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celestialmistress15 · 8 months

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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.

#they share a common ancestor philip pieterse schuyler #they are like VERY distantly related but considering they shared the same last name until one generation before #and how family ties were more important back then #i'm guessing harriet's mother (and harriet herself) did NOT want her to marry george eacker after he killed philip #also: harriet was THERE at the theatre when philip challenged him to a duel #i think this would be a fun piece of creative writing #anyway that was a TIL #jem speaks #hamilton #hamilton musical #philip hamilton #alexander hamilton #elizabeth schuyler #i also drew out the whole relevant family line if anyone is curious and doesn't want to trawl through the wiki which is not very readable

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