January 2012
178 posts
Anonymous asked: Hi, this is the Anon from before - I'm a bit scared to read the Washington biography by Chernow (so many pages!). Can you please tell me what you thought about His Excellency: George Washington? Thank you.
Anonymous asked: Thank you very, very much for the Washington biography recommendations - both you and onnesaitjamais! :)
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onnesaitjamais asked: For anonymous who wanted a Washington bio, we were assigned The Invention of George Washington by Paul Longmore for my George Washington & His World class last semester; very insightful and interesting!
Anonymous asked: Were any of the Founding Fathers Catholic?
Anonymous asked: Can you please recommend any really good George Washington biographies?
Anonymous asked: How often do you do Livestreams?
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Anonymous asked: Are there any George Washington appreciation blogs? Thank you. owo
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“In these discussions [on the affairs of France and England], Hamilton and myself...”
– Thomas Jefferson to Doctor Jones, March 5, 1810. Why is there no political cartoon of this? (via publius-reporter)
I’ve been tempted to draw this, but never have.
December 2011
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Revolutionary Tea
staysandstories:
There was an old lady lived over the sea And she was an Island Queen. Her daughter lived off in a new countrie, With an ocean of water between; The old lady’s pockets were full of gold But never contented was she, So she called on her daughter to pay her a tax Of three pence a pound on her tea, Of three pence a pound on her tea. “Now mother, dear mother,” the daughter...
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A death-bed Adieu. Th:J to MR.
Life’s visions are vanished, it’s dreams are no more. Dear friends of my bosom, why bathed in tears? I go to my fathers; I welcome the shore, which crowns all my hopes, or which buries my cares. Then farewell my dear, my lov’d daughter, Adieu! The last pang in life is in parting from you. Two Seraphs await me, long shrouded in death; I will bear them your love on my last...
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“For your own sake, for my sake, for the public sake, I shall pray for the...”
– Alexander Hamilton to John Laurens, September 16, 1780. In 1780, after Charleston fell to the British, Laurens had been captured and made a prisoner of war in Pennsylvania. He was waiting to hear back about a prospect of prisoner exchange from Benjamin Lincoln, and if it should flounder made threats...
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“I had the Anecdote of [Hamilton’s] threat to write a History of [Washington’s]...”
– John Adams to Benjamin Rush, November 14, 1812. I don’t know, I’m not even sure if context will help. (via publius-reporter)
Hm, well, he mentions the totally ridiculous anecdote about Hamilton threatening to write a history of the Revolution that attacked Washington in order to get a command....
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Documentary on the Hamilton/Burr Duel @ 8:30 EST →
That’s in about 10 minutes. :)
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“He represented Washington as being entirely without independence of character...”
– William H. Seward on a conversation with Aaron Burr
More Aaron Burr insulting Founders to come.
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Duel Documentary Livestream at 8:30 PM EST
I hope this time is good for everyone.
People Who Have Asked Me History Related Questions
You shall get answers! Sorry I haven’t gotten to them yet; I want to provide good answers and they require a touch of digging.
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So I bought a documentary on the Hamilton/Burr...
Tell me if you’re interested/good times/bad times.
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migratoryeagle replied to your chat: Aaron Burr Faces Horrifically Inhumane Conditions While in Prison
why was he in prison?
Treeeeeason. Well, trying to provoke a war with Spain and invade Mexico and other crazy things. He was acquitted.
I…think that’s about right.
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hyliari:
delinquentunicorn:
ask yourself why
i want to ask why
but i can’t stop laughing
I am genuinely disturbed.
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Aaron Burr Faces Horrifically Inhumane Conditions...
Jailer: I hope, sir, it would not be disagreeable to you if I should lock this door after dark.
Burr: By no means, sir; I should prefer it, to keep out intruders.
Jailer: It is our custom, sir, to extinguish all lights at nine o'clock; I hope, sir, you will have no objection to conform to that.
Burr: That, sir, I am sorry to say, is impossible, for I never go to bed till twelve, and always burn two candles.
Jailer: Very well, sir, just as you please. I should have been glad if it had been otherwise, but, as you please, sir.
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“He said if he could gain over the Marine Corps, and secure the naval...”
– William Eaton on a conversation with Aaron Burr
What…?
