USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -While now no one knows for certain, it’s likely that Alexander Hamilton first met Elizabeth Schuyler at her parents’ house in Albany, N.Y., in the fall of 1777.

Detailed explanation-2: -Elizabeth Schuyler was born in Albany in 1757, to a wealthy family that had social ties to prominent early Americans. She met Alexander Hamilton in 1780, when both were in their early 20s.

Detailed explanation-3: -(Gilder Lehrman Institute) Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler married on December 14, 1780, at the Schuyler family home in Albany, New York. The romance between Elizabeth and Alexander had moved quickly-within a month of meeting, they decided to marry.

Detailed explanation-4: -Soon, however, Washington and Hamilton had a falling-out, and the newlywed couple moved, first back to Eliza’s father’s house in Albany, then to a new home across the river from the New Windsor headquarters.

Detailed explanation-5: -The mistress of Alexander Hamilton and the wife of a con man, Maria Reynolds played a central role in one of the first sex scandals in American political history. Hamilton became involved with Mrs. Reynolds in 1791, when she requested his help after her husband James supposedly abandoned her.