Thankfully theirs was a purely platonic relationship (Angelica is rumored to have had an affair with Alexander). Theirs was a good marriage but unfortunately Peggy died young. Peggy married Stephen Van Rensselaer (a distant cousin) when he was 19 and she almost 25. When asked where Shuyler was (he was upstairs) she said that he had 'gone to alert the town'. Peggy runned back for her but was threatened by the mob. Intending on taking Philip Schuyler as prisioner of war, the family hid upstairs but left baby Catharine on the first floor. Legend has is that she saved her newborn sister Catharine when a group Tories and Native Americans (siding with the Loyalists) invaded the Schuyler mansion. She had a 'wicked wit', was 'high-spirited', generous, kind and reportedly, was one that could hold the interest of the entire dinner table. While I did not learn much more historically, I did enjoy that the focus was Peggy and her contributions. The prose, however, does paint an amicable and close relationship between these two as Alexander courts and marries Eliza. I did find that there was very liitle regarding the actual friendship between her and Alexander.

The focus is Peggy and the role she played during the American Revolution.

While this book does not quite compare to Stephanie Dray's 'Hamilton', it does have its own merits. When Alexander's letter arrives, she finds that this is an opportunity to do more. Peggy helps her mother with her younger siblings but feels left out and frusrated that she can not help more with the war effort. Peggy finds herself alone after Angelica elopes and Eliza leaves to join her uncle in George Washington's base camp.

This work deals with the youngest of the three sisters, Peggy. Recently I read 'My Dear Hamilton' and being unable to get that book out of my mind, decided to pick another that also dealt with the Schuyler family (a risky move, I know). Amid a revolution and a budding friendship with Alexander, Peggy grows into a formidable grace of her own. Peggy grows fond of Alexander and, in time, the two become good friends. That is until Alexander Hamilton writes her a letter, asking her to help him win over her sister Eliza. She is always 'and Peggy', finding herself in the shadows of her older sisters. Margarita 'Peggy' Schuyler is the third of the 'three graces': Angelica (the passionate and intelligent sister), Eliza (the kind and sweet sister) and Peggy.

Hamilton and Peggy! by L.M. Elliott