forum Teach me EVERYTHING that you know about Hamilton.

Started November 03, 2018 by @CW-BornConfuzzledLeftILoveYa

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Lafayette once regifted an alligator to John Adams because he didn’t know what to do with it.

• Hamilton had total Mary-Sue eyes, they're often described as being a deep, purpley blue.
• Burr lit himself on fire trying to light a candle with a gun not once, but twice
• Hamilton may have lied about his age to seem more impressive
• After the death of Philip Hamilton in a duel, the couple had another son, who they also named Philip
• He's not in the show, but John Hancock was a smuggler
• Jefferson had a mockingbird named Dick
• Jefferson also had a set of mastadon bones
• Adams and Jefferson died on the same day (July 4th, 1826). James Monroe would also die on July 4th, but not that year
• Jefferson was a Deist (he believed that God created the world and then left it to its own devices), and owned a copy of the Bible where he crossed/cut out everything he disagreed with, like the New Testament
• Franklin wanted the turkey as the national bird, which would make Thanksgiving…..interesting
• Franklin and Adams had to stay in a hotel together while traveling and got into a fight about whether or not they should keep the window open
• Washington's hair was styled and powdered, but it was not a wig
• When Maria Reynolds sued her husband for divorce, her lawyer was Aaron Burr
• Hamilton started the Coast Guard and the New York Post
• James Madison weighed around 100 pounds his whole life, and was only 5'4"
• Madison is on the $5,000 bill
• John Adams and Samuel Adams are cousins
• Samuel Adams didn't know how to ride a horse until he was middle-aged

• Washington didn’t live in the White House
• Redcoats performed on Broadway
• John Jay’s grave was robbed and his body is reportedly in pieces across the globe.

Hamilton created the Washington post to basically talk crap about his colleges.

Hamilton's last words were never recorded because he never stopped talking

Hamilton was bi and Laurens was gay, but never told his wife or child.

• Oh yeah Hamilton and John were hella gay for each other. They wrote very suggestive letters, some so explicit that John’s relative refused to publish parts of them.