#cuz monticello is there

[dustzvacuumcleaner]

I don’t have to sell my soul

He’s already in me.

I don’t need to sell my soul

He’s already in me.

[civilizedtoilet]

lmfao thomas Jefferson statue here makes perfect sense cuz this apartment is called Monticello and LITERALLY got his head as the logo

[i-didnt-choose-to-ship-it]

Everyone I’m in a crisis I can’t find a fanfiction this is not a drill🔊

It was a Jamilton fic. Modern AU. Fake dating. All the good shit. Alex had trouble paying his tuition fee so he asked Jefferson for help. In exchange he had to go with him to Monticello and act like Thomas’ boyfriend for the family. Lots of pining, eventual happy ending etc etc.

Please help me I don’t know if I’m dumb (cuz I am) or it’s been deleted

[queencryo]

two days ago, red and i woke up in laramie wyoming, with a battle plan. that is to say, paralyzing uncertainty and anxiety. i checked out of our hotel, and asked some advice. locals said that going south on US289 would probably be safe, so we did just that. it was... laughably fine, lmao. i was still terrified, but i spent most of the time after we got out of town (and saw that it was legitimately just fine lmfao) planning. winter storm was coming in later that evening, that would close off pretty mluch every mountin opass north of the panhandle. i spent a lot of time on reds phone checking utah DOT websites, google maps, planning out routes. it felt like a flurry of activity, all routed thru a cell phone that wasnt even mine.

Come colorado, i took over a bit west of denver. not realizing that ahead of us in our route was a huge mountain pass at like 12000 feet elevation. it waas kind of terrifying. thank fucking god it was entirely dry with only small patches of ice.

a little after that, we agreed to ride through utah, then soithwest along to new vegas as was the original plan two weeks ago. only problem was that the mountain pass in monticello was likely to be blocked by the storm. so we drove as fast as fucking possble to moab, along the way speeding by numerous beautiful mountains n shit. red took over a bit before moab, and i resumed freantically monitoring road conditions. we also stopped at like three gas stations in moab, getting a coffee in each one and asking if they thought the monticello pass would stay clear. the consensus was 'idk yeah probably'.

we get to monticello. its snowing. off the road, theres a good foot or so of buildup. we followed a garbage truck for a while, but pulled in at a gas station when it did. to assess. the clerk said eh just follow a plow and youll be fine. i go to the bathroom, where the fuckl is red.... why is there an eighteenwheeler where our car was. oh, she and the car are stuck in the snow in the next parking lot over. apparently she had to move the car to get out of the way of the truckers who were now moving to the fistfighting stages of arguing about fifty feet away. fighting stances n shit, yelling. I went inside to get help, since i didnt know what i was doing. got help from a family who was at subway (mostly the dad, josh). he didnt know stuff, but he gave me the confidence and additional pushing that i needed to plan and execute helping alice do a three point turn to get baclk to tjhe travelled portion of the road. thanks josh!

a lil after that, a sbowplow went by and we attempted to follow it! (engaging with some youths who pulled a scooter from the snow for some reason??? they offered to help us get unstuck but it didnt really be necessary as it turned out!)

and so began our trek down the mountain. it was... scary as FUCK, for me anyway. i remember playing country roads (in part as propitiation to the mountain) and then that one detektivbyran album i listen to. keep my anxiety in check. red did all the snow driving, cuz she learned to drive in new mexico so she knows some stuff abt snow. We couldnt see more than twenty feet ahead of us at basically any time, and she later told me that at multiple points we were actually sliding. waugh. eventually, tho, like 30 minutes or so (felt longer) the snow turned to rain. and the roads were blessedly clear.

shortly afterward, i took over. the plan was to drive as long aspossible due west, along smaller highways, possibly all the way to st. george. neither of us really had it in us thoc 'o we had to stop around 10, in kayenta. still, thats a solid 13 hours of travel, some of them extremely stressful. i dont think we did too bad at all.

yesterday, we went from kayenta to primm. i originally wanted to sleep in goodsprings, but upon cursory research, turns out its a ghost town witha population of 160, no hotels. didnt have it in us to camp last night, so we stayed in the buffalo bill resort and casino. the inspiration for the bison steve resort in nv!! this is honestly the nicest hotel room ive ever been in, and the price is 10 dollars more than our motel 6 in laramie. highly recommend if ur in primm for some reason.

[i-like-old-things]

Ok so I’ve had this idea for a while now and I decided I’d finally post it!!

I wanna go to every Amrev site in NJ.

As you know, I’m from the great(est) state, New Jersey. And as you should know, a majority of fighting occurred in this state for the reason being that the British HQ was in NY and the Continental HQ was in PA and NJ is smack dab in the middle of it. Another important thing to mention is that a lot of these sites have been preserved over the years, especially the homes and battlefields. I think it might be because NJ used to be agriculturally based. It was only in the cities that had industry until the mid-1900s when suburbanization became popular (my town would be classified as rural until the 1980s). It also helps that we have a surplus of them so the ones we have left seem like a lot compared to others. Another key thing to note, in colonial America, houses were a regional thing. If you’ve gone to like Mount Vernon or Monticello or Alexander Hamilton’s Grange or really any big mansion from that time, you’re probably not gonna get that in NJ. As I said previously, we were a farming state; there wasn’t a need for large mansions. Most houses have like 2-4 rooms on each floor making them a lot smaller.

