#general Philip Schuyler

[ms-march]

New member of ye ol’ hit list hath been added

[celestialmistress15]

hi idk if anyone cares but i found out through some wiki surfing that george eacker who killed philip hamilton was engaged to harriet livingston, daughter of cornelia schuyler?? so i traced the family tree and she and philip were distant cousins...no wonder the marriage didn't go through.

[46ten]

AH’s political prospects in 1798; Or, how a white man continually falls upwards

It’s a bit difficult to gauge the real-time reaction and consequences of AH’s late August 1797 publication of the Reynolds Pamphlet. We have newspaper articles, sure, and scattered letters here and there. 

But this is even more interesting: Kaminski and Levinson (Levinson is a lawyer and publisher at statutesandstories.com; Kaminski is Founder and Director of the Center for the Study of the American Constitution at UWisc) published a blog post last year confirming that AH’s “secret” (all the discussions were supposed to be secret) plan, delivered on June 18, 1787 at the Constitutional Convention, was leaked and published in early 1798.

Kaminski and Levinson continue: 

James Madison’s Convention notes were not published until 1840, after his death as the last surviving member of the Philadelphia Convention. Accordingly, historians have generally assumed that the full text of the Hamilton Plan only became public in 1840 after Madison’s death. As set forth below, recently rediscovered sources prove that the verbatim text of the Hamilton Plan was leaked to the press in January of 1798, during the vitriolic newspaper war of the 1790s.

[From Benjamin Franklin Bache’s Aurora on January 13, 1798]: The following document, which so complete unmasks the political character of the man who has been most instrumental in entailing on the United States those pernicious systems under which they now groan, comes to us thro’ a certain tho’ indirect channel, from a member of the Grand Convention.

...It has recently been discovered that after the Aurora published Hamilton’s Plan several Democratic-Republican newspapers quickly followed suit. In early 1798 the following newspapers republished the Hamilton Plan as a means of “unmasking” and attacking Hamilton’s “political character” as a monarchist:

Greenleaf’s New York Journal, January 17, 1798

The Alexandria Advertiser, January 23, 1798

The Independent Chronicle, January 25, 1798

The Bee, January 31, 1798

The Albany Register, February 2, 1798

The Poughkeepsie Journal, March 13, 1798

Whether Madison personally authorized the leak will require additional scholarship, which will be discussed in the pending book, My Most Ardent Wish: New discoveries and insights into the framing of the Constitution.

In the months to follow Statutesandstories.com and the Center for the Study of the American Constitution invite scholars to join in a deep dive into the Madison, Jefferson and Monroe papers looking for clues as to the reason(s) for releasing the confidential Hamilton Plan. While generations of historians and biographers have written about the growing schism between Madison and Hamilton, as far as can be determined no biographer has cited the leak of the Hamilton Plan in the Aurora on January 13, 1798. Why then? And to what end?

Look at these guys promising me a good time! A lot of interesting work has been published on the blog about the Constitutional Convention, how AH may have been in Philadelphia for more days than usually noted, done more politicking towards the other NY delegates than previously known, and how he may have been more active in the writing of the Constitution than usually attributed (hi Gouverneur Morris), in what they term the Hamilton Authorship Thesis. They also have provided some more information about missing/ previously unknown Hamilton legal cases (I’ll link one here), among other topics. 

So even with the Reynolds Pamphlet and the publication of AH’s “monarchist” views, John Jay (then NY Gov) was willing to name Hamilton U.S. Senator from NY in April 1798 - without even asking him if it was okay!

The present delicate State of our public affairs, and the evident Expediency of filling this Vacancy without Delay, induce me without requesting your Permission and waiting for your answer, to determine to send you a Commission to fill that place, by the next Post. I can say nothing that will not occur to You. [19April1798, Jay to AH]

And then took a breath and sent off another note: 

On further Reflection I doubt the propriety of appointing you without your previous permission, and therefore shall postpone it untill I receive your answer. If after well considering the Subject you should decline an appointmt. be so good as to consult with some of our most judicious Friends and advise me as to the Persons most proper to appoint and at the same time likely to accept. [19April1798, Jay to AH]

The situation was that Philip Schuyler had been elected Senator again in 1797, but then had to resign (3Jan1798) due to poor health. John Sloss Hobart had been NY Supreme Court justice for over 20 years and was appointed to Schuyler’s seat on 11Jan1798. But then he was nominated for the federal NY District Court by Pres. Adams. Did Jay think AH wanted to warm his father-in-law’s seat that badly? AH responded to Jay (24Apr1798):

I have received your two favours of the 19th instant. I feel as I ought the mark of confidence they announce. But I am obliged by my situation to decline the appointment. This situation you are too well acquainted with to render it necessary for me to enter into explanation. There may arrive a crisis when I may conceive myself bound once more to sacrifice the interest of my family to public call. But I must defer the change as long as possible.

I do not at present think of a person to recommend as adapted to the emergency. I shall reflect & consult and write you by the next post. This, the first day, is not decisive of our election here; but there is as yet nothing to discourage. With respect & attachment...

He’s already lawyering and anonymously publishing and meddling all over Adams’s administration and reading every newspaper mention of himself to respond to that too (and tending to his family, I guess)- when did Jay think AH would also have time to be a senator? The lucky fellow appointed Senator until the next legislative session instead was - William North. (James Watson was elected to the position in August 1798.) 

And of course, in July George Washington would appoint Hamilton Inspector General with the rank of first Major General, jumping both Pinckney and Knox in rank. Yeah, Hamilton’s reputation and prospects were really suffering. And the biggest problem remained unaddressed - that Hamilton needed to make more money. 

I believe it’s first attributed to Jefferson, but some of the Federalists also took to calling Hamilton “Colossus.” If he lived now, he could have made shirts with his picture and the logo “Too Big to Fail.”

[dragoninahumancostume]

I'm bored so

All years referenced in Hamilton:

(directly from the songs)

1776, Aaron Burr, Sir

1780, Winter's Ball

1781, Yorktown (The World Turned Upside-Down)

1785, I Know Him

1789, What'd I Miss

1791, We Know

1800, The Election of 1800

(by event/lyric, assuming Alexander was born in 1757, in order of events. This might be a bit confusing so feel free to ask clarification)

1754, I was given my first command I led my men straight into a massacre

1766, when he was ten his father split

1768, his mother went quick

1768-1835, Philip Jeremiah Schuyler (Angelica's brother, son of Philip Schuyler. Philip had like 15 children apparently, including the sisters and Philip)

1769, the cousin committed suicide

1769, as a kid in the Caribbean I wished for a war ("I wish there was a war", letter to Edward Stevens)

1771, they placed him in charge of a trading charter

1772, a hurricane destroyed Hamilton's town

1772, ship is in the harbor now see if you can spot him

1773, I am Hercules Mulligan

1773, your tea which you hurl in the sea (Boston Tea Party)

1775, Farmer Refuted

1775, yo let's steal their cannons

1775, I was a captain under general Montgomery until he caught a bullet in the neck in Quebec

1776, British Admiral Howe's got 32000 troops in New York harbor

1776, he promotes Charles Lee makes him second-in-command

1777, I need someone like you to lighten the load (Alex becomes Washington's right hand man)

1777, I'm John Laurens in the place to be

1777, je m'apelle Lafayette

1778, Theodosia meets Burr

1778, Battle of Monmouth

1778, duel between Laurens and Lee

1779, Laurens i like you a lot (letter from Alex to John, "I wish, my dear Laurens, it might be in my power, by actions rather than words, to convince you that I love you")

1780, give it up for the maid of honor (Alexander and Eliza's wedding)

1781, Hamilton leaves Washington (due to his lack of command)

1781, we fought with him

1782, Philip's birth

1782, me I died for him

1783, Theodosia's birth

1785, I am sailing off to London

1787, at the constitutional convention, goes and proposes his own form of government

(October-August) 1787-1788, write a series of essays titled The Federalist Papers

1789, Hamilton runs the state department

1789-1792, life without the monarchy

1790, Cabinet Battle #1

1791, Burr becomes senator

1791, Hamilton meets Ms. Reynolds

1793, Cabinet Battle #2

1793, Thomas Jefferson resings

1797, Washington's presidency ends

1797-1801, Adams' administration

1797, The Reynolds Pamphlets

1799, George Washington's death

1800, the first murder trial of our brand new nation (Levi Weeks' trial)

(March) 1801, death of Peggy Schuyler

(July) 1801, George Eacker's 4th of July speech

(23th November) 1801, George and Philip's duel

(24th November) 1801, Philip's death

1804, Alexander Hamilton's death

1810, You're making me mad (King George III actually goes mad)

1820, I'll love you til my dying days (King George dies)

I tried my best to get most of the dates, but tell me if I missed any! :)

[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.