WHAT?
(via foundingfatherfest)
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, EATON
IT WAS A JOKE.
Any idea on what year this comment was supposedly said? If it was around the time of the Burr Conspiracy trial, I can absolutely belive Burr said something like this....
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“He said if he could gain over the Marine Corps, and secure the naval...”
– William Eaton on a conversation with Aaron Burr
What…?
WHAT?
(via foundingfatherfest)
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, EATON
IT WAS A JOKE.
Any idea on what year this comment was supposedly said? If it was around the time of the Burr Conspiracy trial, I can absolutely belive Burr said something like this....
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“Answer To The Inquiry Why I Sighed
Before no mortal ever knew
A love like...”
– Alexander Hamilton to Eliza Schuyler, December 1779-1780. This, along with one of Hamilton’s final letters, was found in a tiny bag around Eliza’s neck after her death. The sonnet was so worn it was sewn together with thread. (via publius-reporter)
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“He said if he could gain over the Marine Corps, and secure the naval...”
– William Eaton on a conversation with Aaron Burr
What…?
WHAT?
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7 Iconic Founding Father Designs →
What’s that? You say I wouldn’t have linked to this if it hadn’t featured my pic? Do you think me to shallow?!
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“I feel the deepest affliction at the news we have just received of the loss of...”
– Alexander Hamilton to Nathanael Greene, October 12, 1782 (via hamiltonismyhomeboy)
Ship Laurens/Ham forever
(via vigwig)
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casually copying sophia's headcanon idea--modern...
reneexmaria:
—Aaron burr is really, really good at driving stick shift. He prefers it.
—he has tons of pictures in his wallet. close to 30. a good portion of them are of his daughter Theodosia, and he is one of those people who pulls it out every chance he gets to talk and brag about her. the other pictures are of various children—some foreign ones, some that he supposedly ‘fathered’, some of...
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Aaron Burr's eyes glow with all the scintillating...
reneexmaria:
lets all just take a minute
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I have to be awake tomorrow at 5 am
reneexmaria:
And so, in the spirit of what seems to be the recurring theme in my miserable farce of a life, I leave you with this:
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So heterosexual, writer.
This is an awesomely thorough description.
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“To the ladies he is all attention—all devotion—in conversation he gazes on them...”
– Frankfort Palladium (newspaper) description of Aaron Burr.
….Uhhhhh….*tugs at collar*….Wow. I don’t think the ladies were the only ones captivated, newspaper article writer.
This jibes pretty much exactly with Renee’s description of him.
Now I am compelled to compare...
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Random Alexander Hamilton Headcanons
Hamilton casually tossed his sons into snowbanks during the winter and shoved snow down their shirts (at least the little ones who couldn’t fight back).
When he was alone, he sometimes danced to imaginary music in his head.
He fawned over his children in such am overly affectionate way that he often embarrassed them in front of their friends. Sometimes on purpose. (“Philip is...
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“Here, for the first time, I had the pleasure of knowing Colonel Hamilton. He...”
– William Graydon
Charming and brilliant Hamilton.
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What is your favorite description of a historical...
It could be because it’s funny, revealing, or just plain interesting to you.
For Hamilton, I think mine favorites are:
“…he had the most artless simplicity of any man I ever knew.”
I like this quote because I think it really cuts to the core of Hamilton’s essential nature.
“I cannot tell you about his greatness, but he was as playful as a...
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“Nor is it true, that Jefferson is zealot enough to do any thing in pursuance of...”
– Alexander Hamilton on Thomas Jefferson
Anonymous asked: bobbin-threadbare on DeviantArt drew a nice picture of Hamilton writing something about Burr. Maybe you should go check it out. ;)
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“On this subject [the disunion of the US], Mr. Burr conversed very freely; and...”
– Rufus King Memorandum on a Conversation between Burr and Roger Griswold.
So mysterious, Colonel Burr.
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“Ordered, that the petition of Elizabeth Hamilton, presented on the thirtieth of...”
– James Madison, December 5, 1809, Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, Vol. 7.
In 1809, Eliza Hamilton petitioned President Madison for Hamilton’s military pension (Congress granted it to her in 1816). But what strikes me as conspicuous about this is that it seems she was...