This will definitely be a challenging task as there are like 140 colonial-era locations in NJ. To help me, I am going to use this link from the Crossroads of the American Revolution website which has information on colonial NJ.

I’ve been to a few already so I will list those here (some I’ve posted about). I’m also going to put pictures from my visit (if I have any) and the links to the websites:

Old Barracks Museum —> last standing French and Indian War barracks. It was used during the American Revolution by both the British and the Continentals. I went here a while ago so I don’t remember much except I do remember the reenactor was talking about leaches. I want to go back again.

Brearley House —> Not on the CAR list but definitely a fun one. It was the childhood home of a man named David Brearley who was a signer of the US Constitution from NJ and was the third Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court (appointed by G Wash himself).

Princeton Battlefield —> It’s a field. There is a house but I didn’t go in it cuz it was closed. But my friends and I went there on a really nice day and we had a picnic so it was a lot of fun. It was also nice to see all of the people out and during the pandemic I saw the most people I’ve ever seen. It’s the place where Hugh Mercer was killed and the Mercer oak tree used to be there. It fell down but was replaced by a sapling from its seeds.

Washington Rock —> this one was cool. I made a post about this WAYYYYYYYYYYYY down so you can find it if you want (I think it was like my second post ever) but it was a lookout position for washington because he could see NYC from it. If you get there on a clear day, you can still see the city skyline (I saw it).

Morven —> former governors mansion of NJ. I haven’t gone inside it but I’ve been to the grounds numerous times.

Nassau Hall —> was a barracks for the British and the Continentals. During the battle of Princeton, the Americans shot cannons into the building which you can still see the damage of it today. At the time, it was the largest stone building in the colonies. Later in the war, it served as Congress.

Great Falls (Patterson) —> this was used by Hamilton to generate power or something (???). I never fully understood it but there’s a statue of Hamilton and it is a nice view.

Historic Mill Hill —> this one is probably the most overlooked. Mill Hill is a historic district in Trenton. It’s a residential area but the houses are GORGEOUS. There’s also a statue of Washington and it’s located where the second battle of Trenton took place.

Princeton Cemetery —> this is where Aaron burr and John Witherspoon are buried. You can also visit Grover Cleveland, the only NJ President.

This link is also very useful.

[black-is-beautiful18]

Thomas Jefferson was a child r*pist

I don’t even wanna think about whats buried underneath the Monticello which btw the Monticello where Jefferson kept slaves is on the back of the nickel

Oh definitely. There’s a bunch of stuff we don’t know simply cuz they wanna save face. I want someone to bust everything wide open though.

[ablogthatishenceforthmine]

Best Hamilton Lyrics for Each Mad Men Character

Don Draper - “There would have been nothin’ left to do for someone less astute. He woulda been dead or destitute without a cent of restitution. Started clerkin’, workin’ for his late mother’s landlord, tradin’ sugar cane and all the things he can’t afford. Scammin’ for every book he can get his hands on, planning for the future now as he stands on the bow of a ship headed to a new land. In New York, you can be a new man.” 

Peggy Olson - “I am not throwing away my shot.” 

Pete Campbell -  “You could never be satisfied. God, I hope you’re satisfied.”

Joan Holloway -  “I wanna be in the room where it happens.” 

Betty Draper -   “We dream of a brand new start, but we dream in the dark for the most part.”

Roger Sterling - “Would you like to join us or stay mellow, doin’ whatever the hell it is you do in Monticello?”

Megan Draper - “Look around, look around, at how lucky we are to be alive right now.”

Sally Draper - “I am inimitable. I am an original.” 

Stan Rizzo - “God help and forgive me. I wanna build something’s that gonna outlive me.” 

Michael Ginsberg - “The problem is I got a lot of brain but no polish.” 

Ken Cosgrove -  “You ever see somebody ruin their own life?”

Lane Pryce - “Then a hurricane came and devastation reigned. Our man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain.”

Harry Crane - “You are the worst, Burr!”

Bert Cooper - “Cuz we’ll have the banks. We’re in the same spot.”

Ted Chaough - “I will never be satisfied.”

Bob Benson -  “I’m not standing still. I’m lying in wait.”

Trudy Campbell - “I hope your burn.”

Henry Francis - “But my god, she looks so helpless.”

Paul Kinsey - “There’s nothing rich folks love more than going downtown and slummin’ it with the poor.

Dawn Chambers -  “They emerge with a compromise, having opened doors that were previously closed bros.”

Sal Romano - “His enemies destroyed his rep. America forgot him.”

Jim Cutler - “Congress is fighting over where to put the capital.”

Rachel Menken -  “Some man say that i’m intense or i’m insane.” 

Faye Miller - “If I could grant you peace of mind, if you could let me inside your heart... oh, let me be a part of the narrative in the story they will write someday. Let this be the first chapter where you decide to stay.”

Helen Bishop - “I stop wasting time on tears.”

Midge Daniels - “We were at a revel with some rebels on a hot night.”

Burt Peterson - “The pieces that are sacrificed in every piece of chess.”

[jeffersonuggs]

Jefferson just hanging out behind Monticello with the birds after a rough day in office cuz he’s quirky like that

[hamanuelton]

my favorite parts of hamilton:

- “I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory.”

- every time Leslie Odom Jr. as aaron burr begins another part with “how did a bastard, orphan-“ or like in that same way ‘cause he doesn’t always start it that way but you know what I mean

- the way Leslie Odom Jr. as My Boi Burr™️ says “well, the world got around, they said, ‘this kid is insane, man!’”

