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Source for edit

I am a student at Eastern Michigan University and did some research on Louisa Lee Schuyler for my Women in History course. My main reference is listed below. Also used the New York Times archive section.

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Attie, Jeanie (1998) "Northern White Women and the Mobilization for War", in Mary Beth Norton and Ruth M. Alexander(eds)Major Problems in American Women's History (4th edn)Boston: Houghton-Mifflin (pg. 226-228). Kind regards,

CJRockman —Preceding unsigned comment added by CJRockman (talk • contribs) 21:41, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks CJRockman, I've added this reference to the article. Gobōnobō ⁺ ^c 22:01, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Family tree

After more research, I've reverted my earlier edit stating that Schuyler was the granddaughter of Alexander Hamilton. I'd made that edit because Hamilton married Philip Schuyler's daughter, which made it "obvious" that she was Hamilton's granddaughter, not great-granddaughter. But! I appear to have underestimated the inbreeding of the early American aristocracy. It looks like Louisa's mother married her cousin once-removed. In other words, her father was Philip Schuyler's grandson, while her mother was Schuyler's great-grandson by way of Hamilton. As a chart, as best as I can tell:

Philip Schuyler, Sr. -> Philip Schuyler, Jr. -> George Lee Schuyler (Louisa's father) cite Philip Schuyler, Sr. -> Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (married Alexander Hamilton, d. 1854) -> James Alexander Hamilton -> Elizabeth (Louisa's monther) cite

So George Lee Schuyler married his cousin, once-removed; the mystery is resolved because she is simultaneously Philip Schuyler Sr.'s great-granddaughter and great-great-grandaughter.

I'm noting it here because I can't find a good source that puts this all together in one place - I pieced it together from a bunch of lousy cites. If someone can find a single source that explains this well, it'd be worth adding. —Luis (talk) 04:38, 23 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]