For #PrideMonth we’ll be exploring people in the Schuylers’ circle who were LGBTQ+. The first person we’re meeting is Chevalière d’Éon, who was a transwoman, born in France in 1728, and who was in Angelica Schuyler Church’s social circle. Possibly born intersex, d’Éon had been assigned male at birth and raised as a son of the French nobility. She had successful careers in the military, as a spy, and was highly regarded as one of the best fencers of her time.

#OTD in 1804, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr dueled in New Jersey. Hamilton was mortally wounded and brought to the Bayards' home. Both his wife, Eliza Schuyler Hamilton, and her sister, Angelica Schuyler Church, were called to his side. Their story is as follows: (1/7) After the duel, as Hamilton's boat reached the Manhattan shore, he said, according to the doctor present at the scene, David Hosack, "'Let Mrs. Hamilton be immediately sent for—let the event be gradually broken to her; but give her hopes.'" (founders.archives.gov/documents/Hami…) (2/7)