[whencyclopedia]

Hamilton-Burr Duel

The Hamilton-Burr duel was fought between Alexander Hamilton and his political rival Aaron Burr at 7 a.m. on 11 July 1804, in Weehawken, New Jersey. It resulted in the death of Hamilton, who received a mortal wound to the abdomen, and the end of Burr's career. The duel remains an iconic episode in the early history of the United States.

Hamilton-Burr Duel

Unknown Artist (Public Domain)

Background: The Rivalry

For a long while, the lives and careers of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr seemed to run parallel with one another. Both were born in the mid-1750s and were orphaned before reaching adolescence. Both served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, and both went on to establish law practices in New York City at the end of the war. Hamilton and Burr were both exemplary lawyers; one contemporary remarked on their differences in oratorial style, writing that "Burr was terse and convincing, while Hamilton was flowing and rapturous" (Chernow, 193). Both men were insatiably ambitious, dressed in fine clothes, and reveled in the company of women. By the early 1780s, both men were married – Hamilton to Elizabeth Schuyler, the pretty young daughter of an influential New York politician, and Burr to the widowed Theodosia Prevost, ten years his senior.

The two men had certainly known each other for some time when, in 1791, Burr decided to run for a seat in the US Senate. His opponent was General Philip Schuyler, the incumbent and Hamilton's father-in-law. Although Schuyler was one of the most influential men in New York, Burr was backed by the equally influential Clinton and Livingston political dynasties, and, in the end, Burr won the election. Hamilton, who was currently serving as secretary of the Treasury in the Washington Administration, was frustrated by Burr's victory. He was angry not only because of his familial connections to Schuyler but also because he had been counting on his father-in-law's support to help push his ambitious financial program through the Senate. The political rivalry between Hamilton and Burr is often traced back to this moment and, over the course of the next thirteen years, would only worsen.

A main point of contention between the two men was their differing views on politics. Hamilton was an idealist – as the leader of the nationalistic Federalist Party, he dreamed of turning the infant United States into a modernized power on the same level as the great empires of Europe. To this end, he focused on an agenda concerned with strengthening the authority of the central government, fostering business and industry, and building up the military. Burr, on the other hand, was no idealist. He did not see politics as a means to an end, but rather as a tool to gain money and influence for himself, his family, and his friends. Politics, Burr once said, were nothing more than "fun and honor and profit" (Wood, 280). So, although he was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party – the political faction that rivaled Hamilton's Federalists – Burr was inclined to be swayed toward whichever side benefited him the most, as would happen when he began favoring Federalist policies after his fallout with Thomas Jefferson.

Alexander Hamilton

John Trumbull (Public Domain)

Because of Burr's apparent lack of convictions, Hamilton regarded him as a dangerous man who must be kept away from office at all costs. During the US presidential election of 1800, Burr and Jefferson received an equal number of electoral votes, and it was left to the Federalist-dominated House of Representatives to break the tie and choose which of the two men would be the next president. Initially, many Federalists sought to deny Jefferson the presidency – after all, he was the leader of the Democratic-Republicans and their chief rival. Hamilton loathed Jefferson as well, but he was much more concerned about a potential Burr presidency. He knew that Jefferson, at least, would stick to his principles, while Burr was "daring enough to attempt anything – wicked enough to scruple nothing" (Wood, 284).

Hamilton therefore used his considerable influence within the Federalist Party to sway the vote, securing the presidency for Jefferson. According to the election rules in place at the time, Burr, as the runner-up, became vice president, but he was distrusted by Jefferson, who pushed him out of his inner circle and denied him much influence in his administration. Realizing he would not be on the ticket when Jefferson ran for re-election in 1804, Burr was left to explore other options. Eventually, he decided to run for governor of New York, where he still enjoyed considerable influence.

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[revolu]

Answering a question on Quora; did the characters own slaves?

Decided to post this here for my own sake lol.

I haven't done any deep digging to find this information, and hopefully it is as accurate as possible. Please correct me + give me the source/evidence if you must!!

Lafayette owned slaves, but he only purchased plantations in order to free them later on. He was very against slavery, and even tried convincing Washington to free his slaves. Unfortunately, Lafayette never managed to really free the slaves. A shame. It's ironic how he became a slave owner in order to execute his plan to abolish slavery.

Washington owned slaves, but he freed the majority of them. He's the only president in America who has enslaved people and freed them. He was a gentleman and a stud, kind and authoritative. Probably had some anger issues, but generally he was quite the man. (doesn't excuse owning slaves tho.)

Now... Did the man himself, Alexander Hamilton, own slaves? There is not enough evidence to support Hamilton owning slaves HIMSELF. He did purchase slaves for his in-laws, however his children and wife did not mention him owning slaves, nor does it say anything in his will about it. So that proves Hamilton not owning slaves >>near his death<<, at least. He was an abolitionist, that's for sure. But we do not know if he actually owned slaves HIMSELF. He surely had SERVANTS, but slaves and servants are different. He did see a fair lot of slavery in the Caribbean where he grew up, I believe, and I do not know if his father owned slaves, but it is not documented that he personally did. And even though his descendent Douglas claims he didn't, it is possible! But as said, he did in fact purchase slaves for his in-laws. (a.k.a. Eliza's family)

Madison owned slaves, yes. I haven't done too much research on him as a person, but he did own slaves.

Jefferson had two sides; either he was kind, socially awkward, a gentleman, or he was a cruel slaveowner. I personally believe, that based on his actions throughout the years, and the fact that he seemed to become more cruel with age, that his wife's death probably caused him to break. However, this does not excuse anything he did. He f*cking r*ped one of his slaves, who is believed to have been around 14 years of age (Sally Hemings, mentioned in the musical). There have been records of slaves being beaten in Monticello, however, there is nothing documented that Jefferson himself hurt his slaves. But when it comes to slavery, it is safe to say that he was rather cruel. Disgusting. Despite originally writing in the Declaration of Independence about slavery, Jefferson wrote that he "suspected black people to be inferior to white people" several years later.

Burr did own some slaves, not many though, at least from what I've read.

King George III, however, is NOT that tyrant that people claim he was. He never owned slaves, and he wasn't as bad as a human as people believe.

Laurens was one of the strongest abolitionist of the time, despite growing up in an environment where slavery was normal. He did not own any slaves himself, nothing recorded (I believe) at least.

Mulligan did own slaves. Haven't done any real research on him, but fairly sure it is true that he owned some slaves.

The Schuyler sisters were members of a wealthy slaveowning family. I am not sure, but I think Angelica owned slaves? I dont know about Peggy, and I dont think there is anything recorded that Eliza HERSELF owned slaves. Her family definitely did tho.

Charles Lee owned slaves, like most military generals.

Samuel Seabury also owned slaves.

Philip Hamilton, obviously, did not own any slaves.

It is important to note that although slavery was wrong and a sin, many people owned slaves or engaged in slavery. Not all slaveowners were cruel, some even treated their slaves as equals. (Which was rare). It was almost like a norm amongst wealthy people, especially people in the south. I think many were influenced by the normalcy, however it is not an excuse. John Laurens grew up in SC, and slavery was very common. Despite that, he was very against it.

Slavery is wrong and disgusting, but in many cases it does NOT define someone as a human. Maybe in Jefferson's case, but people need to remember that not everyone was cruel to their slaves! I do not excuse slavery in any way, and I know I do not have as much as a say in that because I am white. It will always be wrong to degrade someone just because of their race. I mean, slaves were seen as PROPERTY. Which is so incredibly disgusting... Slavery still exists today in some parts of the world, with basically any race being enslaved. White people, black people, asians, etc... Only about 8% of the population is white. (I think?) S3x slaves too. From children to adults. Absolutely disgusting.

But to sum this up, most of the people in the 18th century owned slaves. Not everyone was cruel to them though.

People who have been 'proven' to not have owned slaves:

Philip Hamilton (which speaks for itself)

King George III

John Laurens

(I hope I didn't forget someone)

I am unsure about Maria and James Reynolds. It is possible that James owned some slaves, but I haven't read about it at all, literally have done no research on Reynolds and slaves lmao.

