Members of the Schuyler clan. Top: Eliza & Alexander Hamilton; Phillip & Catherine (Van Rensselaer) Schuyler.
Below: Angelica Schuyler Church, Margarita (Peggy) Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Philip Jeremiah Schuyler, Stephen Van Rensselaer IV (Peggy's son). Images: Wikipedia
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March 21, 2023
William Hoare, Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme, ca. 1752-1760: wearing the Order of the Garter. National Portrait Gallery, London. Right: Badge of the Order of the Garter. Images: Wikipedia and Nicholas Jackson / Wikipedia.
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March 14, 2023
Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton & their children. Images: Wikipedia
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March 7, 2023
Rembrandt Peale (based on a portrait by Charles Willson Peale), Martha Washington, ca. 1856. American flag in 1776. Images: Wikipedia (cat: Von.grzanka).
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February 28, 2023
Top: Alexander Hamilton as a soldier (later painting), Catharine Livingston; below, William Livingston, Sarah Livingston Jay. Images: Wikipedia
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February 21, 2023
Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton, Angelica Schuyler Church. Images: Wikipedia
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Published on September 11, 2021, the 232nd anniversary of Alexander Hamilton's appointment as the first secretary of the Treasury of the United States. Available from Amazon in print or Kindle;…
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Sculptor: Carl ConradsDedicated: 1880Medium and size: Granite (10 feet), granite pedestal (9.5 feet)Location: Central Park, 83rd Street and East Drive NOTE: This post is adapted from a chapter in Outdoor Monuments…
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