and it was bitter resentment towards Hamilton's firstborn son, Philip Hamilton, taking up all of Hamilton's time. He writes with complaints that Hamilton is spending too much of his time, or is too indulged, in his private family life. Which isn't too unexpected when you consider how we all know Hamilton tended to be as a newly, but also proud, papa — for example, his affectionate and rambling letter to Meade about Philip as well. Laurens must have been annoyed, or hurt even, by the lack of letters. And when there was letters, they were about his grand new family that didn't involve Laurens. So with boiled envy, Laurens wrote [July 1782];

“Your private affairs cannot require such immediate and close attention; you speak like a pater familias surrounded with a large family numerous progeny_”

(source)

An interesting detail about the original letter, ( Pointed out by @john-laurens who has the facsimile on their blog ) that Laurens chose to scratch out “large family” and replace it with “numerous progeny”, as to instead change the focus from the Hamilton family as a whole to just Hamilton's child. Thus Laurens continues to fail to mention Elizabeth in any of his letters, even adamantly purposefully. Tis clear here that Laurens actively chose to go back on his wording to avoid any mention of Elizabeth, even indirectly.

In Laurens's defense — even when really condemnable — as much as Hamilton was fully accepting of being married and still having a relationship with Laurens, JL himself wasn't as keen (He was somewhat, as they still obviously continued with affectionate letters; even after matrimony). He was often feeling alone and depressed during their letters, and Hamilton's reminders of his seperate family and loved ones was not helping in the slightest.

#amrev #american history #american revolution #alexander hamilton #historical alexander hamilton #john laurens #historical john laurens #lams #historical lams #elizabeth schuyler hamilton #elizabeth hamilton schuyler #elizabeth schuyler #elizabeth hamilton #history #hamilton family #cicero's history lessons #queries #sincerely anonymous

[pub-lius]

all of the hamilton children for @thereallvrb0y

this post is my personal FUCK YOU to alexander hamilton for having so many kids. fucking whore. not eliza though, she's a miracle.

also apparently these historical figures are too obscure for my regular secondary sources, so i had to use peoplepill.com for like all of these, besides like. two. also @yr-obedt-cicero 's posts have helped so much i cannot thank you enough bestie

okay here we go

Philip Sr.

Philip Hamilton (the First) was born January 22, 1782 in Albany, New York. He was sent to Trenton Boarding School at nine, and later joined Colombia College. He went on to study law. Robert Troup described Philip as "a sad rake and I have serious doubts whether he would ever be an honour to his family or his country," which is tough talk for a guy who was gay for his dad. Other than this, people described him as having a lot of potential.

Apparently, he was one of Hamilton's favorites, if not the favorite. As the eldest, he was responsible for carrying on the family name, and was therefore the most "valuable". Hamilton was heavily strict on him, possibly because Philip had rebellious tendencies, but he was nevertheless a good student. I also wanted to include these two letters, this one from Alexander to Philip and this one from their dad to both Philip and Alexander Jr.

In 1797, Philip became deathly ill, but was cured by David Hosack.

After the whole political clusterfuck that was the year 1800, George Eacker decided that Alexander Hamilton was a piece of shit, and he was right, but Philip got pissed and called him a bitch, basically. Eacker insulted Philip and his friend in return and Philip challenged him to a duel because men never learn. Philip was fatally wounded in the duel, an Lin-Manuel Miranda decided to take this personally.

Alexander was so distraught by Philip's death that he had to be held up by two men at his funeral. He became much more religious after his death, and it's really the only part of his life that I think he genuinely believed in god.

Philip was buried in Trinity Church Cemetery with his parents.

Angelica <3

@yr-obedt-cicero made an amazing post on Angelica, which goes much more in detail than I will, as to not be redundant. thank you again <333

Angelica was born on September 25, 1784 in New York City. She was described as sensitive, lively, and fond of music and dance.

She studied French and practiced the harpsichord, which she was gifted by her aunt, Angelica Church. Her and her father would sing together as she played the harpsichord. They were very close and ow.

After her older brother's death, she entered a very poor mental state, described as "eternal childhood" and she couldn't recognize family members (this symptom could have just been after Hamilton's death, but sources vary), also speaking of Philip as if he was still alive. Her family dedicated a lot of time to her health, but her condition worsened, and she spent the rest of her life under the care of Dr. MacDonald.

She died on February 6, 1857 at the age of 72. She was buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Tarrytown, New York.

Alexander Jr.

Alexander Jr. (who I am going to call AJ bc it's easier and I think it's cute) was born on May 16, 1786. He attended a boarding school in Trenton at 8, then joined Philip studying with William Frazer.