Side note: A slave, James Armistead, later James Armistead Lafayette, who served as a spy under Marquis de Lafayette in the war, supposedly came to own slaves himself. (I am rather unsure if this is actually true or not, so don't take my word for granted lol)

[teecupangel]

"comes out of the coffin with a hot tea"

I HAVE AN IDEA! Stupid one... but still one! Another one of Desmond's being thrown into the past, but this time the apple has read too much about fainting Victorian women and made him in some sort sickly (We can make it as a backlash to almost dying and his burned arm). I mean.... what can i say! I just love the duality of a character that in one moments seems like a breeze can knock them down and in the next they win against you with only a stick in hand!

"sips some tea"

That would also made a good cover for Desmond! If he was trying to not put himself under the radar of his ancestors of course. Who would believe that the most sickly man in -put a city name here- is able to clime roofs, fight off the guards and also win without a scratch? Maybe Connor? Malik? Who knows! :D

"throws the coffin out the window and leaves through the door "

(stares the window for a moment… well, okay. I mean… I have no idea how a coffin could fit thru that but okay)

I mean… if you really want Desmond to have some kind of handicap of the ‘sickly’ kind, may I suggest the setup for “The Villainess's Days Are Numbered!” where the main character’s HP keeps getting depleted? This means... even taking one step gives him a -1HP penalty and stressful times (or any time he overexerts himself) gives him a double HP reduction penalty (which means that -1HP turns to -2HP). Oh, and his default HP is only 1210 and he can gain a max HP reduction if the circumstances call for it)... maybe even go down as far as 200 max HP, hhhhmmm?

This means we have the ‘joy’ of making Desmond have to maintain his HP XD

So Desmond has to be bedridden to keep his HP up before he does any ‘stunts’.

It would be funny if we place him in a very awkward position too.

For example…

Third Crusades? He’s one of Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn’s children. Hell, he could be the son who took over Ḥalab so we have an excuse to place him during the time of Altaïr’s Chronicles.

Renaissance Italy? Make him the ‘child’ of one of the many clergymen against Rodrigo becoming pope to give an excuse for Ezio to ‘know’ of him. Bonus points? Make him a relative of Cardinal Ascanio Sforza

American Revolution? One of the Schuyler children (Philip Schuyler has a lot but you can pick one of the Schuyler sisters if you want to make this a Hamilton reference or if you just want Desmond to be part of all that drama in general XD)

The main point is… Desmond has to maintain his sickly body, all the while making plans how to screw up the timelines without anyone noticing it.

[on-partiality]

January 22nd, 1782 - The day Philip Hamilton was born!

Happy 242nd birthday to the sad rake! For his birthday I've decided to write about all of the information we know about him from letters sent to him, letters written about him and any other scintilla of information relating to him that I can find!

So, on this day 242 years ago, Philip Hamilton was born. The first son of founding father, Alexander Hamilton and the wealthy Elizabeth Schuyler. He was named after his grandfather (on his mother's side of course), General Philip Schuyler.

The earliest piece of writing we have on the young Philip Hamilton is this snippet of a letter:

'If you are not in the humor to read a long letter do, prithee, give this to the child to play with and go on with your amusement of rocking the cradle. '

This letter's from Mchenry, a doctor and aide of George Washington's, to Alexander Hamilton, written on the 11th of August, 1782. While it's short and just a simple humorous opening to a long letter it does give us the fact that Hamilton watched over his son well so there's that. The next letter is far more detailed because it's written by Hamilton himself and as you're about to read about he was very proud of his son. Here's the letter:

'You reproach me with not having said enough about our little stranger. When I wrote last I was not sufficiently acquainted with him to give you his character. I may now assure you... [h]e is truly a very fine young gentleman, the most agreeable in his conversation and manners of any I ever knew—nor less remarkable for his intelligence and sweetness of temper. You are not to imagine by my beginning with his mental qualifications that he is defective in personal. It is agreed on all hands, that he is handsome, his features are good, his eye is not only sprightly and expressive but it is full of benignity. His attitude in sitting is by connoisseurs esteemed graceful and he has a method of waving his hand that announces the future orator. He stands however rather awkwardly and his legs have not all the delicate slimness of his fathers. It is feared He may never excel as much in dancing which is probably the only accomplishment in which he will not be a model. If he has any fault in manners, he laughs too much. He has now passed his Seventh Month.'

This letter is from Alexander Hamilton to Richard Kidder Meade, written on the 27th of August, 1782 (yes, that is Laurens' death day) If I could find Meade's letter to Hamilton that prompted this letter in response then we could've had another early mention of Philip Hamilton as Hamilton says 'you reproach me with having not said enough about our little stranger', this sentence makes no sense if Meade didn't actually tell Hamilton he hadn't told him enough about his newborn son. From this letter we can conclude the obvious: Hamilton's really god damn proud of his son already, he loves him so dearly and it shows. He already calls him handsome, says he'll be great at anything but dancing and that he's intelligent.

+ Around this time I've heard that Hamilton said something about Philip Hamilton being ' attended with all the omens of future greatness' however I've never seen any picture of a letter that has this sentence in it? I've only heard of this through Tumblr so whether this is an actual quote from Hamilton or something made up is a mystery, if anyone actually has a link to a photo of the original letter or just proof that this was in fact written that'd be great. I've also heard of Hamilton rocking young Philip's cradle for very long periods of time (perhaps this idea came from the Mchenry letter?), yet again I've never seen or read anything that confirms this as true. The next mention of Philip Hamilton I could find in a letter is from Hamiltom to his wife, Betsy.

'My beloved Betsey the fifth day after we set out, the three first days with every favourable circumstance but the two last through very bad weather. I am however as well as I can be absent from you and my darling boy—nor was I ever more impatient to be at home. I can have little pleasure elsewhere.'

The darling boy that Hamilton refers to here is Philip Hamilton, this letter is undated but as founders.archives.gov points out, there is no mention of Hamilton's second oldest child, Angelica, Hamilton cared a lot about all of his kids so mentioning his son but not his infant daughter would be weird unless he hadn't had Angie so this trip would have to have been somewhere in the two years in between when Philip was born and when Angelica was born.

The next letter we have that mentions him is also undated:

'Give my love to my darling Philip & kiss with all possible tenderness the other two. Adieu my dearest angel. Heaven bless you'

His name appears as just a sweet little ending to a letter his father wrote to his mother sometime between May 1786 and April 1788 these dates are once again based on the number of children mentioned in the letter (3) and the time his next child was born. This bit of information is so short I debated even putting it in here but I said all facts about young Philip Hamilton's life and that means all (except for stuff about his death, that seems rather grim to be bringing up on his birthday)!

The next time we hear about Philip Hamilton is in a letter from 1789:

'The good Baron has more than ever rivetted himself in my affection: to observe his unaffected solicitude and see his old eyes brimful of sympathy had something in it that won my whole soul and filled me with more than usual complacency for human nature.'

The letter's about when Philip's aunt Angelica left to go back to London after a trip to America (I think). The only part of this letter that relates to little Philip Hamilton is this little snippet which we can guess is about Philip because earlier in the letter Hamilton refers to him as 'The Baron little Philip'. I thought this sentence was cute because in modern language it's just 'I love my 7 year old son so much, his big ol eyes make me have more hope in humanity :D' It is a little strange that none of Hamilton's other kids are mentioned in this letter though, he had 4 at the time it was written (perhaps I skipped over part of it? Who knows).

Up until this point Philip's been too young and whatnot to go to a boarding school so everything we know about him comes from his father absolutely adoring him but we've gotten to 1791, the year Philip started going to school! And we know he started school in late 1791 because a man who lived in Trenton, where Philip's school was on the 26th of November, 1791, wrote: 'Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton came to town last night they have brought their son to put to boarding school to our Episcopal Church Parson'

I received with great pleasure My Dear Philip the letter which you wrote me last week. Your Mama and myself were very happy to learn that you are pleased with your situation and content to stay as long as shall be thought for your good. We hope and believe that nothing will happen to alter this disposition.

Unfortunately, the letter from Philip that Hamilton's talking about hasn't been found so we can't learn more about his personality from that. But we can tell what it was - at least partially - about, Philip being content with his boarding school.

Your Master also informs me that you recited a lesson the first day you began, very much to his satisfaction. I expect every letter from him will give me a fresh proof of your progress. For I know that you can do a great deal, if you please, and I am sure you have too much spirit not to exert yourself, that you may make us every day more and more proud of you.

This part of the letter shows us how much Hamilton cared about Philip's schooling. He had high expectations for all of his children, wishing them to be the best they could possibly be so he paid a lot of attention to how his kids were doing academically and made sure they did well (The strict study regimens come later on). The 'Master' Hamilton mentions here is William Frazer, a clergyman and episcopal rector. The rest of the letter is just Hamilton asking his son whether he can wait until the upcoming Christmas holidays to go home or if he still wants to be picked up on the next Saturday. The letter was written on the 5th of December 1791 in Philadelphia while Hamilton was working on his 'Report on Manufactures'.

