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The song recounts a meeting which occurred in 1776 between Alexander Hamilton, John Laurens, Hercules Mulligan and Marquis de Lafayette.In the song, the four young revolutionaries declare their loyalty and fealty to the newly-started American Revolutionary War, and consume alcohol in a bar as they talk, toasting every now and then.
Elizabeth Hamilton (née Schuyler / ˈ s k aɪ l ər /; August 9, 1757 – November 9, 1854 [2]) was an American socialite and philanthropist. She was the wife of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton and was a passionate champion and defender of Hamilton's work and efforts in the American Revolution and the founding of the United States.
Hamilton quickly drafted a letter and sent it to Lafayette in Connecticut and when Washington returned, Hamilton wrote another letter to Rochambeau with a warning. This intelligence information and quick response saved the French fleet and Continental soldiers. Hamilton would also write many letters to his fiancé, Elizabeth Schuyler.
She and her son, John Church Hamilton, re-organized all of Hamilton’s letters, papers, and writings, and ensured that his biography was published. She, along with Dolly Madison, worked to raise funds for the Washington Monument."
His letters to the Marquis de Lafayette [61] and to John Laurens, employing the sentimental literary conventions of the late 18th century and alluding to Greek history and mythology, [62] have been read by Jonathan Ned Katz as revelatory of a homosocial or even homosexual relationship. [63]
The Marquis de Lafayette writes a letter to Uticans, thanking them for donating $974 to help Poland in its rebellion to overthrow Russian rule. Lafayette — who lives in the town of Meaux, just ...
Angelica Church (née Schuyler / ˈ s k aɪ l ər /; February 20, 1756 – March 6, 1814) [1] [2] was an American socialite. She was the eldest daughter of Continental Army General Philip Schuyler, and a sister of Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton and sister-in-law of Alexander Hamilton.
Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler at the New York State Museum; Schuyler, Catherine Van Rensselaer at Encyclopedia.com; Portrait of Mrs. Philip John Schuyler (1734-1803) at the New-York Historical Society; Letter from Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Van Rensselaer Schuyler, dated April 14, 1780 regarding his engagement to her daughter.