Like his brother, he later attended Columbia College, and graduated in 1804, several weeks after his father's fatal duel. Sources also vary on this, with the St. Andrew's Society of New York (which AJ belonged to) he "did not graduate on account of an accident" so idk. Either way, he started to study law not long after.

He was invited to be an apprentice attorney in Stephen Higginson's Boston law firm, then was admitted to practice law.

He sailed to Spain in 1811 or 1812. He joined the Duke of Wellington's forces fighting Napoleon in Portugal. He returned to America to serve in the War of 1812. He was commissioned as Captain of the 41st Regiment of Infantry in the United States Army in August 1813, though doesn't appear to have seen active service. He went on to serve as an aide-de-camp to General Morgan Lewis in 1812 until June 15, 1815.

He resumed his law practice after his military career ended, and married Eliza P. Knox in 1817. He took office in July 1818 as a member of the 42nd New York State legislature for a one-year term.

In May 1822, James Monroe appointed AJ as United States Attorney for East Florida. As someone who lives in the East Florida parishes, I'm shitting my pants, we never get mentioned in history besides that one time. In 1823, he was appointed to be one of the three Land Commissioners for East Florida, and received the military rank of Colonel.

AJ ran unsuccessfully against Richard K. Call to be the Florida Territory's delegate in the House of Representatives. He returned to New York where he became successful in real estate, and was one of the leading names in Wall Street.

In the mid-1830s, Alexander Hamilton Jr. represented Eliza Jumel against Aaron Burr during their divorce proceedings, which were finalized in 1836 on the day of Burr's death. *copy and paste joke here*

In 1833, AJ used funds from his mother's sale of The Grange to buy the townhouse on St. Mark's Place, where he lived between 1833 and 1842 with his wife, mother, sister and brother-in-law.

He um. Met Abraham Lincoln???? in 1835 when he was on a trip to the west. Lincoln was an Illinois legislator and was apparently just in a grocery story "lying upon the counter in midday telling stories." ... GET HIM OFF THE COUNTER???? GET HIM OUT THE GROCERY STORE???????

Anyway... After the death of his wife, AJ moved to New Brunswick, New Jersey then to New York City. He died on August 2, 1875 at 83 Clinton Place, in Greenwich Village.

James Alexander (my detested)

Bitchbaby was born on April 14, 1788 and graduated from Colombia in 1805. He studied law with Nathaniel Pendleton (and the doctor that he knew).

Shithead was admitted to the bar in 1809 and practiced in Saratoga and Hudson. He married Mary Morris on October 17, 1810. And yes that is Morris as in Gouverneur Morris. They had five children, three of whom died before their father.

Apparently, he lived in extreme poverty in the early years of his legal practice.

"I now look back upon this event as not only the happiness, but the most fortunate occurrence of my long and eventful life. My poverty, with its burdens and responsibilities, nerved me to exertion, and necessity taught me the value of economy and self-denial." -James Alexander in his Reminisces.

He served in the War of 1812 as a brigade-major and inspector of the New York Militia, and relocated to New York City by June 1815.

He built a home in 1828 called Nevis because he's unoriginal. He also kept a portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart, which was originally painted for his father in 1798, in his home.

"The Hamilton mansion was famous in New-York society 40 years ago, and has been the scene of many a distinguished gathering" -New York Times obituary, 1878

Okay, now its time for his love affair (/nsrs) with Andrew Jackson.

Fuckhead joined Jackson's ~entourage~ in Nashville and traveled to New Orleans in December 1827. He served on Jackson's "Appointing Council" after the 1828 election. He agreed to serve as Acting Secretary of State until Martin Van Buren assumed the post (March 4-April 4, 1829). He helped Jackson draft his Inaugural Address.

Slimeball was nominated by Jackson on April 23, 1829 as District Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Jackson told Shitpants he had wanted him "to always be at my command" and when Smartfeller returned to Washington, "I want you to be near me." This was, in historical terms, sussy.

He served as a confidante to Jackson while serving in this position, working on national and international matters, which wasn't in the job description. His 1869 (ha) memoirs is mostly his correspondence, including the discussions of the National Bank (._.) and the Nullification Crisis of 1832 (basically South Carolina disagreed with the government again and did too much).

As Pisspants was leaving for New York, Jackson told him to "Make as much money as you can" and he did by continuing his private practice AND serving as District Attorney, in true Hamilton fashion. He and his younger brother Philip were both involved in the trial of Charles Gibbs. Hamilton left in 1834 to return to his private practice, and now we don't need to talk about Shitty Diaper Andrew Jackson anymore.