The next bit we have on Philip Hamilton is a letter from Philip himself and the only letter he wrote that we still have today. The letter was written on the 21st of April, 1797, Philip would have been 15 years old and he'd started going to King's college, the same school his father attended two decades before him and his younger brother Alexander Hamilton Jr. started going to the Boarding school at Trenton that his older brother had been to. The letter Philip wrote goes like this:

'Dear Papa:

I just now received the enclosed letter from grandpapa, in answer to a letter I wrote to him, in which he has enclosed to me three receipts for shares in the Tontine Tavern, amounting to £100. I have given the receipts to mama.

I delivered my speech to Dr. Johnson to examine. He has no objection to my speaking; but he has blotted out that sentence which appears to be the best and most animated in it; which is, you may recollect it

“Americans, you have fought the battles of mankind; you have enkindled that sacred fire of freedom which is now,” &c. Dear Papa, will you be so good as to give my thanks to grandpapa for the present he made me, but above all for the good advice his letter contains—which I am very sensible of its being extremely necessary for me to pay particular attention to in order to be a good man. I remain your most affectionate son

P.S. You will oblige me very much by sending back the letter I have enclosed to you.'

It's a nice, short letter about Philip's time at King's College and a present and letter of advice Philip received from his grandpa. When he writes about his favourite sentence in his speech being blotted out by Dr. Johnson (presumably a teacher), he doesn't read as angry, just confused. This gives me the idea that he's alright with change, another thing that supports this idea is how quickly he adjusted to his boarding school which we know about from Hamilton's letter to him in 1791.

Sometime later that same year, Philip fell dreadfully ill with a horrible fever, it's said that his father paid for all kinds of doses of medicine and hired several of the best doctors to help him recover.

Hamilton as a father was very over-protective this could've come from his fear of abandonment that he had since he was a child or just because he cared about his kids so much and didn't want anything bad to happen to them, some combination of these two or even something else entirely. But because he was so over-protective he coulf be a bit of a control-freak at times (here's when the crazy study regimens come into place) here's Hamilton's

'Rules for Mr Philip Hamilton from the first of April to the first of October he is to rise not later than Six Oclock—The rest of the year not later than Seven. If Earlier he will deserve commendation. Ten will be his hour of going to bed throughout the year. From the time he is dressed in the morning till nine o clock (the time for breakfast Excepted) he is to read Law. At nine he goes to the office & continues there till dinner time—he will be occupied partly in the writing and partly in reading law. After Dinner he reads law at home till five O clock. From this hour till Seven he disposes of his time as he pleases. From Seven to ten he reads and Studies what ever he pleases. From twelve on Saturday he is at Liberty to amuse himself. On Sunday he will attend the morning Church. The rest of the day may be applied to innocent recreations. He must not Depart from any of these rules without my permission.'

We don't know when this letter was written outside of it being written in 1800 and that's pretty vague, we also don't know who this was sent to. I assume Hamilton must have given it to either Philip or one of his Masters in person because the letter isn't addressed to anyone. The routine described in this letter is very, very similar to Hamilton's routine from when he was a student, perhaps he didn't realise how strict this routine was?

Anyway Philip decided to go to Boston and passed through Providence, Rhode Island on his own and his father needed people to look after his boy because like I mentioned before, he was a bit of a control freak and a bit over-protective. Hamilton sent this letter to Jeremiah Olney, the Collector of Customs of Providence:

'As my eldest son Philip, who lately graduated, will pass through Providence on his way to Boston, I give him this line barely to introduce him to you; since the time I have prescribed for his return will not permit the stay of more than a day at Providence.

Yrs. with true regard

A Hamilton'

From this letter we can tell that Hamilton wanted his son back QUICK, the only other thing it does is reaffirm things about Hamilton as a father like that he wants his children to be near him and doesn't like them to be away and he always needs to have an eye on them. Sadly, (for Hamilton) his son went on another trip the next year to Philadelphia. During this trip Philip saw Benjamin Rush and according to Benjamin Rush, Philip was very pleasant:

'His visits to us were daily, and after each of them he left us with fresh impressions of the correctness of his understanding and manners, and of the goodness of his disposition. To One of my Children he has endeared himself by an Act of friendship & benevolence that did great honor to his heart, and will be rememb[e]red with gratitude by Mrs. Rush, and myself as long as we live. My Son has preserved a record of it in an elegant and friendly letter which he received from him After his return to New York.'

(I am once again annoyed that a letter from Philip is mentioned but said letter has been lost to time) But after Philip's death his parents received a letter about an unpaid tavern bill from Charles W. Hare:

“I have paid 20 Dlls 67 to the keeper of the city tavern on account of your son’s bill and have taken a receipt in full. I enquired for other bills, but could not find any, and I believe he owed nothing more.”

20 dollars and 67 cents in 18th Century American currency translates to about 503 dollars in modern day USD. 19 year old Philip spent 503 dollars on booze 😀

Because there was not much written about Philip we don't know about his dynamic with everyone in his family, but we know he looked up to his father and was really close to his sister, Angelica Hamilton, who was only 2 years younger than him. We also know that his namesake, Philip Schuyler was very proud of him from this letter about Philip's graduation, written on the 25th of August, 1800:

'I rejoice My Dear Son that My Philip has Acquited himself so well, and hope that his future progress may correspond with Your & My wishes.'

Robert Troup's - Hamilton's college roomate - writing on Philip is particularly funny as in one letter he writes:

'was very promising in genius and acquirements, and Hamilton formed high expectations of his future greatness!'

whereas in a private letter he states:

'alas Philip is a sad rake and I have serious doubts whether he would ever be an honour to his family or his country'

From all of this we can conclude that Philip as a person was intelligent, charming and polite but a tad immature with liquor and a little mischevious though his father viewed his mischief warmly in a fond 'oh you cheeky little rascal!' kind of way as we see with this letter to Eliza, written on the 25th of October, 1801:

'I am anxious to hear from Philip. Naughty young man. But you must permit nothing to trouble you and regain your precious health.'

With all that said, I wish the naughty little lad a happy birthday! :)

[jadelemonadee]

samliza.

oooh okay so i’ve barely seen ANYTHING surrounding this one so idk how it would really work / haven’t seen anyone else’s insight about it buuut idk if it would really work out considering the sisters’ dad (philip schuyler) was an american general during the war and i don’t feel like seabury would really fw that (+ age gaps aren’t my favorite thing in the world)😭😭 BUT BUT BUT i could possibly see seabury being a father/older brother figure for the sisters (maybe not angelica??? maybe so??? idk for sure) like he would let them tell him about their days and random stuff in his church office or smth I DONT KNOW WHAT IM SAYINGGG JUST HEAR ME OUT PLEASE💔💔💔

[18thcentury]

Some graves I saw this week.

General Philip Schuyler

The victims of the Boston massacre

Samuel Adams

Paul Revere

John Hancock

Philip Van Cortlandt

Benjamin Franklin

George Washington

Thomas Jefferson

RIP daddies and Happy Halloween 🎃

[land0nzlander]

｡: 🎀 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒮𝒾𝓂𝓈 𝟦 𝐿𝑒𝑔𝒶𝒸𝓎 𝒞𝒽𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓃𝑔𝑒: 𝑀𝓊𝓈𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓈 🎀 :｡

This is my first time creating an official legacy! I hope people will use it <3

This will be a 14 generation musical legacy! Every 2 generations will be two characters from the same musical! The Protagonist and the Antagonist. If the musical does not have an antagonist from what I saw then I will just put 2 protagonists yk? 

Let's get started!

𝓗𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓵𝓽𝓸𝓷

"𝓐𝓵𝓮𝔁𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻 𝓗𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓵𝓽𝓸𝓷, 𝓶𝔂 𝓷𝓪𝓶𝓮 𝓲𝓼 𝓐𝓵𝓮𝔁𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻 𝓗𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓵𝓽𝓸𝓷, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮'𝓼 𝓪 𝓶𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼 𝓘 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓷'𝓽 𝓭𝓸𝓷𝓮, 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓳𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝔀𝓪𝓲𝓽, 𝓳𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝔀𝓪𝓲𝓽"

Alexander Hamilton, a prominent historical figure, has been immortalized in a popular musical. His life story is one of great significance, and his contributions to American history are undeniable. Born on January 11, 1757, 

Hamilton's life was full of twists and turns that ultimately led him to become one of the most influential figures of his time.

