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Whatever his flaws, Gouverneur Morris was his own person. Whether he was joining the Revolution even though it meant being ostrasized by family, marrying an infamous woman and losing friends, or just
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Alexander Hamilton and John Laurens met when Laurens joined George Washington’s military family, of which Hamilton was already a part, in August of 1777.¹ Though they came from different
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Robert Troup is often forgotten in stories of the United States’s founding, and it is not hard to see why. Though many of things Troup did ended up being important in the evolution of American
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Lafayette periodically regains the limelight in American culture. He has found his way to popularity again recently, and as his name is bounced around the internet, he often finds himself included
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Aaron Burr is an underrated figure in United States history, not necessarily because he was a much better person than most people believe (that much is open to debate) but because he is far more
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In the late eighteenth century, queer men were supposed to feel strange, unwanted, and alone. That didn't stop Baron von Steuben from building his own kind of
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By the time Alexander Hamilton and John Laurens ended up on George Washington's staff, both had known more than their share of heartbreak. They did not know they were both about to find someone just
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From his nearly twenty four year marriage, to his infamous affair, Hamilton's love of women is very well chronicaled. But Hamilton's love for women is only part of the