Tales Of Old Albany - 01 - My Now Departed Friend, The Death of Alexander Hamilton

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Nearly everyone now knows the story of Alexander Hamilton thanks to the popular Hamilton: An American Musical. What many people don’t know about are Hamilton’s connections to Albany. From the moment he married Elizabeth Schuyler, Hamilton’s history would be forever intertwined with Albany’s. Hamilton was not only Eliza’s husband, but he was Major General Philip Schuyler’s son-in-law. Hamilton was frequently in Albany, both at the Schuyler Mansion and trying cases in the Supreme Court. He, Eliza, and their children often visited the home. Abraham Ten Broeck's son Dirck was a mentee and former clerk of Hamilton's, who had a lunch date with the patriot on July 11th, 1804 - a lunch date that Hamilton, tragically, would not keep. When Alexander Hamilton died on July 12, 1804, 214 years ago today, it wasn’t just New York City, the place he’d most recently called home, that mourned for him. The citizens of Albany, including the Schuylers and the Ten Broecks, all deeply felt his loss. Creative License In partnership with the Albany County Historical Association Tales of Old Albany Series One: The Schuylers and the Ten Broecks Episode One: “My Now Departed Friend - The Death of Alexander Hamilton” Presented by Aaron Holbritter and Casey Polomaine Written by Jessie Serfilippi Conceived and edited by Aaron Holbritter Produced by Aaron Holbritter and Casey Polomaine Recorded by Isaac Newberry Featuring: Ian LaChance*………….... Dirk Ten Broeck Isaac Newberry*……….... Alexander Hamilton Matthew G. Hamm**......... William Bayard, NYC Man #2 Evan Jones………............ Dr. Hosack, NYC Man #1, Common Council Member, Eliphalet Nott Krysta Dennis**....……..... Angelica Schuyler Church Samantha Hall-Saladino… NYC Woman, Eliza Schuyler Hamilton Patrick White……………… General Philip Schuyler Chris Foster……………..... General Abraham Ten Broeck Angela Buesing Potrikus.. . Elizabeth VR Ten Broeck *Creative License founding member ** Albany County Historical Association Board Trustee Music Credits: Theme song: Chase, Epic Adventure Composer: Johannes Bornloff http://audiograb.com/T2hGvDX5Fn Additional Music: Cinematic Piano by AShamaluevMusic. https://youtu.be/6Sq5Y2HzF1c "Forgotten" by Whitesand https://www.patreon.com/Whitesand "A Mothers Sacrifice" Music By: Jay Man @ https://ourmusicbox.com/ Official "OurMusicBox" YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/ourmusicbox All music licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Resources: Founders Archive Online (https://founders.archives.gov/) People of Colonial Albany (http://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov//albany/) The Essential Hamilton: Letters & Other Writings: A Library of American Special Publication Edited by Joanne Freeman Hamilton by Ron Chernow New York State Library Schuyler Family Papers NYPL Philip Schuyler Papers (https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/philip-schuyler-papers-2#/?tab=navigation) Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site Ten Broeck Mansion The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Albany County Hall of Records Eliphalet Nott Sermon http://www.firstpresalbany.org/events/nott-sermon.html) University of Virginia Library (https://explore.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/show/church/legacy/legacy) Sotheby's Dirck Ten Broeck letter; Vault MSS 511; Weir family papers; L. Tom Perry Special Collections; Arts & Communications Archives; 1130 Harold B. Lee Library; Brigham Young University; Provo, Utah 84602; http://sc.lib.byu.edu/ (https://findingaid.lib.byu.edu/viewItem/Vault%20MSS%20511/Series%205/Item%201/box%201/folder%2011/)