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      • Hamilton died from wounds received during the duel in July 12, 1804. Elizabeth was then only 47 years old. She would live another 50 years.
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  2. Elizabeth Hamilton (née Schuyler / ˈ s k aɪ l ər /; August 9, 1757 – November 9, 1854 [2]) was an American socialite and philanthropist. She was the wife of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton and was a passionate champion and defender of Hamilton's work and efforts in the American Revolution and the founding of the United States .

  3. Jun 30, 2020 · After Vice President Aaron Burr killed Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton in a duel in 1804, Hamilton’s widow, Elizabeth Schuyler “Eliza” Hamilton, had to find a way to go on without...

  4. Jul 4, 2020 · During her decades as a widow, she founded New York's first private orphanage, socialized with some of the most famous figures in American history, and worked to ensure that her husband...

  5. As dramatized in Hamilton: The Musical, Eliza removed herself from her husband’s narrative after she was humiliated by the affair Alexander had with Maria Reynolds in 1791. Hamilton put himself and his reputation over his loyalty to his family when he published the ‘Reynold’s Pamphlet’ in 1797.

  6. Jul 13, 2020 · When Elizabeth “Eliza” Schuyler married Alexander Hamilton in December 1780, the pair would have seemed like a great mismatch on paper. She was rich, he was poor.

  7. Jul 5, 2020 · After Hamilton's sudden death in a duel with Aaron Burr in 1804, Eliza went on to outlive her husband by close to 50 years. In Hamilton 's closing number, "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who...

  8. Jul 15, 2016 · Hamilton’s devoted and long-suffering wife, Eliza, endured a barrage of losses around the time of the duel, including the deaths of her mother Catherine, and, three years before, the deaths of...