#hamilton love letters

[morningsaidthemoon]

Excerpt from The Song of Roland, translated by Norma Lorre Goodrich (Medieval Myths)

[verdemint]

lewis’ self-insert fanfiction/movie is apparently coming out on nico’s birthday

[icarusbetide]

hamilton being needy in his letters to eliza

i tried to do a funny compilation of all the times he's needy in his courtship letters but holy shit it happens basically every two paragraphs so buckle up, it's long.

Exhibit A: Begging her to write more often

lmao "this is a threat. write more."

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he's literally comparing the number of letters he sends, "three to one"

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this is a trend, him going "why no letters?? text me back girl."

Exhibit B: Why he's writing so many letters

love the washington cameo as the cockblocker smh

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double combo of "i saw a rival guy in my dreams :(" and "here's two more letters at once"

Exhibit C: Nooo I love you more. Vomit enducing.

my betsey. aw.

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Exhibit D: Tell me the truth would you love me if i was a worm

"you know i'm broke right. tell me if you'll hate me for it."

not him spiraling imagining her saying "nope can't do it" the day before the wedding

[verilyproductions]

Alexander Hamilton once wrote to John, “In short, Laurens, I am disgusted with everything in this world but yourself and very few more honest fellows and I have no other wish than as soon as possible to make a brilliant exit. ’Tis a weakness, but I feel I am not fit for this terrestrial country.”

And I can relate.

[naynokkori]

Friendly reminder that this exists.

[hauntedrose555]

[therealslimshakespeare]

Well here it is. Finished product. As soon as I saw the “she said yes” scene my mind went to another war and another set of bros who didn’t know what to do with all the love they had for each other in the times they were in. So here, have a whole Webweave out of Gale Cleven and John Egan to the revolutionary wartime letters of Alexander Hamilton and John Laurens. Whatever kind of love it is that they share, I want it.

“The value you had taught my heart to set upon you—”

[princemick]

the record breaker (insp)

[reignmaefall]

I will not develop an unhealthy obsession on a founding father and his gay love affair I will not develop an unhealthy obsession on a founding father and his gay love affair I will not develop an unhealthy obsession on a founding father and his gay love affair I will not-

[sweaterkittensahoy]

Brain, we do not need to think about all the ways Rosie would be sweet to Hambone. Like, hear's someone talking about his teeth and interjects and says, "Look, some smiles are so sweet, they deserve some extra shine."

And Hambone, who is used to jokes about his teeth and doesn't actually care is just slapped with how sweet Rosie is. They've danced together twice and had one conversation, and here's this guy being sweet like that.

They dance together a few more times and manage two more conversations before Brady's fort goes down, and when Ham wakes up in the hospital, he's glad he has a sweet memory of a handsome man who seemed to like him.

And then the letters start to arrive at the hospital.

...didn't get to know you as well as I'd like, so I hope you don't mind a letter or two before you tell me if you actually want to get them. If you'd rather I keep my letters to myself, that's fine. I just like you, and I'd like to still talk to you, even if it's only through letters...

And Hambone writes back because, well, he liked talking to Rosie too, and they get to know each other. They don't say they love each other--not with Robert still flying and Hambone at the Stalag--but it's clear from the way they write each other.

While Hambone's in the Stalag, he pays Alex do draw a couple of pictures of him he can send to Rosie because he's been trying to tell him what the scarring is like, but he wants Rosie to understand.

Rosie frames the drawings (a straight-on one of Ham smiling, one of his right side profile) and writes Ham back that he's glad he has a recent picture to keep him company, and he looks forward to seeing Ham again so they can get a proper photo together.

When Hambone makes it back, Rosie's waiting. He's got Hambone's favorite flowers and a bottle of whiskey, and Ken's waiting with a camera so they can get a proper photo together.

And they lived happily ever after.