- also when Leslie Odom Jr. as A. Burr says

“WHAT’S YOUR NAME, MAN?!”

- “our man saw his future drip-dripping down the drain, a pencil to his temple, connected it to his brain”

- “Alexander Hamilton. My name is Alexander Hamilton. And there’s a million things I haven’t done, but just you wait, just you wait...”

- background “just you wait, just you wait”’s as hammy’s putting on a new jacket and ensemble is praising nyc

- “and me? i’m the damn fool that shot him.”

- “Burr, sir” + the continuation of this all throughout

- “If you talk you’re gonna get shot” / FORESHADOWING WOOOEEEEWOOOOO

- “i’m John Laurens in the place to be”

- Lafayette’s fuckinf accent

- “BRRRAH! BRRAAAH! HERCULES MULLIGAN UP IN IT LOVIN IT”

- “if you stand for nothing, Burr, what’ll you fall for”

- “‘Onarchy?”

- hey, yo, i’m just like my country, i’m young, scrappy, and hungry—

- the way Odom Leslie Jr. as The Hamburrglar™️ says ‘shot’ and they all take a shot

- this ⤵️

- Hammy getting //flustered// about friendship

- WHEN ARE THESE COLONIES GONNA RISE UP

- Angelica’s face when Burr is tryna tell her bout herself and she shows him up and ships him out

- Act 1: 6. Farmer Refuted

- honorable mention: “my dog speaks more eloquently than thee!" "but strangely, your mange is the same." "is he in jersey?”

- King George pouting

- Jonathan Groff’s overarticulation of each syllable as King George is a work of art

- “♪ Da-da-da-dat-da-dat-da-da-da-dai-ah-da! ♪ Da-da-da-da-dai-ah-da! ♪

- “Everybody! —“

- “We keep meeting.”

- “i imagine death so much it feels more like a memory. when’s it gonna get me? in my sleep? seven feet ahead of me?”

- “See, I never thought I’d live past twenty.”

- “this is not a moment, it’s the movement”

- “I’m laughin’ in the face of casualties and sorrow, for the first time, I’m thinkin’ past tomorrow!”

- “dying is easy, young man, living is harder!”

- “i’m being honest. i’m working with a third of what our Congress promised.”

- “you need all the help you can get. i have some friends. Laurens, Mulligan, Marquis de Lafayette, okay, what else?” — “we’ll need some spies on the inside, some king’s men who might let some things slide.”

- “watch this obnoxious, arrogant, loudmouth bother be seated at the right hand of the father.”

- “Martha Washington named her feral tomcat after him” — “That’s true.”

- “Yo, if your marry a sister, you’re rich, son!” — “Is it a question of ‘if’, Burr, or which one?” and then the little ‘hey’ ‘hey’ thing they do gets me every time

- literally the use of yo throughout the production fucking gets me every single fucking time

- “i’m writin’ a letter nightly. now my life gets better, every letter that you write me. — THE PURE UNBRIDLED SENSE OF FORESHADOWING IN “laughin’ at my sister, cuz she wants to form a harem” — ft. “i’m just sayin’, if you really loved me, you would share him!”

- the irony in “Eliza, i don’t have a dollar to my name”, you’ll be on the $10 bill, my man

- top-notch brain

- Angelica TRIED TO TAKE A BITE OF ME

- the way Anthony Ramos as John Laurens says “alright, alright. that’s what i’m talkin’ about!” and also the face that he makes

- hunger-pang frame

- “You strike me as a woman who has never been satisfied.” — “I’m sure I don’t know what you mean. You forget yourself.” — “You’re like me. I’m never satisfied.” — “Is that right?” — “I have never been satisfied.” — “My name is Angelica Schuyler.” — “Alexander Hamilton.” — “Where’s your fam’ly from?” — “Unimportant. There’s a million things I haven’t done but just you wait, just you wait...”

- tbh the way ‘Schuyler’ is spelled is oddly satisfying to me

- honestly just the way LMM says Alexander Hamilton+/ my name is Alexander Hamilton, and there’s a million things i haven’t done, ‘just you wait, just you wait...’ throughout the production

- “i’m the oldest and the wittiest and the gossip in new york city is insidious”

- “You are the worst, Burr.”

- Act 1: 12. The Story of Tonight (Reprise)

- “love doesn’t discriminate, between the sinners and the saints, it takes and it takes and it takes”

- “love doesn’t discriminate, between the sinners and the saints, it takes and it takes and it takes and we keep living anyway. we rise and we fall and we break and we make our mistakes. and if there’s a reason i’m still alive when everyone who loves me has died—“

- “Chick-a-plao!”

- the way they say ‘raise a glass’ is both elegant and (appropriately) reverent

- “i go back to new york and my apprenticeship” — i shouted MY BOI HERCULES MULLIGAN UP IN IT LOVIN IT DID NOT JUST SAY THAT, IF HE ACTUALLY LEFT AND ISN���T JUST UNDERCOVER OR SOME SHIT IMMA WRITE LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA A STRONGLY WORDED LETTER

- the minute General Charles Les came into the picture i hated him so hard, even though his literal first word was ‘Whee!!!!’, though i can appreciate the sentiment and what LMM was tryna do there

- “Washington cannot be left to his devices indescisive, from crisis to crisis” — sweet baby jesus that alliteration, and jon rua totally pulled it off (i hate General Charles Lee not the person who played him, i can also appreciate the fact that as an actor it takes a lot of talent to be able to make you hate a character so easily, also shoutout to Jonathan Groff as King Georgey-Boy™️, Sydney James Harcourt as james reynolds, and the general way LMM somehow made me fed up/turn on Alexander with the whole scene with him and Maria Reynolds — and not only that but somehow redeemed himself to me which is easier said than done for characters and people alike.. i’ve been hurt too much to play like that.