At a winter's ball, Hamilton met Elizabeth Schuyler, and the two fell in love. They went on to have a child named Philip Hamilton, who would go on to become a prominent figure in his own right. (In this case its Maria Reynolds for generation 2)

Be a male

Traits: Genius, Overachiever, Music Lover. Aspiration: Knowledge

Must have at least 5 children (up to 8 children)

Writer Career

By the time there is 3 children you must have 2 stories in your house

𝓜𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓪 𝓡𝓮𝔂𝓷𝓸𝓵𝓭𝓼

"𝓘 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓷 𝓸𝓯 𝓱𝓸𝓷𝓸𝓻, 𝓘'𝓶 𝓼𝓸 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓻𝔂 𝓽𝓸 𝓫𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓽 𝓱𝓲𝓶, 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓘 𝓭𝓸𝓷’𝓽 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓰𝓸, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓘 𝓬𝓪𝓶𝓮 𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓵𝓸𝓷𝓮"

Maria Reynolds and Alexander Hamilton found themselves entangled in a passionate affair during Elizabeth Schuyler's absence, as she embarked on a journey with her sister Angelina Schuyler. In the infamous song "Say No to This," it is revealed that Maria was already married to another man. This complicated situation forced Hamilton to make a payment to ensure the affair remained concealed from the prying eyes of society.

Be a female

Have at least 2 kids

Cheat on your husband 5-10 times

Traits: Romantic, Non-committal, Music Lover

Aspiration: Love

Job: Style Influencer or None

As a teen have a bad relationship with your parents up to death

🎀  𝑅❤️𝓍𝒾𝑒 𝐻❤️𝓇𝓉  🎀

 ❝𝒜𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝒻 𝓎❣️𝓊 𝓀𝓃𝑒𝓌 𝒽𝒾𝓂 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝓂𝑒, 𝐼 𝓀𝓃❤️𝓌 𝓎💋𝓊'𝒹 𝒶𝑔𝓇𝑒𝑒, 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒾𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌💫𝓇𝓁𝒹 𝓈𝓁𝒶𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝓂𝓎 𝓃𝒶𝓂𝑒? 𝒲𝒽𝓎, 𝒽𝑒'𝒹 𝒷𝑒 𝓇𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒶𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝓁𝒶𝓂𝑒❞  

Immersed in the vibrant atmosphere of the 1920s, the musical Chicago weaves a tale of passion and crime. At its heart is Roxie Hart, a woman who shot the man she had an affair with even though being married. In a moment of blind rage, she pulls the trigger, forever altering the course of her life. As she enters the Cook County Jail, Roxie is confronted with a group of women who share a similar fate - they too have taken the lives of their significant others. However, amidst this dark sisterhood, there is one girl who stands out. She possesses an air of innocence and speaks the captivating language of Hungarian, setting her apart from the rest of the inmates.

Female

Must have 1 child that's adopted 

Traits: Music Lover, Ambitious, Self-absorbed 

Aspiration: World Famous Celebrity 

Job: Actor

When younger, play violin

Cheat on your husband once, then if you have the mod, murder him

🎀  𝒱🔪𝓁𝓂𝒶 𝒦🩸𝓁𝓁𝓎  🎀 

🎀  ❝𝒞🔪𝓂𝑒 🩸𝓃 𝒷𝒶𝒷𝑒, 𝓌𝒽𝓎 𝒹🔪𝓃'𝓉 𝓌𝑒 𝓅𝒶𝒾𝓃𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉🩸𝓌𝓃? 𝒜𝓃𝒹 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒿𝒶𝓏𝓏❞  🎀

Velma Kelly, a captivating character from the renowned musical Chicago, finds herself behind bars in the infamous Cook County Jail. As the plot unfolds, she mesmerizes the audience with her powerful rendition of the Cell Block Tango, a song that reveals the dark secrets of the incarcerated women. Set in the vibrant 1920s, Velma also graces the stage with her enchanting performance of the song Overture/And All That Jazz. However, it is during the Cell Block Tango that the shocking truth is unveiled - Velma confesses to the gruesome murders of her own sister and her unfaithful husband, a crime committed in a fit of rage upon discovering their illicit affair while she was out fetching ice.

Must be a Female

Brown Hair

Must be a Actor

Traits: Romantic, Music Lover, Ambitious 

Aspiration: World Famous Celebrity 

Have 2 children 1 being the next heir

【Ｃａｄｙ　Ｈｅｒｏｎ】

【"Ｉ＇ｍ　ｓｉｘｔｅｅｎ　ｌｉｖｉｎｇ　ｉｎ　ｐａｒａｄｉｓｅ，　ｗｉｔｈ　ｔｈｅ　ｌｉｏｎｓ　ａｎｄ　ｂｉｒｄｓ　ａｎｄ　ｓｔｕｆｆ，　ｂｕｔ　Ｉ＇ｍ　ｓｉｘｔｅｅｎ　ａｎｄ　ｉｔ＇ｓ　ｎｏｔ　ｅｎｏｕｇｈ"】

Meet Cady Heron, the leading character in the 2004 film "Mean Girls" and its subsequent musical adaptation. Cady's story revolves around her life as a student at North Shore High School, where she finds herself in a completely new environment after spending her formative years in Africa. This cultural transition adds an intriguing layer to her character, as she brings a unique perspective to the high school hierarchy.

Female

When shes a teen, have a bad relationship with the popular girl

Be a conversationist

Traits: Animal Enthusiast, Cheerful, Music Lover

Aspiration: Animal

Have less than 4 children

【Ｒｅｇｉｎａ　Ｇｅｏｒｇｅ】

【"Ｉ　ｗａｎｎａ　ｗａｔｃｈ　ｔｈｅ　ｗｏｒｌｄ　ｂｕｒｎ,                                           Ｉ　ｇｏｔ　ｔｈｅ ｇａｓｏｌｉｎｅ   Ｉ　ｗａｎｎａ　ｗａｔｃｈ　ｔｈｅ　ｗｏｒｌｄ　ｂｕｒｎ    Ａｎｄ　ｅｖｅｒｙｏｎｅ　ｇｅｔ　ｍｅａｎ"】

Meet Regina George, the ultimate villainess in the iconic 2004 movie Mean Girls and its equally captivating musical adaptation. This character is the epitome of everything you love to hate, with her perfectly styled hair, flawless fashion sense, and a manipulative personality that keeps you on the edge of your seat. Regina's cunning ways and relentless pursuit of power make her the ultimate antagonist, leaving you both fascinated and repulsed by her every move.

Female

When shes a teen, have a bad relationship with the new kid

Be a fashion influencer

Traits: Mean, Non-Committal, Music Lover

Aspiration: Fortune

Have less than 2 children

♥ Noel Gruber ♥

♥ “For I sing songs until the break of dawn, I embrace a new man every night. My life's one never ending carnival, a whirl of boozy floozy flashing lights! I want to be that fucked up girl” ♥

Meet Noel Gruber, a captivating character who takes center stage in the mesmerizing musical Ride the Cyclone. Among the six main characters, Noel stands out as the embodiment of romance, earning him the title of "the most romantic boy in town." But there's more to Noel than meets the eye, as he weaves a vivid fantasy of himself as a hooker in post-war France, adding an intriguing layer to his already enchanting persona.

Must have a gay relationship (MLM)

Male

Be a Writer

Traits: Music Lover, Romantic, Loyal

Aspiration: Creativity

Have 1 adopted child

Write a story every week 

♥ Karnak ♥ 

♥ “On Monday, September 14th, they would board the Cyclone roller coaster at 6:17 pm. At 6:19 pm, this same roller coaster's front axle would break, causing it to derail at the apex of the loop-de-loop, hurtling the children to their deaths!” ♥

Meet the extraordinary Karnak, a captivating figure within the world of Ride the Cyclone. Known by the name of The Amazing Karnak or simply Karnak, this enigmatic character possesses an uncanny ability to foresee the cause, time, and location of an individual's demise. Imagine a machine specifically created to unravel the mysteries of mortality, offering glimpses into the future that both intrigue and unsettle those who encounter it.

Male

No S/O

Traits: Unflirty, Music Lover, Nosy

Aspiration: Knowledge

Have 1 adopted child

Be a Criminal

𝕍𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕚𝕔𝕒 𝕊𝕒𝕨𝕪𝕖𝕣

"𝕊𝕖𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝟙𝕤𝕥, 𝟙𝟡𝟠𝟡 𝔻𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝔻𝕚𝕒𝕣𝕪: 𝕀 𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕖 𝕀'𝕞 𝕒 𝕘𝕠𝕠𝕕 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟. 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨, 𝕀 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕜 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖'𝕤 𝕘𝕠𝕠𝕕 𝕚𝕟 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕠𝕟𝕖, 𝕓𝕦𝕥—𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕖 𝕒𝕣𝕖! 𝔽𝕚𝕣𝕤𝕥 𝕕𝕒𝕪 𝕠𝕗 𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕚𝕠𝕣 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣! 𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕦𝕙... 𝕀 𝕝𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕤𝕖 𝕜𝕚𝕕𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕀'𝕧𝕖 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕞𝕪 𝕝𝕚𝕗𝕖, 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕀 𝕒𝕤𝕜 𝕞𝕪𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗—𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕕?"

