Eliza Hamilton: The Keeper of America’s Financial Architect
After Alexander Hamilton’s death in his duel with Aaron Burr, Eliza raised eight children alone while preserving her husband’s legacy. She organized his papers and petitioned Congress for his military pension. Inspired by Alexander’s orphaned childhood, she co-founded New York’s first private orphanage. She interviewed veterans who served with him to document his wartime contributions. Her son James wrote his father’s biography from materials she preserved.
