Gertrude welcomes them and throws dinner parties to give them opportunities to spend time with their suitors. The sisters tell Eliza their parents are facing greater financial struggles and want the girls to stay with Gertrude for the time being. Eliza’s anger toward Alex cools when he sets an example for his men by letting her vaccinate him. Eliza is angry at his assumptions.Įliza’s sisters join her at Gertrude’s to help with the inoculations. Alex is disappointed, as he had been thinking about Eliza often in the years since they met. Eliza is horrified he would think her the kind of girl who would make such offers. On their ride to Morristown, Alex asks her why she never met him in the barn as she’d promised. She later learns he had heard she was coming and was watching for her. Her carriage breaks down, and Alex happens to be there to rescue her. He anxiously awaits her arrival, but she never comes.Įliza goes to stay with Aunt Gertrude.
Accompanying it is a note saying Eliza will meet him in the barn loft. Later that night, a servant gives Alex back the handkerchief he’d loaned Eliza. To her chagrin, Eliza finds herself charmed by the young man. Schuyler, angry at Eliza for refusing to wear the dress she selected, puts Alex’s name on Eliza’s dance card. Schuyler still insists Alex stay for the ball and take lodging in their barn for the night. Alex delivers his bad news, and Eliza and her sisters lash out at him. He also knows this may be his chance to meet Schuyler’s smart, patriotic daughter, Eliza. Schuyler: Schuyler is being court-martialed for his actions in a battle.Īlex knows Schuyler is innocent. The night of the Schuylers’ ball, Alex is charged with delivering bad news to Mr. Although an illegitimate child from an inconsequential bloodline, Alex has proven himself clever and industrious. She throws a ball.Īlex Hamilton is a young writer for Gen. Schuyler vows to marry off her three beautiful daughters, Angelica, Eliza and Peggy, to men of breeding before word gets out about their fiscal woes. The British have torched the Schuyler mansion, and the once-wealthy family experiences financial strain.
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