Veronica Sawyer is the main protagonist of the 1989 musical "Heathers". She is part of the most popular clique in the Westerburg High school, the Heathers, and was tricked into killing the popular kids by the mysterious Jason Dean.

Female

Must fall in love with a sim with the mean trait

Traits: Socially Awkward, Music Lover, Good

Aspiration: Knowledge

Have 2 children at teenage years before dying (use MC commands)

𝕁.𝔻.

"𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕞𝕖𝕒𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕖 𝕀 𝕒𝕞 𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕧𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕟 𝕞𝕪 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕥 ℂ𝕒𝕟'𝕥 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕝𝕖𝕖𝕕 𝕍𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕚𝕔𝕒, 𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖— 𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕠𝕠𝕣, 𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖 𝕍𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕚𝕔𝕒, 𝕠𝕡𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕠𝕠𝕣 𝕍𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕚𝕔𝕒, 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕨𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕗𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖, 𝕡𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖? ℂ𝕒𝕟 𝕨𝕖 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕗𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖? 𝕍𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕚𝕔𝕒, 𝕤𝕦𝕣𝕖, 𝕪𝕠𝕦'𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕕, 𝕀'𝕧𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕀 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕤𝕖𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕗𝕣𝕖𝕖 𝕍𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕚𝕔𝕒, 𝕕𝕠𝕟'𝕥 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕞𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕀'𝕞 ��𝕠𝕟𝕟𝕒 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕖𝕖"

Jason Dean, best known as J.D. is the main antagonist of the 1988 film, Heathers and is portrayed by Christian Slater. He falls in love with Veronica Sawyer, kills three students who hurt Veronica and finally attempts to kill Veronica and blow up the school before ultimately killing himself.

Male

Must fall in love with a popular girl and date

Traits: Jealous, Music Lover, Self-Assured 

Aspiration: Deviance

Have 1 child during teenage years before dying (use MC commands)

🅻🆈🅳🅸🅰 🅳🅴🅴🆃🆉

“🅷🅴🆈 🅼🅾🅼, 🅳🅴🅰🅳 🅼🅾🅼 🅸 🅽🅴🅴🅳 🅰 🅻🅸🆃🆃🅻🅴 🅷🅴🅻🅿 🅷🅴🆁🅴 🅸'🅼 🅿🆁🅾🅱'🅻🆈 🆃🅰🅻🅺🅸🅽🅶 🆃🅾 🅼🆈🆂🅴🅻🅵 🅷🅴🆁🅴 🅱🆄🆃 🅳🅴🅰🅳 🅼🅾🅼, 🅸 🅶🅾🆃🆃🅰 🅰🆂🅺 🅰🆁🅴 🆈🅾🆄 🆁🅴🅰🅻🅻🆈 🅸🅽 🆃🅷🅴 🅶🆁🅾🆄🅽🅳? 🅲🅰🆄🆂🅴 🅸 🅵🅴🅴🅻 🆈🅾🆄 🅰🅻🅻 🅰🆁🅾🆄🅽🅳 🅼🅴 🅰🆁🅴 🆈🅾🆄 🅷🅴🆁🅴, 🅳🅴🅰🅳 🅼🅾🅼? 🅳🅴🅰🅳 🅼🅾🅼”

Lydia Deetz is from New York City and moved with her family to Winter River, Connecticut. She herself defined herself as strange and unusual, and quickly sighted the Maitlands in the attic window on moving day. When the Maitlands tried to scare Delia and then were leaving her room, Lydia photographed them in the hall, then realizing they were the ghosts, and formally introduced themselves.

Be a female

Have a goth style once growing to child

Be a writer

Traits: Family Orientated, Paranoid, Music Lover

Aspiration: Knowledge

Have 2 children, one male and one female.

Have a boyfriend and dead husband

🅱🅴🅴🆃🅻🅴🅹🆄🅸🅲🅴

"🅷🅾🅻🅳 🆄🅿, 🅷🅾🅻🅳 🆄🅿, 🅶🅸🆁🅻, 🅸'🅼 🆈🅾🆄🆁 🅿🅰🅻

🆃🅷🅴🆈'🆁🅴 🆂🆆🅴🅴🆃, 🅱🆄🆃 🅸'🅼 🅰 🅳🅴🅼🅾🅽 🆂🆃🆁🅰🅸🅶🅷🆃 🅵🆁🅾🅼 🅷🅴🅻🅻

🅸 🅺🅽🅾🆆, 🅸 🆆🅴🅽🆃 🅰 🅻🅸🆃🆃🅻🅴 🅷🅰🆁🅳 🅾🅽 🅼🆈 🆂🅴🅻🅻

🅱🆄🆃 🆆🅴'🆁🅴 🅱🅵-🅵-🅵-🅵'🆂 🅵🅾🆁🅴🆅🅴🆁"

Over the next 36 years, Betelgeuse continued his business as a bio-exorcist. Eventually he was allowed to return to Netherworld and became the manager of the Afterlife Call Center, using it as his own successful Bio-Exorcism business with dependents such as some skeleton women and multiple Shrinkers. One of the Shrinkers, Bob, would become his best friend and the most loyal person to him.

Be a male

Wear some type of stripes throughout your whole life

Have 1 child before you die at Adult (attempt to get rabies)

Leech off of your parents

Traits: Romance, Music Lover, Slob

Aspiration: Deviance

Have an ex-wife (child is from the ex-wife who HAS to be a spellcaster)

E̶l̶p̶h̶a̶b̶a̶

"̶L̶e̶t̶'̶s̶ ̶j̶u̶s̶t̶ ̶s̶a̶y̶—̶I̶ ̶l̶o̶a̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶a̶l̶l̶!̶ ̶E̶v̶e̶r̶y̶ ̶l̶i̶t̶t̶l̶e̶ ̶t̶r̶a̶i̶t̶,̶ ̶h̶o̶w̶e̶v̶e̶r̶ ̶s̶m̶a̶l̶l̶ ̶m̶a̶k̶e̶s̶ ̶m̶y̶ ̶v̶e̶r̶y̶ ̶f̶l̶e̶s̶h̶ ̶b̶e̶g̶i̶n̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶c̶r̶a̶w̶l̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶s̶i̶m̶p̶l̶e̶,̶ ̶u̶t̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶l̶o̶a̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶!̶"̶

Elphaba Thropp is the protagonist in Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, in its musical theater adaptation Wicked, and in the musical's upcoming two-part film adaptation. 

Be a female

Wear some type of mix of green and black

Become a scientist

Traits: Bookworm, Music Lover, Hot-headed

Aspiration: Knowledge

Have an adopted child with no significant other

T̶h̶e̶ ̶W̶i̶z̶a̶r̶d̶

"̶I̶ ̶a̶m̶ ̶a̶ ̶s̶e̶n̶t̶i̶m̶e̶n̶t̶a̶l̶ ̶m̶a̶n̶ ̶W̶h̶o̶ ̶a̶l̶w̶a̶y̶s̶ ̶l̶o̶n̶g̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶a̶ ̶f̶a̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶T̶h̶a̶t̶'̶s̶ ̶w̶h̶y̶ ̶I̶ ̶d̶o̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶e̶s̶t̶ ̶I̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶ T̶o̶ ̶t̶r̶e̶a̶t̶ ̶e̶a̶c̶h̶ ̶c̶i̶t̶i̶z̶e̶n̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶O̶z̶ ̶a̶s̶ ̶s̶o̶n̶ ̶o̶r̶ ̶d̶a̶u̶g̶h̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶S̶o̶ ̶E̶l̶p̶h̶a̶b̶a̶,̶ ̶I̶'̶d̶ ̶l̶i̶k̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶r̶a̶i̶s̶e̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶h̶i̶g̶h̶ C̶a̶u̶s̶e̶ ̶I̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶n̶k̶ ̶e̶v̶e̶r̶y̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶d̶e̶s̶e̶r̶v̶e̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶c̶h̶a̶n̶c̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶f̶l̶y̶ ̶A̶n̶d̶ ̶h̶e̶l̶p̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶w̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶a̶s̶c̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶a̶l̶l̶o̶w̶s̶ ̶M̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶f̶e̶e̶l̶ ̶s̶o̶ ̶p̶a̶r̶e̶n̶t̶a̶l̶ ̶F̶o̶r̶ ̶I̶ ̶a̶m̶ ̶a̶ ̶s̶e̶n̶t̶i̶m̶e̶n̶t̶a̶l̶ ̶m̶a̶n̶"̶

The Wizard is the main antagonist in the Broadway musical, Wicked. He is a humbug ruler who uses deceit and trickery to hide his own mortal shortcomings.