[valend]

“Although I read with tranquility and suffered to pass without Animadversion, in silent contempt, the base insinuations of Vanity, against me and a hundred lies besides published in a Pamphlet against me, by an insolent Coxcomb, who rarely dined in good Company where there was good wine, without getting silly, and vapouring about his Administration, like a young Girl about her brilliants and trinketts: Yet I loose all Patience, when I think of a bastard brat of a Scotch Pedler, daring to threaten to undeceive the World in their Judgment of Washington, by writing a history of his battles and Campaigns. This Man Creature was in a delirium of Ambition; he had been blown up with Ambition Vanity by the Tories, had fixed his Eye on the highest station in America, and he hated every Man young or old, who stood in his Way, or could in any manner eclipse his laurells or rival his Pretentions, Col Smith Coll Burr Mr Jay, Mr Madison Mr Jefferson Adams and Washington were all en but a part of those who were envied by him.”

-From John Adams to Benjamin Rush, 25 January 1806

“This Man Creature” IM HOWLING

Everything about this letter is perfect. Adams bitching about Hamilton two years after his death. Calling him an “insolent coxcomb” and saying he talked like a little girl. Adams writing man and then changing it to creature LMFAO. and then saying Hamilton was JEALOUS of Burr 😭😭😭

[toastytrusty]

top 10 frustrating things is hearing that there's some two dozen surviving hamilton-laurens letters and only having been able to find 18 in my effort to compile them all. need to take extensive notes on every bit of surviving correspondence between them but i can only scrounge up some dates from when other letters that were destroyed were supposed to have been written on. a tragedy really

[candy8448]

I hate to say it but...

"Say no to this" from Hamilton- is kinda a bop

Dude is singing about cheating on his wife and im on the side just vibing

Its like, a guilty pleasure... i feel like i should not be enjoying this song so much but... its also pretty good tho D:

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[icarusbetide]

implausible historical scenario: southern alexander hamilton (pt 2: washington's version)

Part 1: Grows up with Lavien, tragic lams version

here's the second scenario that would make southern A. Ham a possibility:

The rumors are true and he actually is Washington's son - I know, I know, I can hear Hamilton rolling in his grave already. But there's a reason the rumors circulated, it's really fucking interesting!

We know for a fact that the real Washington was minding his business 1754-1757, far away from Nevis - but he did go to Barbados with his brother in 1751. Let's pretend that he went back in an impromptu trip or that Lawrence managed to eek out a few more years, so they actually went later than 1751 (Unrelated, but him catching smallpox there + being exposed to Lawrence's tuberculosis might be the reason he was potentially infertile. If so, then the timing works out and doesn't conflict with his inability to have kids with Martha.) Maybe their ship was blown off course or needed some supplies, and stopped at Nevis. For whatever reason (my entertainment), he makes a series of questionable choices. Some people speculate that Alexander might have been the son of Stevens. I personally don't find this likely, but I can switch Stevens with Washington. I can and I did.

There are two main pathways I can see.

The first one most closely matches historical rumors and reality: no southern Hamilton. Washington leaves the West Indies oblivious, Ham comes to NYC, everything plays out the same - but at some point they figure out that he's his dad. People have already written a lot about this, but musical based, and for good reason. There's a lot of angst you can get out of it. Does Washington watch silently as Hamilton courts Elizabeth and is welcomed into the Schuyler family? Does Washington know that his son only had one friend at his own wedding? Worse, does Alexander still view James Hamilton as his dad, and beg him to come while ignoring the general? Do they work together better or worse than they do in reality? The possibilities! Imagine a world where there isn't a Reynolds Pamphlet but there is a Washington Pamphlet where Alexander confesses that he is the illegitimate son of the president after the Democratic Republicans got hold of some information. All of this is extremely soap opera, and almost embarassing in its drama but idc, it's fun.