- Act 1: 15. Ten Duel Commandments

- honorable mention: “if you don’t reach peace, that’s alright. time to get some pistols and a doctor on site. you pay him in advance, you treat him with civility. you have him turn around so he can have deniability.”

- Act 1: 17. That Would Be Enough

- honorable mention: the melody that LMM went with for that turn of phraseis a truly beautiful thing

- “Immigrants:” — “We get the job done.”

- THE FACT THAT MY MAIN MAN HERCULE MULLIGAN WAS ON THE INSIDE NOT ONLY DID I CALL IT BUT DAMN HE REALLY GOT THAT GOOD HOT TRIBUTE HE DESERVED

- “To my brother’s a revolutionary covenant! I’m runnin’ with the sons of liberty and I am lovin’ it! See, that’s what happens when you up against the ruffians. We’re in the shit now, somebody gotta shovel it! Hercules Mulligan, I need no introduction, when you knock me down I get the fuck back up again!”

- Act 1: 21. What Comes Next

- honorable mention: “i’m so blue” — the little squat that Groffsauce does as the light turns blue really got to me

- Act 1: 22. Dear Theodosia

- Leslie Odom Jr.’s voice is so ding dang delightfully airy

- honorable mention: “You have my eyes. You have your mother’s name. When you came into the world, you cried and it broke my heart.”

- Act 1: 23. Non-Stop

- as someone with siblings i can appreciate that they’re bickering like that’s just what they are

- “I was chosen for the constitutional convention! *squeal*”

- “Burr, we studied and we fought and we killed for the notion of a nation we now get to build. For once in your life, take a stand with pride. I don’t understand how you stand to the side.”

- Act 2: 1. What’d I Miss?

- honorable mention: “But the sun comes up and the world still spins.”

- Act 2: 2. Cabinet Battle #1

- honorable mention: “DOIN’ WHATEVER THE HELL IT IS YOU DO IN MONTICELLO!”

- tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow

- “Daddy, daddy, look.... My name is Philip. I am a poet. I wrote this poem just to show it. And I just turned nine. You can write rhymes but you can’t write mine.” - “What!” - “I practice French and play piano with my mother.” — “Uh-huh!” — “I have a sister but I want a little brother.” — “Okay!” — “My daddy’s trying to start America’s bank. Un deux trois quatre cinq!” — “Bravo!” — “Hey, our kid is pretty great.”

- as much as i hate Act 2: 4. Say No To This (because for some reason i though Alexander Hamilton was better than that) Jasmine Cephas Jones sings in it is like a hot knife through butter — namely; “My husband’s doin’ me wrong beatin’ me, cheatin’ me, mistreatin’ me...”... I guess maybe I understand it ‘cause damn Jasmine Cephas Jones is so ding dang pretty and ding dang talented and wow what a remarkable person

- the way that Lin says “And her body’s saying, ‘hell, yes’ is um.. 😓

- “You see, that was my wife you decided to” — “Fuuuu—“

- Act 2: 5. The Room Where It Happens

- honorable mention: “Bros.”

- “Talk less. Smile more.” LMM being a dramatic bastard

- Act 2: 6. Schuyler Defeated

- Act 2: 7. Cabinet Battle #2

- “revolution is messy but now is the time to stand."

- honorable mention: “Ooh!!”

- “We signed a treaty with a King whose head is now in a basket. Would you like to take it out and ask it? ‘Should we honor our treaty, King Louis’ head?’ ‘Uh... do whatever you want, I’m super dead.’”

- Thomas Jefferson all like “but sir do we not fight for freedom” MY BAD SIR YOU ARE A SLAVE-OWNER HOW ABOUT YOU NOT

- mentioning Lafayette because apparently LMM has no problem with breaking the fourth wall

- “Daddy’s calling.”

- “I’m in the cabinet. I am complicit in watching him grabbin’ at power and kiss it. If Washington isn’t gon’ listen to disciplined dissidents, this is the difference. This kid is out!”

- “Southern motherfuckin’ Democratic-Republicans!”

- “The emperor has no clothes.”

- “Sir, I don’t know what you heard but whatever it is Jefferson started it.” — “Thomas Jefferson resigned this morning.” — “You’re kidding.” — “I need a favor.” — “Whatever you say, sir, Jefferson will pay for his behavior.” — “I’ll use the press. I’ll write under a pseudonym, you’ll see what I can do to him—“ — “Yes! He resigned you can finally speak your mind!” — “Ha. Good luck defeating you, sir.” - “I’m sorry, what?”

- Act 2: 10. I Know Him

- “—Vice President.” — “— No more Mr. Nice President.”

- “Sit down, John, you fat motherf—“

- Act 2: 12. We Know

- honorable mention: “You see that was my wife you decided to—“ — “WHAT—“

- Act 2: 13. Hurricane

- Act 2: 14. The Reynolds Pamphlet

- honorable mention: *DEEP VOICE* “DAMN”

- Act 2: 15. Burn

- i’ll be the first to say i wasn’t a huge fan of Eliza at first aside from Phillipa Soo’s killer voice

- this gave me a lot of respect for her

- honorable mention: “You have married an Icarus. He has flown too close to the sun.”