Be a male

Be an Entertainer

Traits: Music Lover, Self-Absorbed, Genius

Aspiration: Knowledge

Build a wizard-like house and if you want, restart the gen with this sim!

[martha-manning-laurens-ask-blog]

Things to know:

1. This blog prohibits slurs!!

2. I’m fine with any topics, but if they’re triggering, discuss them beforehand

3. Please be respectful unless there’s disrespect for a character

4. Martha is around 27-28 here

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John Laurens- @ask-john-laruens

Hercules Mulligan- @askh3rculesmu11igan

Marquis de LaFayette- @ouioui-lafayettes-askblog

Aaron Burr- @ask-aaron-burr1

James Madison- @ask-james-madison-stuff

Thomas Jefferson- @ask-thomas-jefferson-1

Maria Reynolds- @mreynolds-ask-blog

James Reynolds- @jreynolds-ask-blog-1

Philip Hamilton & George Eaker- @that-876girl474

Samuel Seabury- @samuel-seaburys-askblog

Angelica Schuyler- @angelicashuylersaskblog

Peggy Schuyler- @peggy-schuylers-ask-blog

Elizabeth Schuyler- @e-schuyler-hs-blog

George Washington- @ask-general-washington

King George III- @ask-king-george-the-third

King Louis XVI- @ask-kinglouisxvi

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James Hamilton, Sr (speculation)

I'm going to beat this dead horse some more.

In checking to see whether any new records have been discovered about James Hamilton, Jr (if that was his name - Peter Lavien thought it might be 'Robert,' haha), born 1751 or 1753 or some point in the 1750s, who may have been apprenticed as a carpenter (Ramsing) and who engaged in some occupation where AH thought he could be set up on a farm (AH's letter to his brother), I didn't find anything!

But I did find one fairly recent article stating James Hamilton Sr. abandoned his family shortly after AH was born, and I just wonder where folks get this stuff? It's one thing to state "unknown," and another to totally make something up. And there's reasoning, beyond just lack of evidence, that this bothers me so much.

I'd like to reflect on why it's popular for some historians to state that James Hamilton abandoned his family:

It allows them to create a narrative where AH was desperate for a father figure and this psychological motivation plays out in his relationship with GWashington. Spoiler: there's really nothing to point to in order to assert that AH was looking for a father figure/sought out approval from an older, paternal figure. From his correspondence, he was happy with the father he did have, and the person he played a son to was Philip Schuyler.

It says something about their own attitude towards financial misfortune. AH states in at least four different letters to different people (based on my recall) that his father fell into great misfortune and his affairs were wrecked, or that he tried but could not achieve great success, or something along those lines. He was "too generous, too easy of temper, too much pride, too large a portion of indolence." But it's never that his father just up and abandoned him.

(Let's limit this to just middle-class Americans) It takes very little - the loss of a job while living in a location not conducive to finding another job, a physical accident, a medical illness, a natural disaster - for someone to end up in crippling debt that they never recover from financially. According to Newton's research, James Hamilton may have spent part of his time running from debt collectors, and then may have taken any odd job he could. But being in a bad financial situation is not a moral failing, no matter how much the editor of National Review (Brookhiser) and a former WSJ writer and biographer of JP Morgan and Rockefeller (Chernow) may believe it.

Two things that can stall a financial slide and prevent destitution are 1) family wealth; 2) ability to draw on equity/credit. Rachel Faucette had both: her relatives were wealthy, and she was a slave owner who could use those enslaved persons as collateral and rent out their labor. James Hamilton apparently had neither. But that doesn't make him a horrible father who abandoned his kids.

This leads to some interesting speculation I came across - one researcher casually mentioning that given the circumstances of Rachel's divorce, James Hamilton Sr. would have had to adopt his sons to legitimize them. (This type of event - having to petition to adopt an illegitimate child that was the product of a long-term but illicit relationship, actually happened in my own family about 175 years ago - there's an official act of the state legislature of this adoption). And this made me think:

There's decent speculation that James Hamilton ran out of money/opportunities in Statia in 1765, which is what led him to St. Croix in 1765 to act as a debt collector for his employer.

Rachel and their two sons move there either that year, or certainly by 1766 (we can locate AH in St. Croix in 1766) but he cannot be counted in a census with the family, or perhaps even live with the family, because of the restrictions on Rachel (not clear that this was the case under Danish colonial law).

When Rachel dies intestate, custody of his sons likely would have gone to her nearest relatives - her son Peter Lavien, and then her Faucette relatives like the Lyttons (her sister's family).

And that James Hamilton Sr likely didn't have legal rights to his sons, but nevertheless does try to settle on another Caribbean island and have property, possibly thinking that they could join him at some point (if their affairs went to wreck, too) makes me feel a certain way. This narrative by conservative historians to paint James, living in the even harsher 18th century, as a neglectful father because he couldn't get on a solid footing financially and was in a decade plus relationship with a woman with whom - after they'd already had two kids - it was determined by a St. Croix court that they could not legitimize the union or children in anyway - is really f'ed up, and tells one a lot more about the worldview of those historians than it tells us about the relationship between James and his son(s).

Anyway, the only thing new here is the question of James Hamilton Sr's legal rights to his son, as I've written of most of the rest of this before. Posting about it in case I take up research of Danish colonial law in the future!

[schuylersdreams]

- { .𖥔 ݁ ˖ ✦ ‧₊˚ ⋅

watching it.. burn.

hello ! my names : elizabeth schuyler,

age : 23 .

relatives : angelica church schuyler , margarita "peggy" schuyler , catherine schuyler malcom cochran , Philip Jeremiah Schuyler , Rensselaer Schuyler , Cornelia schuyler , Cortlandt Schuyler .

status : joyful .

OOC INTRO ! :

hey! its me sappy EXCEPT something is wrong !! theres no main tagging . thats because im making a new main ! :3

LORE :

February 20, 1756 : Angelica "Church" Schuyler Was Born.

August 9, 1757 : Elizabeth Schuyler Was Born.

September 19, 1758 : Margarita "Peggy" Schuyler Was Born.

1776 : Burr Met Alexander And Marquis De Lafayette, John Laurens, and Hercules Mulligan.

1776-01-10 : Common sense By Thomas Paine was Published.

1775-02-23 : Farmer Refuted Was Published.

1773-12-16: The Boston Tea Party - King George mentions the Boston Tea Party during this song.

1776-08-22: The Battle of Brooklyn - Based off the lyrics in this song, it appears King George was planning on using force to retaliate against the colonies. If applying the musical's chronology, this song should fall around 1776, and in 1776 the British captured New York City during the Battle of Brooklyn.

1775-06-15: George Washington Becomes Commander in Chief of the Continental Army - In 1775, Washington was unanimously selected as Commander in Chief of the Contintental Army.

1775-08-25: Hamilton Captures British Canons - Hamilton and volunteers from a musket drill unit at King’s College captured twenty-one cannons at a British stockade on the tip of Manhattan Island in New York.

1775-09-13: Burr in Quebec - At this point of time, Aaron Burr was in Quebec with Benedict Arnold and General Richard Montgomery.

1776-09-15: The Battle of Kip's Bay - The British won over the unexperienced American troops during this battle when the heavy fire from British ships caused the American troops to flee. This battle gave the British control of New York City on the lower half of the island. Washington estbalished strong positions in Harlem, though.

1777-01-25: Washington Invites Hamilton to his Military Staff - Hamilton becomes a lieutetant colonel under Washington.

1780-12-01: A Winter's Ball - The lyrics date the Winter's Ball occurring during 1780. This event is where Eliza and Hamilton meet according to the musical, so the date falls before they were married.

1780-12-14: Eliza and Hamilton Get Married - Eliza Schuyler gets married to Alexander Hamilton on December, 14 1780.

1780-12-14: Eliza and Hamilton's Wedding - Two songs in the musical focus on Eliza and Hamilton's marriage. In this song, Angelica, Eliza's sister, describes her perspective of the wedding and her feelings for Hamilton.

1778-06-28: The Battle of Monmouth - Charles Lee and George Washington came into a confrontation during this battle which led to Lee's permanent dismissal from the army.

