![]() She passed away there on November 9, 1854. and was celebrated by dignitaries and the public for her connection to the nation’s colonial history. In 1833, she moved from New York to Washington D.C. She also helped to raise money for a memorial to President George Washington: an iconic monument that stands today in the middle of our National Mall in Washington, DC. Portrayed by Phillipa Soo, Eliza first appears in the Hamilton Act I number 'The Schuyler Sisters.' The song establishes her personality traits, and how she interacts with siblings Angelica (Renée Elise Goldsberry) and Peggy (Jasmine Cephas Jones). ![]() The New York Orphan Asylum Society continues to exist today, now called Graham Windham. By the time she left the orphanage in 1848 she had been with the organization continuously since its founding, a total of forty-two years. She was named first directress and served for twenty-seven years in that role. She was a co-founder of the Orphan Asylum Society, an agency that provided shelter, food and education to children without parents or homes. Thanks to an early financial intervention from friends and colleagues, she retained ownership of The Grange.Īfter her husband’s death, she continued to raise her large family and manage The Grange. Eliza, however, lived to be 97 years old and outlived her husband by 50 years. Their union lasted 24 years before Hamilton’s untimely death in a duel in 1804. In 1780, Eliza married Hamilton at her family’s mansion in Albany. Her mother, Catherine, was a socialite who was born to the prominent Van Rensselaer family. Schuyler, was a general in the Continental Army, politician, and businessman. Also known as Eliza or Betsy, she was from a prominent Dutch family in Albany, New York. Beseler Latern Slide Co Inc Undated NPS Photo.jpgĮlizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757–1854) was a philanthropist, wife to Alexander Hamilton, and mother of their 8 children.
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