Summary of Bill Shaffer's The Scandalous Hamiltons

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#1 On January 7, 1889, an unlikely couple crossed the Hudson River from Manhattan to Paterson, New Jersey, to be married. Robert Ray Hamilton and Eva Brill were improbable candidates to become husband and wife. The birth of their first child out of wedlock provided the impetus for Ray to marry Eva.

#2 Ray and Eva’s wedding was different from the typical couples Reverend Burr had helped marry. Ray was a lawyer, while Eva was from a poor family in Pennsylvania. They were married by a country preacher in rural Pennsylvania, with a few family members and a scattering of townsfolk in attendance.

#3 Ray and Eva’s marriage was arranged by their families. They had no issue with the arrangement, as they had plans to start a new life in San Diego.

#4 Ray Hamilton, the investor who bought property as far north as Ninety-Third Street and Eighth Avenue in Manhattan, bought property in San Diego as far north as Ninety-Third Street and Eighth Avenue. He understood the influence of infrastructure on development and could afford to speculate.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Aug 13, 2022
• ISBN: 9798350012897

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

On January 7, 1889, an unlikely couple crossed the Hudson River from Manhattan to Paterson, New Jersey, to be married. Robert Ray Hamilton and Eva Brill were improbable candidates to become husband and wife. The birth of their first child out of wedlock provided the impetus for Ray to marry Eva.

#2

Ray and Eva’s wedding was different from the typical couples Reverend Burr had helped marry. Ray was a lawyer, while Eva was from a poor family in Pennsylvania. They were married by a country preacher in rural Pennsylvania, with a few family members and a scattering of townsfolk in attendance.

#3

Ray and Eva’s marriage was arranged by their families. They had no issue with the arrangement, as they had plans to start a new life in San Diego.

#4

Ray Hamilton, the investor who bought property as far north as Ninety-Third Street and Eighth Avenue in Manhattan, bought property in San Diego as far north as Ninety-Third Street and Eighth Avenue. He understood the influence of infrastructure on development and could afford to speculate.

#5

The Hamiltons had a wet nurse, Mary Ann Donnelly, accompany them on their journey west. In the late 1800s, it was common for wealthy families to hire a wet nurse either because of a mother’s inability to lactate or an unwillingness to feed her own child.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

Atlantic City was a popular vacation destination for Philadelphians in the 1850s. The town's residents and visitors would go to the beach, and the boardwalk was a place where you could observe every aspect of human nature.

#2

Ray and