Catherine Van Rensselaer
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Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler was a Colonial and post-Colonial American socialite and the matriarch of the prominent colonial Schuyler family as wife of Philip Schuyler.
Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler c. 1795 by Walter Robinson (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Schuyler Mansion, which was constructed from 1761 to 1765.
Mrs. Schuyler Burning Her Wheat Fields on the Approach of the British, painting by Emanuel Leutze, 1852.
Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton
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Elizabeth Hamilton 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 effor
Catherine Van Rensselaer
…Angelica Schuyler (1756–1814), who married John Barker Church (1748–1818), later a British MP. Elizabeth Schuyler (1757–1854), who married Alexander Hamilton (1755/7–1804), later the first Secretary of the Treasury. Elizabeth co-founded the first orphanage in New…
1787 portrait
Elizabeth Hamilton depicted in a c. 1795 portrait by James Sharples
Alexander Hamilton featured on the Ten Dollar Bill
Elizabeth Hamilton, 1825 portrait by Henry Inman