USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

ALEXANDER HAMILTON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
who did alexander marry?
A
angelica
B
elizabeth
C
peggy
D
mariah
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -(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-2: -In many of his letters Alexander also expressed his worry about his poverty and ability to provide for his future wife. The pair were finally married on 14 December, 1780; he was just shy of the age of twenty-four, and she was twenty-three.

Detailed explanation-3: -After two more months of separation punctuated by their correspondence, on December 14, 1780, Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler were married at the Schuyler Mansion.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1780, Eliza married Hamilton at her family’s mansion in Albany. Their union lasted 24 years before Hamilton’s untimely death in a duel in 1804. Eliza, however, lived to be 97 years old and outlived her husband by 50 years.

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