“My Betsey”: The Remarkable Wife of Alexander Hamilton – Elizabeth Kahn Kaplan

Elizabeth Schuyler and Alexander Hamilton came from widely different family backgrounds, yet their marriage was a great success. Included in this talk are their eight children; her reaction to his affair with Maria Reynolds; his fatal duel with Aaron Burr in 1804. She lived for 50 more years as a widow salvaging the reputation of her distinguished husband and working on behalf of orphans and public education in New York.

You may also like the following events from Village of Babylon Historical & Preservation Society:

• This Sunday, 28th September, 02:00 pm, My Camera and Eye…A Creative Journey – Holly Gordon in Babylon
• Next month, 26th October, 02:00 pm, Stanford White Murder – Marsha Collock in Babylon