forum Teach me EVERYTHING that you know about Hamilton.

Started November 03, 2018 by @CW-BornConfuzzledLeftILoveYa

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Here's everything that I know (or remember):

• Once when Washington was ill, his doctor suggested doing something he finds relaxing. He brings Jefferson and Hamilton on a fishing trip, and it turned out just as bad as you'd expect it to!
• Jefferson once ate a tomato at a cabinet meeting, successfully tricking the entire group that he'd just poisoned himself. Luckily his studies of French culinaries gave him the knowledge that tomatoes are perfectly safe ;)
• Hamilton is from the island Nevis, a primarily sugarcane farming island, torn between African, French, Spanish, and English cultures. In his times the island was called "The Queen of the Caribs".
• Hamilton had a brother named Levi and a half-brother named Peter.
• Hamilton was self-conscious about the little bump on his nose.
• Hamilton wore pads to make his calves look swole.
• George Washington never powdered his hair— its all real in its luscious georgeousness.
• Jefferson thought powdered wigs looked like dead rats
• Hamilton had a strong prejudice against alcohol consumption thanks to his father, whom was potentially abusive (same for Laurens's father, Henry)

Here's everything that I know (or remember):

• Once when Washington was ill, his doctor suggested doing something he finds relaxing. He brings Jefferson and Hamilton on a fishing trip, and it turned out just as bad as you'd expect it to!
• Jefferson once ate a tomato at a cabinet meeting, successfully tricking the entire group that he'd just poisoned himself. Luckily his studies of French culinaries gave him the knowledge that tomatoes are perfectly safe ;)
• Hamilton is from the island Nevis, a primarily sugarcane farming island, torn between African, French, Spanish, and English cultures. In his times the island was called "The Queen of the Caribs".
• Hamilton had a brother named Levi and a half-brother named Peter.
• Hamilton was self-conscious about the little bump on his nose.
• Hamilton wore pads to make his calves look swole.
• George Washington never powdered his hair— its all real in its luscious georgeousness.
• Jefferson thought powdered wigs looked like dead rats
• Hamilton had a strong prejudice against alcohol consumption thanks to his father, whom was potentially abusive (same for Laurens's father, Henry)

All fabulous facts, however let me add some more regarding more minor characters:

• Angelica once slapped Jefferson so hard he wouldn’t go to parties if he knew she’d be there.

• “I’m well aware that I’ve set myself on fire. I don’t need your pity water either. Let me burn in peace.” -Elizabeth Schuyler-Hamilton, upon accidentally lighting her sleeve with a candle.

• Peggy once saved her little sister’s and her father’s life by lying to the face of an armed assassin.

• Jefferson not only ate a tomato in Congress, he often would eat Mac and Cheese during meetings. So often, in fact, that they had to ban food in the meetings because everyone thought it was disgusting.

• James Madison once wrote four letters back and forth for/to Congress and George Washington.

-JMads also once refused to go outside for a week after he lost his hat.

• Burr. Oh Burr. He once spent about $40 modern dollars on a coconut. He also wrote an obscene amount of melodramatic diary entries when he list his umbrella with a knife hidden in it.

• He also lit himself on fire trying to light a candle with a gun.

• George Washington used to use his silverware as drumsticks.

Fun fact! Washington died as a result of the common medical technique of bloodletting. The doctors at the time had greatly overestimated the amount of blood in the body, and drained over 80 oz. of blood (around 2.5 liters and 40% of the blood in the body) from Washington in an attempt to cure what was likely just a minor sickness.

Washington had a ton of dogs (one was named Sweetlips), and once accidentally found the dog of British General Howe. They called a truce and Washington returned the dog to his owner.

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.