- Act 2: 16. Blow Us All Away

- i would like to point out that tweet where someone @‘s LMM about not mentioning Philip’s hot and he responds “I’M FAIRLY F**CKING SURE I DID”, y’know ⤵️

- “The ladies say my brain’s not where the resemblance stops.”

- “God, you’re a fox.”

- Act 2: 17. Stay Alive (Reprise)

- The ‘I know, I know. Shh.’ and the full circle back to his mom teaching him french on the piano really got to me for the beautiful artistry in it but also damn them feels

- Act 2: 18. It’s Quiet Uptown

- “I spend hours in the garden. I walk alone to the store and it’s quiet uptown. I never liked the quiet before. I take the children to church on Sunday, a sign of the cross at the door, and I pray. That never used to happen before.”

- “Philip, you would like it uptown. It’s quiet uptown.”

- “You knock me out, I fall apart.”

- “Eliza, do you like it uptown? It’s quiet uptown.”

- “There are moments that the words don’t reach. There is suffering too terrible to name. You hold your child as tight as you can and push away the unimaginable. The moments when you’re in so deep it feels easier to just swim down.”

- “There are moments that the words don’t reach. There is a grace too powerful to name. We push away what we can never understand. We push away the unimaginable.”

- “Can you imagine?”

- Act 2: 19. The Election of 1800

- honorable mention: “And they say I’m a Francophile: at least they know I know where France is!”

- “You used to work on the same staff” — “Whaaaat.”

- “Honestly, it’s kind of draining.” — “Burr...” — “Sir!” — “Is there anything you wouldn’t do?” — “No. I’m chasing what I want. And you know what?” — “What?” — “I learned that from you.” / this moment made the blow that he voted for Jefferson like a damn hole in my chest and i actually really felt for Burr. i get Hammy’s reluctance, i think if anything he was hoping voting for Jefferson would give Burr the chance to have experience as VP and then the next election he might vote for him then depending

- Act 2: 20. Your Obedient Servant

- A. Burr

- A. Ham

- “I just need to write something down.” / really resonated as one of the last things they showed him doing before going off to the duel, his life really was writing and that was the perfect way to say that in a very subtle sort of way. i really appreciate it artistically, whether it was intentionally so or not.

- Act 2: 22. The World Was Wide Enough

- okay but first of all i would like to comment on the fact that Ariana DeBose PLAYS THE GODDAMN BULLET, I JUST

- THE FACT THAT THE BULLET HAS A PART

- “This man will not make an orphan of my daughter.” / this made me really sympathize with Burr, as well as when he tries to go towards Hamilton (at least in the play but I sincerely hope that was historically accurate) / but also that fact that Theodosia Burr was lost at sea at 29 makes me sad because Hamilton’s life was taken to give her one and then she just up and disappears in a freak accident

- Act 2: 23. Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story

- the orphanage got to me

- i loved that he (LMM) didn’t end it with himself or anything

- he let Phillipa Soo tear my heart out

- it killed me but i died quite happily

- and really what more could you ask for.

[americanfrancophile-blog]

I’m literally so close to finishing a 12 pack of Pepsi and I got it less than five hours ago. I’m gonna die of sugar rush.

[an-american-experiment]

A civics lesson from a slaver. Hey neighbor. Your debts are paid cuz you don’t pay for labor. ‘We plant seeds in the South. We create.’ Yeah, keep ranting. We know who’s really doing the planting.

Lin-Manuel Miranda

Jefferson usually owned approximately one-hundred and thirty slaves who lived at Monticello. There were other enslaved people he owned who worked on other properties he owned. They did similar work to the other slaves in the southern states, working fields and some skilled jobs to make the plantation run. The south was built on this slave society, built on the backs of thousands upon thousands of people who had very little say in their own lives. Once a slave was purchased, those who owned them would have to shell out very little money in order to keep them working - the south’s economy stayed afloat because of this horrendous trade. 

Sources: the following sources were used - the collected letters/writings of Alexander Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton the Revolution, Ron Chernow’s biography of Hamilton, The Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton by Allan McLane Hamilton, Hamilton by Richard Syllia, and Charles Cerami’s book called Young Patriots. In addition, War of Two by John Sedgwick and Washington and Hamilton by Tony Williams were used throughout. Monticello information about slavery: https://www.monticello.org/slavery/slavery-faqs/property/. 

Follow us at @an-american-experiment where we are historically analyzing the lyrics of Hamilton with a new post every day!

[unproduciblesmackdown]

living 40 miles away from dc was lucky in terms of seeing museums n shit like i’m used to the “it’s literally free” smithsonian institution, i forget that that’s like....never true at other cities’ museums......yea not every museum in dc is free but like, yeah i’ve been to the natl gallery, natl museum of natural history, of american history, of air and space, air and space....2 (udvar hazy), american art, american indian, freer gallery, the castle......many of them i got to go to multiple times........plus ur on constitutional ave and there’s all that shit, i’ve never actually been inside the wash monument / capitol but like, yeah you can Look At It and go aha. there’s where they switched building materials. between 9/11 and the highway sniper i feel like the school field trip opportunities we had were drastically undercut but even so it’s like...that zone of having dropped in often enough that you’re def not a local but a little more familiar than a tourist.....had my secret parking hacks b/c, ugh the metro. got expensive / not enough parking / will kill you. love the stations though. very weird, the ominous approach of train lights in the tunnel / unholy reverberating shriek of the brakes, the escalators.......so much fun to be had really