Second, more divergent one: Yes, Alexander is illegitimate, but they find each other way earlier. It certainly wasn't uncommon for men of Washington's status to have bastards, and some did acknowledge their illegitimate children. Here, he'd be acknowledged, and raised in Virginia with the Custis kids (assuming Martha still marries George in 1759). I find this scenario intriguing for both the personal and political repercussions.

Personal repurcussions: would Hamilton have less issues if he was Washington's kid? Certainly his environment would be more stable, and Washington (given his frustration with a lazy Jacky Custis) would've been proud of such an intelligent, promising boy. People would be less eager to criticize/demean Hamilton (at least to his face), and he wouldn't be insecure in his class or geographical origin. I can also see him learning more political finesse and control if he grew up in Virginian society and with a steady, dedicated father. Would he have worked better with Washington if they were actually an acknowledged father-son relationship? Would Washington have planned to give Mount Vernon to him, since the Custis children already have their inheritance?

Now, if we assume that Hamilton’s policies remain constant, then his opponents lose even more major weapons than the Lavien world: perceived preference for the north and background. But then it also complicates Washington's legacy as general and president. Some historians argue that Washington having no perceived biological heir had some role in the trust people placed in him. If people know that Hamilton is his son, illegitimate or not, who has followed him through the war and into government, that's going to cause uneasiness. Maybe even do more damage to Washington's reputation than any real-life accusations of monarchy ever did, because this one actually has some weight. Ironically, it could be that this forces Alexander to be out of the running for the Secretary of Treasury position - having to work in the shadows, because the country is suspicious of anything and everything that looks like a king. More resentment!

But what if his beliefs do change? We get to see a Hamilton with connections to the south, just like the Lavien universe, but on crack. Because now his guardian isn’t just any southerner, he’s George Washington. It’s likely that just like Washington, going through the war would end up with him being a nationalist. But economically? If he didn't get that experience as a clerk in the West Indies (the period he said was the most educational of his life), or as an assistant to his merchant half-brother, then would he have the knowledge/insight to create his financial plan? Washington was on the same page as Hamilton, but Hamilton was doing the actual system-building. Going further, maybe growing up at Mt. Vernon happily and having only faint, distasteful memories of his tragic childhood in the West Indies actually makes him rear away from reminders of that life - maybe he has a fondness for agrarian lifestyle and lounging by trees reading philosophy, and an inherent dislike of merchants, business opportunists like james hamilton, trading, commerce. Maybe, god forbid, he ends up thinking a lot like Jefferson.

Who knows? A young Virginian Hamilton who has very close ties and pride connected to his country, meets an idealistic Thomas Jefferson and goes: "You are my role model and now I will emulate everything about you." People forget that Jefferson was 12 - 14 years older than Hamilton, it’s possible! The two didn’t hate each other right away! I can see them in this world bonding over Virginia and their intellect - perhaps, even if Hamilton veers towards being a nationalist, the lack of dispute on financial matters is enough for them to maintain a good relationship. There's even a possibility that Hamilton, like Madison, is a nationalist and writes the Federalist Papers but switches to the Jeffersonian side once Jefferson comes back. Certainly Madison and Jefferson would spend a lot of time trying to convince their wayward, fellow Virginian friend. Imagine a world where Washington is the biggest federalist and opposing his own son, who is in cahoots with a different Virginian in undermining his own presidency.

*Pats improbable scenario: this baby pumps out so much melodrama.

[i-like-old-things]

My friend and I texting about like people from the American Revolution as one does:

Me: *drops the “Cold in my Professions” letter*

[pardonmydelays]

rhyming burr with sir 184747488383 times is just A++++++ and so funny, let's not forget that

well, yes! absolutely! one of my favourite rhymes for sure! thank you for reminding me about it (it's not like i listen to hamilton every day so...).

also, i'm just gonna drop these here:

(this is from hamilton book btw, i especially love the second one because i'm fucking dumb & i haven't even noticed he rhymed sister with if, burr, i had to read about it to find out lol. but also this rhyme reminds me of pubwe/rugby soooo)