He uh. Won the first America's Cup (previously the Royal Yacht Squadron Cup) in 1851. So that's. fun. Queen Victoria also congratulated him on winning so. I guess the Hamilton's just know everyone.

James and AJ served as vestrymen of the Zion Protestant Episcopal Church from 1843 to 1853, and got a little plaque in 1953 and all the years end in 3's. Both were members of the Board of Directors of the Association for the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations - the Crystal Palace Exhibition in 1853 and that name gives me indigestion.

On March 6, 1862, James chaired and addressed a meeting at Cooper Union in favor of emancipation. And met fucking. Abraham. Lincoln. Lincoln also asked him to draft a proclamation, and when he returned, he had already issued the Emancipation Proclamation. So sux 2 suc.

James published his memoirs in 1868, which end in 1866, including his trips to Europe, the 1848 revolutions and the Civil War. He stated his intent to "do justice" to his father, and published several pamphlets defending him. (The Public Debt and the Public Credit of the United States and Martin Van Buren's Calumnies Repudiated: Hamilton's Conduct as Secretary of the Treasury Vindicated)

James Alexander died on September 24, 1878 at 90, and was buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Tarrytown, New York. His home was remodeled in 1889 by Stanford White. In 1934, it was donated to Columbia University where it now serves as one of the largest arboretums in the country.

JOHN CHURCH

Johnny C was born on August 22, 1792. He wrote a lot about his dad, and here’s one thing he wrote about the duel which literally stabs my heart out of my chest and rips it apart. 

“I recall a single incident about it with full clearness... The day before the duel I was sitting in a room, when, at a slight noise, I turned around and saw my father in the doorway, standing silently there and looking at me with a most sweet and beautiful expression of countenance. It was full of tenderness, and without any of the business pre-occupation he sometimes had. ‘John,’ he said, when I had discovered him. ‘won’t you come and sleep with me to-night?’ His voice was frank as if he had been my brother instead of my father. That night I went to his bed, and in the morning very early he awakened me, and taking my hands in his palms all four hand extended, he said and told me to repeat the Lord’s Prayer. Seventy-five years have since passed over my head, and I have forgotten many things, but not that tender expression when he stood looking at me in the door nor the prayer we made together the morning before the duel. I do not so well recollect seeing him lie upon his deathbed, though I was there.”

In 1809, JC graduated from Colombia University and then studied law. He began serving in the army during the War of 1812, eventually becoming second lieutenant. He served as an aide-de-camp to Major General William Henry Harrison. However, he retired without seeing battle in June 1814.

According to his obituary, “He did not apply himself to the practice of law... having strong literary tastes, [Johnny C.] devoted himself to the study of history, with a view to writing his father’s life.”

Between 1834 and 1840, he went through his father’s letters and papers, and wrote a two-volume biography called The Life of Alexander Hamilton which was published in 1840-1841. Unfortunately, nearly all the copies were destroyed in a fire during the process of binding. 

He edited his father’s collected writings under the authority of the Joint Library Committee of the United States Congress and took out the gay porn, publishing The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Containing his Correspondence, and His Political and Official Writings, Exclusive of the Federalist, Civil and Military in 1850-1851. He also wrote a seven volume biography, published between 1857 and 1869 called Life of Alexander Hamilton: A History of the Republic of the United States of America. This combined a biography of Hamilton and a history of the US “as traced in his writings and in those of his contemporaries”. He worked closely with his mother in the preservation of this history, and she encouraged him to write the comprehensive biography.

Also in 1869, he published an edition of The Federalist with historical notes and commentary, and I want it.

JC was a member of the Whig Party, later Republican, but never held office. He lost a run for Congress to represent part of NYC. Also, both Ulysses S. Grant and Chester A. Arthur asked him for his opinions on economics so that’s pretty rad. 

In 1880, he presented a statue of Alexander Hamilton to the city “though preferring it were the act of others”. On November 22, 1880, at the unveiling in Central Park near the Metropolitan Museum of Art, he said that after a century of the nation’s existence, time had shown “the utility of [AH’s] public services and the lessons of polity” and that he trusted “that this memorial may aid in their being recalled and usefully appreciated.”

Throughout his life, John Church married Maria Eliza van den Heuvel, and together they had FOURTEEN CHILDREN. so here’s a list of their kids that I didn’t write lol.

General Alexander Hamilton (1815–1907), a major general in the Civil War, author of Dramas and Poems (1887).