also this is only related to the “living near dc” thing but when i had a nightmare job for 5 months i was out in this county that was even closer and alllllll it was was a schmancy suburb for the richiest rich of dc commuters............their strip malls having the whole art installation signs with a stone wall around a garden and metalwrought wordart designating it as “watercrest village” or some shit plus a goddamn fountain like.........i think it was deemed a Cultural Wasteland by some article talking about babeo baggins who’s from there lmfao. loudoun county more like Die

this is related to my just now typing out “stone wall” but i still remember this time in history class in 4th grade the teacher asked my why stonewall jackson was called that and i was like “cuz he.........stood there” and she made a joke out of that answer and i’m like binch the quote is literally like “standing there like a stone wall” alright. you want me to Not paraphrase?? lort. she was okay but she also could be exasperating. she did the thing where she was adamant about “if you finish your test before everyone else you did it wrong b/c you’re rushing through it” so we’d all finish our tests and everyone just sits there until someone bites the bullet and gets the disapproving glare for daring to be the first like. i hate to break it to you maam but Someone is always going to have to be the first to finish. we should’ve like, coordinated and had five people go up at once to dilute the judgment. also, why were we having to Know the reason for people’s names. i Still remember that delaware is named for lord de la warr. why do i have to have that burned into my brain. like that the main thing i remember abt the constitutional conventions is that it was hot as fuck in the building and everyone was gross, but also overheated. i mean, that Matters, but it’s taking up 0.001% cpu in my brain i could be using for anything else

which you know, i don’t think i’ve ever been to philadelphia actually, tho i’ve been all up in us history places like williamsburg, jamestown, mt vernon, monticello (i think!! idk why i can’t remember this w more certainty lmfao it was like. within the last 5 yrs), gettysburg, technically manassas, probably other places i’m not thinking of atm..........but one of the cats at my parents house, who demands to be hugged/held multiple times daily and is a notorious shedder, had left a distinctive white hair on some clothes my parents packed when they were on a trip to philadelphia, and my mom testified that she deliberately left some of his fur in independence hall. i for one hope its still there. Historical

[kingscrown666]

Gonna try to transcribe as much of this info as I can cuz this is all fucking great

[ID: a screenshot from the aforementioned website. At the very top, on a thin, brown banner, are the words "APPLE HELL". Below that, on a wide, black banner, is the name of an apple called "Newtown Pippin Apples". Below that, still on the same black banner, is the tag line "Long Island's Sand-Filled Condom". There is a rating on the right side of the black banner that says "19 Vomitous Filth"

Below all of that, on a light grey field, is a picture of a lumpy, greenish-yellow apple, with thin, red streaks around the stem. To the right of the apple is a paragraph that reads:

"This sand-filled condom from Long Island was choked down in the 1750s by the likes of Thomas Jefferson at Monticello, George Washington at Mount Vernon, and Benjamin Franklin as he declared it his favorite apple. Perhaps the Newtown Pippin was once a great apple whose quality has degraded over the centuries like the crumbling Democracy the Founding Fathers established. Or perhaps, after decades of eating pigeon pie and squirrel meat, these wooden-toothed slave owners' tastebuds are not to be trusted. Either way, in today's world, aside from being excellent for apple cider production, the Newton Pippin is a tasteless hunk of malformed donkey shit that should've been abolished during the reign of King George III."

End ID.]

Like. Whoever wrote this did not hold back, and for that we thank them

speaking of america’s favorite fruit (not optional) i love applerankings.com so fucking much. absolute necessity for any real Appleheads out there

[nadeeta]

There was an event/party going on yesterday/last night at a movie theater where I live and they had a winery there. Just like the Aly's place they are located out of town,they're located in Monticello.

First time I had wine,and I thought it was pretty good. Idk if it's cuz I had it blue raspberry flavor or not.

U first taste the ice of the slushier then u get the liquid after taste of the alcohol. I thought it was pretty good.

[my-dear-hammy]

Falling Through Time: Book 1

 Masterpost

Jamilton Series Masterpost

Basking in Candlelight

Part Four

Quatre

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Warnings: Cussing. War flashback.

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Hamilton was sitting at his table nervously shifting papers around. He was here way too early. The room was empty, the silence was starting to bear down on him. He didn't know if he could take it much longer, it was just so deafening. It reminded him too much of things he tried to forget. He closed his eyes tight, trying to ignore it.

It didn't work.

Everything was quiet. Too quiet. Hamilton and his regiment of artillery waited. And waited. He knew they were coming but he'd never see them until they were plunging a bayonet into his stomach. Then that would be it. It couldn't be, though, could it? This couldn't be all he did in life. He survived a hurricane only to die in some small skirmish no one would give a fuck about? His name would be lost forever.

He shook his head, trying to clear it, and refocused. The British were climbing the hill, in the middle of the night, through a dense forest, in hopes to get an ambush. Lovely plan but Hamilton knew it was coming, just not exactly when. His men shifted nervously around him.

"Steady men," he whispered.

A twig snapped. Someone fired. Goddamnit, too soon.

