Cornelia was considered beautiful and witty, much like her oldest sister Angelica. She's shown, above left, in her portrait by Thomas Sully. She had three children but only one survived to adulthood.
She was the spouse of Alexander Hamilton, famous in the early American government following the Declaration of Independence and considered one of the founders of our American republic. She had eight children with Hamilton during their rather short marriage of 24 years. Trinity Church Cemetery. This burial ground has been the final resting place for many historic figures since the Churchyard cemetery opened in The ensemble of 29 living descendants represents a surprising and powerful look at how different America is today — they come from all corners of the vast country, life experiences, and different ethnicities, ranging from African American and Hispanic to Filipino and Native American.
Washington met Lafayette at a dinner in August The general also thought so highly of the young Frenchman that after Lafayette was wounded in battle, he wrote the surgeon to think of him as Washington's own son. Lafayette also formed an extremely personal friendship with Hamilton.
At 22, Eliza met Alexander Hamilton, who was at the time serving under General George Washington, and fell in love "at first sight ," per historical accounts. Judging by Hamilton's correspondence at the time, the feeling was mutual.
In the last few seconds, she steps up to the lip of the stage. With a spotlight shining right on her, she looks out into the audience and gasps. She had known Albany's Philip Schuyler for several years when they came together in a relationship that culminated in their marriage in September at the Albany Dutch Church. Approaching her twenty-first birthday, Kitty would give birth to the first of her fifteen children just five months later.
At that time, her husband was an officer in the provincial army and she had moved to Albany and into the life of its most prominent native son. By end of , her family now included four children. These Schuylers had removed from Albany's busiest location to a large and newly built mansion located on a hill south of and overlooking the core city. This would be Catherine Schuyler's lifelong home. For the next forty years, she would be the grand dame of Albany's most regal location where dignitaries from Baron Dieskau to George Washington were frequent visitors.
As Philip Schuyler's business, military, and political careers often took him away from his growing family, Kitty and the children were frequent guests at the Patroon's and at the Schuyler estate at the Flats. Despite the stress occasioned by the War for Independence, the Schuylers spent time at both their Albany and Saratoga estates.
Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler is most famous for her bravery in burning her crops to prevent British troops from acquiring the food resources they could provide. She bravely traveled to their Saratoga estate to burn the wheat fields, and to request that their tenants do the same in order to prevent the British from harvesting them. Philip Schuyler resigned from the army in , then served in two more sessions of the Continental Congress in and Hamilton lived at the Schuyler Mansion for months at a time, and wrote some of his important papers there.
He returned to the State Senate from to , where he actively supported the adoption of the United States Constitution. On the evening of July 29, , when word reached Albany that the convention at Poughkeepsie had ratified the new Constitution — in whose creation Philip had played a leading role with his son-in-law, Alexander Hamilton — candles blazed in celebration from every window of the Schuyler home.
Losing his bid for reelection, he returned to the State Senate from to He was elected again to the U. Senate and served until his resignation because of health problems on January 3, Elizabeth lived for 50 years after the death of her husband. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
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