Eliza schuyler hamilton dar chapter series#

Louisa Lee Schuyler died on October 10, 1926. She took a special interest in humane care for the mentally ill, and, in later years, worked for the prevention of blindness.

Schuyler recuperated from postwar exhaustion in Europe and Egypt, and continued her charitable service upon her return to New York in 1871, working with organizations such as the State Charities Aid Association and creating the first training school for nurses in the United States at Bellevue Hospital in 1875. During the Civil War, she assisted in organizing the Women's Central Association of Relief (later the United States Sanitary Commission). In her early twenties, Schuyler found herself drawn to charitable work and volunteered as a teacher for the Children's Aid Society. Louisa Lee Schuyler was born on October 26, 1837, the daughter of George Lee Schuyler and Eliza Hamilton Schuyler. He worked as a civil engineer and his hobbies included yacht racing. After Eliza Hamilton's death in 1863, Schuyler married her sister, Mary Morris Hamilton. They had three children: Philip, Louisa Lee, and Georgina. Following his graduation from Columbia College, Schuyler married Eliza Hamilton, the daughter of James Alexander Hamilton. George Lee Schuyler was born in Rhinebeck, New York, on June 9, 1811. James Alexander Hamilton died on September 24, 1878. Andrew Jackson later appointed him district attorney for the Southern District of New York, though Hamilton's political sympathies later moved from the Democratic Party to the Whig and Republican Parties. Hamilton married Mary Morris, the daughter of Robert Morris, in October 1810 and served in the military during the War of 1812. He graduated from Columbia College (now Columbia University) in 1805 and was admitted to the New York bar in 1809, after which he established a legal practice in Hudson, New York. James Alexander Hamilton was born in New York on April 14, 1788, the third son of Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804) and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757-1854).

Eliza schuyler hamilton dar chapter series#

The Writings series consists of 4 political essays by various authors, with occasional comments by George Schuyler 5 typed memoirs and reminiscences, including an outline for an autobiographical sketch by Eliza Hamilton Schuyler a typed copy of a poem by Washington Irving (to Rebecca McLane, beginning 'There's a certain young lady') an acrostic poem entitled 'The Heron to the Ibis, with the Compliments of the Season: A Key to Egyptian Hieroglyphics' (1868) and a notebook containing genealogical and correspondence information, 1830-1863. School Exercises (11 items) in language and mathematics comprise the second subseries, reflecting work in French and trigonometry.

The first subseries, Marks and Rewards of Merit (4 items), contains accolades for high performance. The School Papers series (15 items) is made up of two subseries, both related to the education of George Schuyler. The Documents and Photograph series (4 items) includes a military commission signed by Lewis Cass (June 30, 1832), a detailed household inventory for the Schuyler family farm (1848), a marriage certificate (March 1, 1856), and a photograph of Julia Boggs Livingston (Undated). She witnessed sermons by Henry Bellows and Henry Ward Beecher, and attended several theater performances by Edwin Booth. Louisa Lee Schuyler composed the collection's Diary from January 1-June 3, 1861, about the opening stages of the Civil War. Many of these letters are represented by excerpts, and include Schuyler's reactions to the Civil War.

In addition to loose correspondence, the collection includes a letterbook outlining the contents of 'Correspondence between Mrs. Later correspondence includes letters written to Louisa Lee Schuyler concerning her charitable work, particularly focusing on her advocacy of humane care for the mentally ill. These letters are notable not only for their descriptions of 19th-century Europe, but also for Hamilton's opinions on the financial crisis that developed in the United States during the Panic of 1837. Hamilton written while he toured Europe in 18. Other early material in the collection describes Hamilton family vacations, including several letters by James A. George Lee Schuyler composed much of the earliest correspondence in the collection, informing his brother William of his experiences while away at school in Bloomingdale, New York one of these is written in Spanish. The Correspondence series (78 items) makes up the bulk of the collection. The papers provide insight into upper-class life in New York throughout much of the 19th century. The Hamilton-Schuyler family papers (approximately 110 items) contain material related to the family of James Alexander Hamilton, including his daughter, Eliza Hamilton Schuyler son-in-law, George Lee Schuyler and granddaughter, Louisa Lee Schuyler.