"Hold fire!" Hamilton commanded. His men paid no mind. Guns were going off rapidly. Men in redcoats charged from the forest, only to be shot down by a volley of bullets, skewered on a bayonet, or impaled on their fortifications. It was a gruesome sight but Hamilton didn't have time to be sick. He had to focus on not dying. Not that anyone would miss him. No knew he existed. No one cared.

A cannon discharged.

A door banged open, causing Hamilton to jump. He shook his head vigorously, trying to clear away the memories of war and bloodshed. He was fine. He didn't die. Everything was fine.

He ran through the familiar lines in his head. My name is Alexander Hamilton and the war is over. The war is over. The war is over.

A couple deep breaths and he was fine again. Glancing around, he noticed the room was a lot more full. Almost everyone was there. Everyone except Thomas Jefferson, naturally. That guy was always late.

Washington brought the room into order, starting it off with one of the other cabinet members. The man went through his presentation and sat back down. Just then, Jefferson burst through the door.

"Sorry, I'm late President Washington. My deepest apologies," he said, gasping for air. Did he run the whole way?

"Take a seat Secretary Jefferson," Washington replied nonchalantly. "Now, Secretary Hamilton's plan to assume state's debts and establish a national bank. Secretary Jefferson, you have the floor, Sir."

"Life-" Jefferson began.

"Hang on!" Hamilton interrupted, "Why does he get to say anything? This is not the Secretary of State's area! It's the Treasury's, my area! Secretary Jefferson shouldn't be touching this with a ten-foot pole!"

"Yes, but I would like his opinion on the matter," Washington soothed. "Secretary Jefferson, please continue."

Jefferson shot Hamilton a dry look. "Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We fought for these ideals, we shouldn't settle for less. These are wise words, enterprising men quote 'em, don't act surprised you guys, cuz' I wrote 'em!"

Hamilton rolled his eyes.

"Now, Hamilton forgets, his plan would have the government assume state's debts. Now place your bets as to who that benefits, the very seat of government where Hamilton sits."

Hamilton leaped out of his seat, "Not true!"

"Oh, if the shoe fits, wear it! If New York's in debt, why should Virginia bear it? Ah, our debts are paid, I'm afraid, don't tax the south cuz' we got it made in the shade."

Cocky bastard.

"In Virginia, we plant seeds in the ground, we create, you just want to move our money around." Jefferson picked up the thick stack of papers Hamilton has spent weeks compiling and held them in the air for everyone to see. "This plan is an outrageous demand and it's too many damn pages for any man to understand!" He tossed them over his shoulder, causing them to scatter around the room. Hamilton growled as he stooped to hunt them down and pick them up.

"Stand with me, in the land of the free. Pray to God we never see Hamilton's candidacy. Look, when Britain taxed our tea, we got frisky. Imagine what gon' happen when you try to tax our whiskey." Thomas smirked at Hamilton, who sneered.

"Thank you, Secretary Jefferson. Secretary Hamilton, your response."

Hamilton stood, "Thomas," he began, straightening out his papers on the table, "that was a real nice Declaration. Welcome to the present, we're running a real nation." He slammed the papers down. "Would you like to join us? Or stay mellow doing whatever the hell it is you do in Monticello? If we assume the debts, we a new line of credit, a financial diuretic, how do you not get it?" Hamilton was in Jefferson's face. "If we're aggressive and competitive, the Union gets a boost. You'd rather give it a sedative?"

Jefferson went to say something, but Hamilton pressed on. "A civics lesson from a slaver, hey neighbor! Your debts are paid because you don't pay for labor! 'We plant seeds in the south, we create!'" Hamilton mocked. "Yeah, keep ranting, we know who's really doing the planting."

Jefferson cut in before Hamilton could continue. "You think I don't know who the south rides on? You think I don't want slavery to be gone? Well, you're wrong! I fight against it harder than you! Published a couple essays and then you were through! Was it too much for a money man to handle? Afraid you'll get caught up in some sort of scandal? I thought you liked to hear yourself talk? Why don't you take a walk and find someone else to mock. Or least come back with some real facts so that your attacks have some tact, instead of grasping for straws. Or perhaps you should go back to law!"

Hamilton sputtered for a second, "And another thing Mister Age of Enlightenment," he continued, completely ignoring Jefferson's words, "Don't lecture me about the war, you didn't fight in it! You think I'm frightened of you man? We almost died in the trench! While you were off getting high with the French!"

Jefferson was in a rage, his next words flew from his mouth. "You talk as if I wasn't there! Who do you think got you from fucked to fair? Without me supporting you every way I could, sending money and guns, food and wood. I did everything I could! I've been in the Congress since the beginning, not joining when we might start winning! I went from governor, to traitor, to father of the Declaration. While you were out delivering proclamations, making a mess, everything I had to redress. Who stayed behind til the very last second, saving documents from enemy hands, making sure all the other bands of men got out alive and grand. If Cornwallis got me that day, we wouldn't even be here for you to say, such slandering things. You'd be dead instead of wearing so many God-awful rings!"

Hamilton went to retaliate, but Washington cut them both off, practically having to get between and shove them away from each other.

Jefferson watched as George dragged Hamilton away to have a word in private. Madison was next to him, complaining about something Hamilton said.

Jefferson turned to him, "Sorry James, I've got to go." And with that, Jefferson walked off, leaving Madison staring after him.

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[weird-stash-gangsta-cat]

Hamilton Quotes I Remember

-Spit a verse, BURR!!!

-Whatever the hell it is you do in Monticello.

-So what I’d miss?

-Cuz I’m the president.