Maria Williamson Hamilton (1817-1822), who died young

Charlotte Augusta Hamilton (1819–1896)

John Cornelius Adrian Hamilton (1820–1879)

Schuyler Hamilton (1822–1903), who served in the Mexican War

James Hamilton (1824-1825), who died young

Maria Eliza Hamilton (1825–1887), who married Judge Charles A. Peabody (1814–1901)

Charles Apthorp Hamilton (July 23, 1826 – November 29, 1901), was educated in New York, England, and Germany. After clerking for a New York law firm, he practiced law in Wisconsin. He enlisted in the Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry at the start of the Civil War in 1861, reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel. A severe battle injury to both legs compelled his resignation in March 1863, and he returned to practicing law. In 1881, he was elected judge of the circuit court for Milwaukee.

Robert P. Hamilton (1828–1891)

Adelaide Hamilton (1830–1915)

Elizabeth Hamilton (1831–1884), who first married Henry Wager Halleck in 1855 and after his death, married George Washington Cullum in 1875.

William Gaston Hamilton (1832–1913), a consulting engineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company

Laurens Hamilton (1834 – July 6, 1858), an 1854 graduate of Columbia College, who died at the age of 23. He had served for one year as a private in the Seventh Regiment of New York, and drowned accidentally while serving as part of a military escort aboard a ship returning the remains of President James Monroe to Richmond, Virginia.

Alice Hamilton (September 11, 1838 – September 15, 1905)

Shout out to Laurens Hamilton for accidentally drowning, really taking after his grandfather.

John Church died on July 24, 1882 at 89 Stockton Cottage, on Ocean Avenue in Long Branch, New Jersey due to jaundice and catarrh. His funeral was held at Trinity Church.

William Stephen Hamilton

For the sake of my own entertainment, I will be calling this man Stinky bc he probably smells like my dad (shout out to my dad for having the worst genetics). So Stinky was born on August 4, 1797. He entered the United States Military Academy in 1814, then resigned in 1817. 

He moved to Illinois, living in Sangamon, Springfield and Peoria, then in 1827, moved to the lead mining region around the Fever River. 

He was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives from Sangamon County in 1824. He sponsored a bill that imposed a statewide tax intended to fund road repair and maintenance, proportional to property value, to be paid in labor or money. The bill passed, but was met with opposition, and was repealed in the next legislature.

Stinky served as an aide-de-camp to Governor Edward Coles, and worked for the General Land Office as Deputy Surveyor of Public Lands. He was also an incorporator of the original Illinois and Michigan Canal Company. 

In 1827, he served during the Winnebago War in the Illinois Militia as a captain. He commanded the Galena Mounted Volunteers under the command of Henry Dodge. 

After the Winnebago War, he moved to the Wisconsin Territory and established Hamilton’s Diggings, later Wiota in 1827. It was later turned into a fort during the Black Hawk War, entitled Fort Hamilton. Juliette Kinzie described the conditions in 1831 as “shabby” and “unpromising.” She also described the foul language used by the miners, the “roughest-looking set of men i ever beheld.” Theodore Rodolf contrasted the settlement’s rough exterior with small, finer details in 1834. He particularly liked the fact that Stinky had the writings of Voltaire at Hamilton’s Diggings.

Elizabeth Hamilton visited her son at Hamilton’s Diggings during the winter of 1837-38. During this time, Stinky also owned the Mineral Point Miner’s Free Press, before he sold it to a group from Galena, and it became the Galena Democrat. 

Stinky volunteered in the militia again during the 1832 Black Hawk War. He was often in charge of the militia’s indigenous allies, including many Sioux and Menominee. He was sent to the Michigan Territory to recruit more indigenous allies, leaving successfully with several more parties.

In 1842 and 43, Stinky served as an elected member of the Wisconsin Territorial Assembly, from Iowa County. He lost an 1843 election for Wisconsin Territory delegate to the US Congress. In 1848, he lost another election for the Wisconsin Constitutional Convention. He was generally unable to achieve political fame. 

Gold was discovered in California in 1848, and Stinky was there by 49. However, this would prove a disappointment and he later regretted the move. He told a friend he would “rather have been hung in the ‘Lead Mines’ than to have lived in this miserable hole.” This seems to be an accurate description of California. 

Stinky never married and presented a rough, garish appearance. Which, good. Fuck beauty standards. 

Stinky was ill with dysentery and “mountain fever”, which was likely cholera, for two weeks before he died from “malarial fever resulting in spinal exhaustion terminating in paralysis superinduced by great bodily and mental strain.” He died in Sacramento, California on October 9, 1850 at 53, and was buried in Sacramento Historic City Cemetery, in a section named Hamilton Square. RIP Stinky, the real MVP.

Eliza Holly!

