Who could withstand such a lover? Elizabeth Schuyler did not, and her father commended her judgment. For he wrote to Hamilton:
"You cannot, my dear sir, be more happy at the connexion you have made with my family than I am. Until the child of a parent has made a judicious choice, his heart is in critical anxiety; but this anxiety was removed the moment I discovered on whom she had placed her affection. I am pleased with every instance of delicacy in those who are dear to me; and I think I read your soul on that occasion you mention. I shall therefore only entreat you to consider me as one who wishes in every way to promote your happiness, and I shall."
The young people were married at the Schuyler homestead in Albany on December 14, 1780.
To-day the Ford Mansion where Hamilton dreamed of a conquest in which the British had no part is owned by the Washington Association of New Jersey, and is open to visitors. The Campfield House is to be found on a side street; it has been moved from its original site.
Photo by R. H. Rose and Son, Princeton
NASSAU HALL AND THE FIRST PRESIDENT'S HOUSE,
PRINCETON, N. J.
NASSAU HALL, PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY
WHERE THE CONGRESS OF 1783 MET FOR FIVE MONTHS