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Alexander Hamilton

Alexander and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton Events Planned In Albany

July 10, 2017 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

A painting of Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton From Friday, July 14, 2017 to Sunday, July 16, 2017, Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site in conjunction with the Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society will host a series of events and lectures about Alexander Hamilton and his wife, Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, on the mansion grounds.

The festivities begin Friday evening at 5:30 pm with an open reception on mansion grounds and conclude with a walking tour of Albany on Sunday morning. Admission for each day’s activities is $5 per person. Registration for lectures and the walking tour are required as space is limited. [Read more…] about Alexander and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton Events Planned In Albany

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Albany, Alexander Hamilton, Schuyler Mansion

Grave Robbing And The Doctors Riot of 1788

December 20, 2016 by Miguel Hernandez 4 Comments

new york hospitalThe origins of this civil disturbance began in early February of 1788 and broke out in mid April of that year. Actually the City’s doctors did not riot as the name implies. However, it had its origins in the illegal procurement of corpses of free blacks and slaves and poor whites by doctors and medical students at an unaccredited surgical training school in lower Manhattan led by Richard Bailey, a Connecticut-born doctor who had studied in London.

Apparently it was expensive and almost impossible for the school to provide corpses for its teaching purposes and the professors and students resorted to stealing them from nearby Trinity Church yard and other local cemeteries including the one for people of color then known the “Negro Burying Ground” [Read more…] about Grave Robbing And The Doctors Riot of 1788

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Alexander Hamilton, Black History, Cemeteries, Columbia University, George Clinton, Medical History, New York City, riots

Ron Chernow Wins Empire State Archives and History Award

September 8, 2016 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Ron ChernowPulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow will receive the 2016 Empire State Archives and History Award from the New York State Archives Partnership Trust at a public program on Wednesday, November 2 at 7 pm.

Chernow is the author of Alexander Hamilton, the 2004 biography adapted by Lin-Manuel Miranda for the hit Broadway musical Hamilton.

The public is invited to hear Chernow speak about his career as an author, biographer and historian with prominent Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer. [Read more…] about Ron Chernow Wins Empire State Archives and History Award

Filed Under: Books, History Tagged With: Academia, Alexander Hamilton, NYS Archives Trust

Museum of American Finance Adds Audio Tours

July 19, 2016 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

hamilton statueLast week the Museum of American Finance launched a 12-stop audio tour of its permanent exhibits. The tour was developed in partnership with Antenna – a multi-media story-telling company – and is narrated by a variety of experts including the Museum’s president and curators, as well as CNN founding financial editor Myron Kandel and architectural historian Damien Cregeau. [Read more…] about Museum of American Finance Adds Audio Tours

Filed Under: History, New Exhibits Tagged With: Alexander Hamilton, Museum of American Finance, NYC

New Exhibit Highlights Alexander Hamilton In Albany

June 30, 2016 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Portrait of Alexander Hamilton, ca.1810One of the Founding Fathers of the United States, Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804), was a brilliant politician-lawyer who served as an indispensable aide to George Washington during and after the American Revolution.

Among his many achievements, Hamilton is credited with creating the financial system of the United States, and was the first Secretary of the U.S. Treasury. The current Broadway musical sensation Hamilton has sparked an interest in the man on the $10 bill.

The Albany Institute of History & Art’s new exhibition, Spotlight: Alexander Hamilton, highlights Hamilton’s connections to Albany, New York through personal papers, family heirlooms, historic preservation efforts, and a stunning portrait painted by Albany’s own Ezra Ames (1768—1836). [Read more…] about New Exhibit Highlights Alexander Hamilton In Albany

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History, New Exhibits Tagged With: Albany, Albany Institute of History & Art, Alexander Hamilton, American Revolution, Architecture, Political History

Hamilton: The Broadway Musical Debuts

July 20, 2015 by Peter Feinman 6 Comments

IMG_2236.JPGLast  Monday I attended the Broadway opening of Hamilton, the musical. I was really looking forward to the event. The Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society was out in force.

The opening was particularly auspicious coming one day after the anniversary of Hamilton’s death in 1804. [Read more…] about Hamilton: The Broadway Musical Debuts

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Alexander Hamilton, New York City, NYC, Performing Arts, Theatre

Aaron Burr Revised: Conspiracy, Treason and Justice

June 16, 2015 by Kathleen Hulser 2 Comments

Aaron Burr by John Vanderlyn in 1809. Courtesy of New-York Historical SocietyWho remembers Aaron Burr as anything more than Quick Draw McGraw shooting down the near-sighted Alexander Hamilton at dawn in 1804? But there is much more to the man, as Gore Vidal revealed in his intriguing 1973 historical novel, and other subsequent scholarship.

Two aspects of Burr’s varied career stand out in today’s world. First, his treason trial that closely examined issues of what counts as an act of war against one’s own government. And second, his relationships with a series of highly intelligent and accomplished women, reflecting his high opinion of the female sex and its potential. [Read more…] about Aaron Burr Revised: Conspiracy, Treason and Justice

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton, Crime and Justice, Election of 1800, Gender History, Hispanic History, Legal History, Political History

Hamilton’s Mistress; My Historic Namesake

June 11, 2015 by Maria Reynolds 1 Comment

StaatsburghDowntonTour6-2014 (153)In the study of history, a personal connection is often what draws us in to begin to explore a subject, place, or era.  We might be interested in World War II after hearing grandpa’s war stories.  We might begin to read about the Underground Railroad after discovering stations in our hometown.

Making a personal connection with the people we read about and study is a common impulse for history lovers.  It helps make history come alive. This story isn’t about an ancestor, or a history connection to my home town, it’s about a woman with a more unique connection to me, one who shares my name. [Read more…] about Hamilton’s Mistress; My Historic Namesake

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Albany, Alexander Hamilton, Gender History, Political History, Staatsburgh State Historic Site

The Albany Connections of Burr, Hamilton, and Schuyler

May 14, 2015 by Peter Hess 10 Comments

Hamilton-burr-duelDuring the Revolutionary War, Alexander Hamilton served as an artillery captain and later a colonel and trusted aid to General George Washington. Colonel Aaron Burr also served in the Colonial Army and accompanied Benedict Arnold on his march through the Maine wilderness and his failed attempt to capture Quebec. Burr had been with General Richard Montgomery when Montgomery was shot and killed in Quebec. Later in the war, Burr was placed in charge of a regiment and his troops were stationed in Westchester County, New York. [Read more…] about The Albany Connections of Burr, Hamilton, and Schuyler

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Aaron Burr, Albany, Alexander Hamilton, American Revolution, DeWitt Clinton, George Clinton, Holland Land Company, Legal History, Morgan Lewis, Philip Schuyler, Political History, Schuyler Mansion, Van Rensselaers

Alexander Hamilton and the Schuylers of Albany

April 3, 2015 by Bob Cudmore 1 Comment

The Historians LogoThis week “The Historians” podcast features Heidi Hill of Schuyler Mansion and Albany attorney Richard Bader on Alexander Hamilton’s connections to the Schuylers. Elizabeth Schuyler married Hamilton at her parents’ home in 1780. And Hamilton wrote some of the Federalist Papers in Albany. Listen at “The Historians” online archive at http://www.bobcudmore.com/thehistorians/
[Read more…] about Alexander Hamilton and the Schuylers of Albany

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Albany, Alexander Hamilton, Podcasts, Political History, Schuyler Mansion, The Historians

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