-My god…

-Two virgians and an immigrant walk into a room.

-Whaaaaaaaat!

-*deep voice* The Reynolds Phamplet.

-Daddy’s calling.

-She’s married to a British officer. Oh shit.

-Dying is easy young man, living is harder.

-Angelica, Eliza, and Peggy!

-Okay so were doing this.

-The Schyler Sisters.

-Congratulations, you invented a new kind of stupid.

A “damge you can never undo” kinda stupid.

An “Open up all the cages in a zoo” kinda stupid.

Clearly you didn’t think this through, kinda stupid. Lets review.

You took a rumor a few maybe two people knew and refuted it by sharing and affair of which no one has accused you.

I begged you to take a break, you refused to. So scared of what your enemies are gonna do to you. Your the only enemy you ever seem to lose to.

You know why Jefferson can do what he wants?

He doesn’t dignify school-yard taunts with a response.

So yeah, congratulations.

Angelica

You’ve redefined your legacy.

Congratulations.

It was an act of political sacrifice!

Sacrifice?

I languished in a lovelish marriage in london. I lived only to read your letters. I look at you and think ‘God, what have we done with our lives and where did it get us. That doesn’t wipe the tears of the years away and I’m back in the city and I’m here to stay.

And you know what I’m here to do?

Angelica

I’m not here for you.

I know my own sister like I know my own mind. You will never find soneone as trusting or as kind.

And a million years ago she said "this ones mine".

So I stood by.

Do you know why?

I love my sister more than anything in this life. I will choose her happiness over mine every time.

Eliza

Eliza

Is the best thing in our lives. So never lose sight of the fact that you have been blessed with the best wife. Confratulations. For the rest of your life. Every sacrifice you make is for my sister, give her the best life. Congratulations!

-I may not live to see are glory, I may not live to see are glory. But I’ve seen wonders great and small. Wonders great and small. And if the tomcat can get married, if Alexander can get married, there’s hope for are ass after all

-DAAAAAAYYYYYYUUUUUUM!!!

-My name is Phillip and I am a poet. I’m a little nervous but I can’t show it. I wrote this poem just to show it. And I just turned nine and I can write rthyms but you can’t write mine. WHAT!!

-Raise a glass to freedom.

-Ha, yeah right. Man openly campaingnes against me, talking about, "I look forward to are partnership."

Its crazy that the guy in second gets to be vice president.

Yeah, you know what. We can change that. You know why?

Why?

Cuz I'm the president.

-IF YOU HAD TO CHOOSE!!! IF YOU HAD TO CHOOSE!!! IF YOU HAD TO CHOOSE!!! IF YOU HAD TO CHOOSE!!

-Awesome, wow.

-SOURTHEN MOTHERFUCKIN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICANS!!!

-CALL ME SON ONE MORE TIME!!

-President John Adams, Good luck!

-I know him, that can’t be. Isn’t he that little guy that spoke to me all those years ago. What was it, 85. That poor man their going to eat him alive.

-Welcome folks, to THE ADAMS ADMINISTRATION!!!

-John fires Hamilton right on sight but Hamilton still wants to fight not right. Calls him creo bastard in his taunts. Hamilton publishes his response, 'Sit down John YOU FAT MOTHERFUCKER!!!“

-Miss’s Washington names her feral tomcat after him, that’s true.

-I will not throw away my shot.

-A legacy is planting seeds in a garden that you never get to see.

-Laurens, do not throw away your shot.

-How did we know that this plan would work? We had a spy on the inside, that’s right, HERCULES MULLIGAN!! A tailor spyin on the britiah government. I take their measurements, information, and then I smuggle it.

-I will never be satisfied.

-Immigrants, we get the job down!

-Sir do you want me to do Tresaurey or State department?

State.

Les go.

-He was in the same spot his son died is that why?

-I wanna be in the room where it happens. I… Wanna be in the room where it happens.

-I got to France for more funds, Layette, I come back with more guns. And ships. And so the balance shifts.

-How do emearge from the battlefield waving Betray Rosses flag higher?

-Everyone give it up for Americas favorite fighing Frenchman, LAYETTE!!

-Hamilton wrote, THE OTHER 51!!

-I was invited to the constitional convestion.

-My dog speaks more elquiently than you. *insert dog whine.*

-I’m a general, WEEEE!!

-JOHN SHOULD OF SHOT HIM ONE MORE TIME!!!

-I’m not your son.

-With a comma after dearest. You’ve written “My dearest, Angelica.”

-Lock up your daughters and horse.

-Whatever it is Jefferson started it.

-TURN AROUND AND BEND OVER AND I’LL TELL YA WHERE MY SHOE FITS!!

-LOOK AT MY SON!!!

-George Washington is going home!

-Sweet jesus.

-You are thee worst, burr.

-12345678910!! THE TEN DUAL COMMANDMENTS!!!!

-Everything is legal in New Jersey.

-See you on the schooling ground!

-Take my guns, make me proud son.

-Your mother can’t take another heartbreak.

-Alexander! Who did this!? Did you know!

-Should I run to find my gun or do I let it be?

-Isn’t it nice, isn’t it niiiice, to have Washington on your side.

-HA, good luck defeating you sir.

-Fuuuuuuuuuuu…

-SILENCE!!! A MESSAGE FROM THE KING!! A MESSAGE FROM THE KING!!!

-Meet'um inside, meet'um meet'um inside.

-John Adams doesn’t have a real job anyway.