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A Teensy Piece of HistoryA well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous. - Alexander Hamilton Alexander Hamilton started the US Treasury with nothing, - Will Rogers Those who stand for nothing fall for anything. - Alexander Hamilton
The Schuyler-Hamilton House, 5 Olyphant Place, Morristown, NJ The Schuyler-Hamilton House was the colonial home of Dr Jabez Campfield, Revolutionary War doctor who, with his wife Sarah Ward, moved from his native Newark to Morristown in 1765 when he purchased this house. It had been enlarged by 1779 when he lent the property to General Washington's personal physician, Dr John Cochran. Mrs Cochran was the sister of Mrs Elizabeth Schuyler, wife of General Philip Schuyler of Albany, New York, all of whom, with children and servants, were billeted in this house at periods during 1779-1780. Colonel Alexander Hamilton, General Washington's Aide de Camp, paid court to Miss Betsy Schulyer during that winter. They were later married in Albany. Source: The Web
I saw this house when I walked around the block in our new neighbourhood. I didn't notice the historical marker sign, nor did I realise the house was a museum (that you must pay to enter). I thought it was a neighbour's house. I judged it to be in need of heavy restoration - the siding had approximately 200 coats of paint on it and seriously called for replacing in places. I thought it was shameful that such a lovely old place wasn't being kept up better than that. Now, I suppose I think they've deliberately left it in it's "original" condition. How quaint. This message was posted via the Feedback form on 9 August 2003: This message was posted via the Feedback form on 16 October 2003: This message was posted via the Feedback form on 28 December 2003: Relatives of yours?
If you seek Hamilton's monument, look around. You are living in it. We honour Jefferson, but live in Hamilton's country, a mighty industrial nation with a strong central government. - George F Will Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury and the most prominent member of George Washington's Cabinet, had an affair with Maria Reynolds. Maria Reynolds was married to James Reynolds, a convicted securities swindler who got out of prison thanks in part to Hamilton's Treasury Department. Hamilton paid secret hush money to James Reynolds. The story was discovered in 1792-3, when the Congress was investigating Hamilton for alleged financial misdealings. Three members of Congress, including the Speaker of the House, Muhlenberg, and future President James Monroe, discovered the Reynolds affair and decided to keep it private. The story finally became public in 1797 when it leaked to the muckraking press. The next year, Hamilton was promoted to the inspector general of the new US Army, second only to George Washington himself. Source: www.physics.unlv.edu See also:
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