Eliza was born on November 20, 1799. You can tell her apart from her mother because Eliza is her full name, and Elizabeth is her mother’s. She was a sick infant, and Alexander frequently worried about her. He was staying with the children without Elizabeth once, and he wrote, “Eliza pouts and plays, and displays more and more her ample stock of Caprice.” Eliza did not attend Hamilton’s funeral, but saw him with the rest of the kids on his deathbed.

She married Sidney Augustus Holly on July 19, 1825. He was a merchant from a prominent family in business and local government. They lived at The Grange (not James Alexander’s), and remained close with Elizabeth for her entire life, who described Eliza as being like her father.

“You don’t know how important you are to me. You step in the steps of your father’s kindness, and the more you are with me, the more I see that you are like him.” -Elizabeth Hamilton to Eliza Holly

She moved in with Elizabeth in East Village, Manhattan at 4 St. Mark’s Place along with AJ and his wife. 

Her husband died on June 26, 1842 and moved in with her mother to 63 Prince Street in Lower Manhattan. This was previously the house of jAmES mONrOe and Samuel L. Gouverneur.  She and her mother also moved together to Washington D.C. where they lived near the White House on H street and entertained many guests. Eliza continued to care for her mother until her death in 1854. 

Eliza potentially influenced or expedited the creation of John Church’s biography of their father, and chastised him for his overdue writing. 

Eliza died in Washington D.C. on October 17, 1859, and was buried in Westchester County, New York, at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery with Angelica and later James Alexander. 

Philip Hamilton (the Second) “Little Phil”

Little Phil was born in New York on June 1 or 2 in 1802. According to his son, Phil “manifested much of his father’s sweetness and happy disposition, and was always notably considerate of the feelings of others, and was punctilious to a fault in his obligations.” He was also almost six feet tall. Idk how.

Because of the poverty that afflicted his family after his father’s death, Phil “was denied those advantages accorded to his elder brothers, and had, in every sense, to make his own way.”

Phil practiced law in New York, and served as an assistant United States Attorney during the 1830s under James Alexander. He achieved notable success as a prosecutor in the case of pirate Charles Gibbs.

Phil moved to San Francisco during the Gold Rush in 1851 to practice law as a partner of his brother-in-law Robert Milligan McLane. He returned to New York after one or two years. 

He assisted the Underground Railroad in helping enslaved people escape at least once by concealing them in his cellar until they could resume their travel to Canada.

At the end of the Civil War, Hamilton served as Judge Advocate of the naval Retiring Board at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and “led a quiet life” after 1865. He characterized his career as a “hard, up-hill professional life” working with a “very great” number of the poor and most of his time was “given up to unselfish acts”.

He married Rebecca McLane, who died on April 1, 1893, and they had two sons together, Louis McLane Hamilton (1844-1868) and Allan McLane Hamilton FRSE (1848-1919). 

Louis served in the US Army during the Civil War. He enlisted as a private in the 22nd New York Militia in June 1862, then the 3rd US Infantry as second lieutenant in September 1863. He served with the Army of the Potomac, and was brevetted twice fer gallantry, including the Battle of Gettysburg. In July 1866, he became a Captain in the 7th US Cavalry. On November 27, 1868, he was killed in the Battle of Washita River, being posthumously brevetted to the rank of Major.

Allan was a psychiatrist and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His books included a biography of his grandfather, The Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton. 

Little Phil died “comparatively poor” on July 9, 1884 in Poughkeepsie, New York.

@thereallvrb0y-deactivated42069

And that is all the Hamilton kids. This post put me through the five stages of grief. I’ll include my sources now, and sob my eyes out bc existence is pain. I hope you enjoyed, and if you have any questions, feel free to ask!! i’m doing my best to get content out so I will try not to take multiple months to post again HSKSKFHLS love you all <333 (f in the chat for stinky)

https://peoplepill.com/people/alexander-hamilton-10

https://networthheightsalary.com/angelica-hamilton-bio-facts-about-elizabeth-schuyler-hamilton-s-daughter/

https://archive.org/details/reminiscencesofj00lchami

https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/james-alexander-hamilton-1788-1878/

#alexander hamilton #philip hamilton #philip hamilton sr #angelica hamilton #alexander hamilton jr #james alexander hamilton #john church hamilton #william stephen hamilton #eliza hamilton holly #philip hamilton jr #philip hamilton the second #history #american history #civil war #gold rush #war of 1812 #elizabeth schuyler hamilton #abraham lincoln #seriously he was in this two too many times #andrew jackson #shitting myself and not proofreading this HSFLSHKFJ #do it for richie 💪