Echoes of a Nocturne

He/Him/bi/🏳️‍⚧️ history shit/

[fluviusy]

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Alright who do I gotta blame this time for the Beatles suggestions on my dash

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Was Hamilton writing about his affair while his wife was giving birth, or did I dream that?

[lanfykins]

Not quite, but...

Observations on Certain Documents Contained in No. V & VI of “The History of the United States for the Year 1796,” In Which the Charge of Speculation Against Alexander Hamilton, Late Secretary of the Treasury, is Fully Refuted. Written by Himself (better known by the more catchy title) was published in July 1797. William S Hamilton was born at the start of August.

So yeah, let's just pause for a moment to consider that while Ham's heavily pregnant wife was ready to pop at any moment, the thing he cared about most of all was... clearing his name. FSVO 'clearing'.

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Thank you for the information! He was such a shit.

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Was Hamilton writing about his affair while his wife was giving birth, or did I dream that?

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[kimtiny]

Fanfiction so hard I made cover art for it @aaronburrssexdungeon

[fluviusy]

Ok the contrast reminds me so much of weehawken when I was there

The open space where they are less burdened and can walk together on the cliff with the wind blown on their faces and watching the city in distance

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I eat biscoff spread like how a white girl eats nutella

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No, please, I can't take another ad for that goddamn temu neck massager with the freaky hands

[aramistinguette]

saintspierre sketches but it's all @revolutionarywig's vampire Robespierre fanart because he lives in my mind rent free

[revolutionarywig]

My jaw literally dropped I INHALED I STARTED QUAKING AOUGH I love the homoerotic gazes at each other the love in their eyes at each other the bites them snuggling on top of each other them OOB the kisses pardon pardon AWW OUGH!!! OP…you feed the people…🥹 vampire saintspierre…oh life is lovely

[mussymuncher]

[john-laurens]

“May 1st was May Day, a traditional feast that celebrated the end of winter with drinks and songs. In Valley Forge every regiment erected a maypole, and bands of soldiers toured the camp with flowers in their hats, cheering each pole and being rewarded with glasses of rum. Elsewhere various games, such as ‘base,’ a forerunner of baseball, and wicket, a version of cricket, were soon in progress. Some officers, doubly inspired by May Day and the good news from France, spent the afternoon enjoying a bibulous barbecue on the banks of the Schuylkill. A fifer and a drummer played patriotic and sentimental tunes, which the celebrators bellowed into the sunshine. Not a few of them drank more than they could handle and noticed that the two musicians were giving them peculiar looks. One officer, Alexander Graydon of Pennsylvania, called their expressions ‘sneering.’”

From Washington’s Secret War by Thomas Fleming

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Hamilton sketch from memory

[ring2002]

sexually repressed people be like “i have an ancient evil stirring within me. no one can know” and its literally just craving intimacy

[recklesspony]

then you fuck off and go die in the American Revolution

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If a guy from the 18th century got transported here today I'd make him listen to Fleetwood Mac

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"Knight of the Bedchamber"

Sorry in advance if anyone else has done this. So I was curious about that quote from Ron Chernow's biography of Alexander Hamilton, and knowing how it has come under scrutiny for lack of sources, I was curious about this passage on page 283: "Angelica dropped a garter that was swept gallantly off the floor by Hamilton. Angelica, who had a sly wit, teased him that he wasn't a Knight of the Garter. Angelica's sarcastic sister, Peggy, then remarked "He would be a Knight of the Bedchamber if he could." I took a look at Chernow's footnote, which is Noemie Emery's Alexander Hamilton: An Intimate Portrait, on page 126. I bought the book out of curiosity, wanting to know more information on Hamilton's life, and well, it looks like Chernow wasn't the only one with a lack of cited sources.

She puts nothing. No source. I dug a little deeper, and found this article.

This one actually has a source linked! This rumor comes from a letter written by Harrison Gray Otis, and the scene actually goes a little differently:

"Dined at Breck’s with Mrs [Angelica Schuyler] Church, Miss [Cornelia] Schuyler,  Genl. [Alexander] Hamilton, Champlin &c &c. Mrs. [Angelica] C. the mirror of affectation, but as she affects to be extremely affable and free from ceremony, this foible is rather amusing than offensive. Miss Schuyler a young wild flirt from Albany, full of glee & apparently desirous of matrimony.  After Dinner Mrs. C. dropped her shoe bow, Miss S– picked it up and put it in Hamiltons buttonhole saying “there brother I have made you a Knight.” But of what order” (says Madam C) “he can’t be a Knight of the garter in this country.”  “True sister” replied Miss S– “but he would be if you would let him!”

That's actually a funny little scene- we don't know Hamilton's reaction to their playing, but now we have an actual source!

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Happy anniversary of this post

[aaronburrssexdungeon]

IF i had to choose who'd i'd clerk for / be an assistant to i think hamilton edges out burr but barely. they'd both be extremely miranda priestly coded and would definitely make me cry in the bathroom but hamilton's irritation would burn very hot and then his temper would cool and he'd be easy breezy but i think if you made one single mistake after hearing burr give instructions he would write you off as unsalvageably stupid.

[fluviusy]

HBD to @revolutionarywig !!!🕺🕺🕺