1778-12-23: John Laurens and Charles Lee Duel - On December 23, 1778 John Laurens and Charles Lee have a duel.

1781-03-15: Hamilton Goes Home - After a dispute with Washington, Hamilton leaves his staff for a few months.

1779-08-01: Lafayette Returns to France - Lafayette expressed desire to return to his homeland for awhile during this time period.

1780-03-19: Lafayette Returns to America with Supplies and Aid from France - Lafayette sailed into Boston on March 19, 1780 after his period in France.

1781-09-28: The Battle of Yorktown - This battle occured in Yorktown, Virginia from September 28th to October 19th in 1781. This battle essentially ended the fighting in the revolution and assured success to the American cause.

1783-09-03: The End of the Revolution - The Treaty of Paris was finally signed which negotiated between American and Great Britain, ended the revolution, and recognized America as independent.

1782-01-22: Birth of Philip - Alexander Hamilton's son, Philip, was born.

1783-06-21: Birth of Theodosia - Aaron Burr's daughter, Theodosia, was born.

1782-09-01: Hamilton Returns to New York - Sometime during 1782, Hamilton returns to New York and becomes a lawyer alongside Burr.

1783-01-01: The Churches Go to England - Angelica and her family go to England in 1783.

1787-01-01: The Federalist Papers - John Jay, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton wrote a series of 85 essays titled The Federalist Papers in the span of a year which encouraged ratification to the constitution.

1787-05-25: Hamilton at the Constitutional Convention - Hamilton arrives at the Constitutional Convention on May 25, 1787.

1789-02-04: Washington Becomes the Preisdent - On February 4, 1789, George Washington becomes the first president of the United States of America.

1789-09-02: US Treasury is Founded - The Treasury was founded on September 9, 1789.

1789-09-11: Hamilton becomes Secretary of the Treasury - Hamilton takes office on September 11, 1789.

1800-03-31: First Murder Trial in the United States - The trial involving Levi Weekes took place from March 31st to April 1st in 1800 and was the first murder trial in the United States. Weekes had Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton, and Henry Brockholst Livingston representing him at the trial.

1789-07-14: French Revolution Begins - The French Revolution started in July of 1789.

1789-10-01: Jefferson Returns from France - Thomas Jefferson returns to America from Paris in October of 1789.

1790-03-22: Jefferson Becomes Secretary of State - Thomas Jefferson starts his term as Secretary of State in 1790.

1793-02-25: First Cabinet Meeting - Washington held the first cabinet meeting on February 25, 1793.

1787-12-06: Angelica and Hamilton's Letters - Hamilton and Angelica wrote letters near the end of 1787 featuring the punctuation of the comma described in the lyrics.

1787-12-06: Angelica and Hamilton's Letters - Hamilton and Angelica wrote letters near the end of 1787 featuring the punctuation of the comma described in the lyrics.

1791: Philip is Nine - Philip Hamilton turned nine in this song, making the song take place in 1791.

Now: Angelica and Hamilton's Letters - Hamilton and Angelica wrote letters near the end of 1787 featuring the punctuation of the comma described in the lyrics.

[icarusbetide]

connection between wartime administration & federalist-lean?

There's an argument that wartime service and experiencing Congress' failures firsthand as Washington's aide de camp pushed Hamilton further into the ideals that would later be seen as Federalist: a national instead of state outlook, a permanent military power, and a strong, efficient government.

I was wondering if that argument can be applied on a broader scale: is there an overall connection between revolutionary wartime administration and federalist-leaning political beliefs?

I'm by no means qualified but for my own curiosity's sake, I tried to find the political inclinations of former leaders in the war as well as members of Washington's family, who arguably should have seen the same inefficiencies as Hamilton.

Major Generals:

Washington: Tried very hard to be nonpartisan, but pretty federalist when all's said and done. Especially in 2nd term as president and in last years of life Horatio Gates: Supported Jefferson's presidency, so assuming he was leaning Democratic-Republican? Henry Knox: Federalist Philip Schuyler: Federalist William Alexander, Lord Stirling: Not sure John Sullivan: Federalist, led drive in New Hampshire for Constitution's ratification Thomas Mifflin: Federalist according to Wikipedia (was also aide to GW from June to August 1775) Arthur St. Clair: Federalist. Governor of Northwest Territory, removed by Jefferson in 1802 due to political party differences. Benjamin Lincoln: Federalist, strong policies and presence in Massachusetts Thomas Conway: Unreliable source says Federalist William Moultrie: Some sites say Federalist but he had falling out with Washington because of his pro-French actions towards Genet. Possibly nonpartisan.

Washington's family (Aides, Culper, Life Guard. If they died before we can quantify as "Federalist", then not included):

Note: I tried to include length of service and timeline, arguably important (there during Valley Forge or good period?), but it's difficult in consideration of leave and such. Used Wikipedia's dates.

Edmund Randolph (August - November 75): Wiki says Federalist but I know enough about him that he was often the swinging vote in Washington's cabinet, and that he didn't sign the Constitution because he thought it too strong. Tench Tilghman (August 76 - June 80 | June 80 - Nov 83): Died in 1786. I shouldn't include him but raise a glass for our hardworking Tilghman. Robert Harrison (Nov 75 - May 76 | Military Sec May 76 - 81): Died in 1790. Wikipedia says Federalist. John Fitzgerald (Nov 76 - July 78): Couldn't find John Walker (Feb - March 77): Unreliable source says Federalist Samuel Blachley Webb (June 76 - Jan 77): Couldn't find William Grayson (Assistant Sec. July - August 76 | Aide August 76 - Jan 77): Leader of Anti-Federalist faction with Mason, Monroe, etc. died in 1790 Alexander Contee Hanson Sr. (Assistant Sec. June - Sep 76): Federalist according to Wiki Alexander Hamilton (March 77 - April 81): Is this even a question? Stephen Moylan (March 76 - June 76 | Sept. 76 - Jan 77): "Firm Federalist" according to Founders Online James McHenry (May 78 - August 80): Federalist, GW's Secretary of War in 2nd term when cabinet members were much more partisan. Richard Kidder Meade (March 77 - November 80): Couldn't find. I know that he was very close with Hamilton, which makes me think it possible that their politics had some similarities? But entirely speculation. Hodijah Baylies (May 82 - Dec 83): Federalist. According to Founders Online, Gallatin was advised against Baylies because he was a "decided and we believe a sentimental federalist”. David Cobb (June 81 - Jan 83 | June 83 - Dec 83): Wiki says Federalist Peregrine Fitzhugh (July 81 - Oct 81): Not sure if same Peregrine Fitzhugh, but in a letter to Jefferson in 1807, said: "It is true I have been called a Federalist, and feel a pride in being so: but my Federalism is firmed in those principles which dictated the correct and memorable declaration that we were all Federalists all republicans" William Stephens Smith (July 81 - June 82): Federalist (member of Congress as Federalist in 1812) David Humphreys (June 80 - Dec 83): Federalist. He was part of the Hartford Wits and wrote the poem The Anarchiad. "In 1802, Thomas Jefferson...decided to replace Humphreys...Historians speculate that Humphreys's closeness to the Federalist Party motivated Jefferson’s decisions." from Mt. Vernon Richard Varick (Aide & Priv Sec May 81 - Dec 83): Apparently Federalist and later mayor of New York Benjamin Walker (Jan 82 - Dec 83): Federalist, elected to Congress as Federalist

Caleb Gibbs (May 76 - Dec 80): Couldn't find Nathaniel Sackett: Couldn't find Benjamin Tallmadge (1778 - 1783): Federalist, part of minority in Congress during Jefferson & Madison administrations

Other aides who might've had administrative work, although I'm not sure:

Aaron Burr: Very short run with Washington, and Israel Putnam's aide. Technically Democratic-Republican, but some historians have noted his politics did not always align with a party.

James Monroe: Aide to Stirling, Republican-Democratic

Concerns:

First concern: I'm not sure if the other major generals' aides would see as much administrative work directly with Congress as Washington's aides. I'm under the impression that other generals would report to Washington, than Congress, but I'm not sure.

Second concern: I also want to add that other factors would have most definitely played a role, such as familial and economic interests, which may or may not have been influenced by the war. Still, I thought it would be an interesting exercise.

Third concern: A lot of this is very shallow research as I did not have the time or energy to really dig into all of them. Please let me know if there is any inaccurate information (even Federalist or Democratic Republican is a very broad term and I'm sure their beliefs varied).

Please let me know if you see any inaccurate information, or anyone/some branch I did not consider!