Alexander Hamilton’s relationship with Elizabeth is one of the greatest love stories in American history, now being retold on the Broadway stage in Hamilton. Over the course of their marriage, Elizabeth loved Alexander, forgave him, bore him eight children, and honored his memory for half a century of widowhood. It includes both letters written and received by Hamilton, as well as his famous Treasury reports, contributions to The Federalist Papers,and other writings. I am to be thus monopolized, by a little nut-brown maid like you-and from a statesman and a soldier metamorphosed into a puny lover." This letter is just one of many that Hamilton wrote throughout his life that shows his deep love for his wife. A letter written in 1780 by Alexander Hamilton that was thought stolen for decades has finally returned to Massachusetts, where it will be displayed at the Commonwealth Museum. The Wisconsin Historical Society holds original letters written by all the signers of the Declaration of Independence and U.S. The methodology of The Papers of Alexander Hamiltonfollowed closely the model of the pioneering Thomas Jefferson seriesat Princeton. In this letter, Hamilton expresses his adoration for his future wife, writing, "I have told you, and I told you truly that I love you too much. One of our favorite documents in the Gilder Lehrman Collection is a love letter from Hamilton to Elizabeth, written two months before their wedding.
On December 14, 1780, Alexander Hamilton married Elizabeth Schuyler, the second daughter of wealthy patriot Philip Schuyler.
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