Register for the 2023 Gilder Lehrman Teacher Symposium by June 16. On the right a woman hurls a burning ring into the field. A small child clings to Catherines skirt as she holds a bushel of burning hay. Hamilton’s efforts evidently worked: Elizabeth was the only one of the five Schuyler sisters to marry with her parents’ blessing the others eloped. Depicts Catherine Schuyler setting fire to her crops, preventing the approaching British army from harvesting them. After an exchange of letters and meetings. Their long-standing enmity came to a head in the spring of 1804. (Gilder Lehrman Collection) Alexander Hamilton, former secretary of the treasury, and Aaron Burr, sitting vice president of the United States, had feuded publicly for years. May I hope Madam, you will not consider it as mere profession, when I add, that though I have not the happiness of a personal acquaintence with you, I am no stranger to the qualities which distinguish your character and these make the relation in which I shall stand to you, not one of the least pleasing circumstances of my union with your daughter. Angelica Schuyler Church to Philip Schuyler, July 11, 1804. I leave it to my conduct rather than expressions to testify the sincerity of my affection for her- the respect I have for her parents- the desire I shall always feel to justify their confidence and merit their friendship. I cannot forbear indulging my feelings, by entreating you to accept the assurances of my gratitude for your kind compliance with my wishes to be united to your amiable daughter. In this April 14, 1780, letter, recently acquired by the Gilder Lehrman Institute, Hamilton writes to convince his prospective mother-in-law that he is worthy to marry her daughter: Elizabeth’s mother, Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler, was a formidable woman. The Schuylers were one of the wealthiest and most socially prominent families in New York, and Hamilton was well aware of his own poverty and lack of connections. The romance between Elizabeth and Alexander had moved quickly-within a month of meeting, they decided to marry. Find out more and register here.Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler married on December 14, 1780, at the Schuyler family home in Albany, New York. Read Alongs will be held live on Zoom on Wednesday and Friday afternoons at 1 p.m. Upcoming readings include 2017 Broadway “King George” Euan Morton reading Locomotive (Simon & Schuster) by Brian Floca on July 22 and 2020 Broadway “Peggy Schuyler” Aubin Wise reading How Sweet the Sound: The Story of Amazing Grace (Simon & Schuster) by Carole Boston Weatherford on July 24. On July 15, Sabrina Sloan ("Angelica" in the Puerto Rico and San Francisco productions of Hamilton in 2019 and original Hairspray cast member) will read Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop (Boyds Mills & Kane) by Alice Faye Duncan. On July 17, Renee Elise Goldsberry, the original "Angelica" (featured in the just-released Disney Plus film), will read Harlem’s Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills (Penguin Random House) by Renee Watson. The first two readings will be done by two Angelicas from Hamilton. ![]() The Gilder Lehrman Institute is excited to announce Hamilton Cast Read Alongs, a new program that features Hamilton original and touring cast members reading award-winning children's books of their choosing.Įach book selected has historical resonance and readings will be followed by a discussion of the history behind the story led by Gilder Lehrman Education Fellow and 2019 Illinois History Teacher of the Year Keisha Rembert.
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