I was doing some research about Washington's aides-de-camp during the American Revolutionary War when I stumbled across this portrait of Samuel B. Webb by Charles Wilson Peale:
[CREDIT: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miniature_painting_of_Samuel_B._Webb_by_Charles_Willson_Peale.jpg]
Remind you of anyone?
[CREDIT: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Willson_Peale_-_John_Laurens_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg]
These portraits look so similar! Pair these with those portraits of Hamilton (also by Peale) and I think we've found Laurens' doppelgangers!
[CREDIT: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/543035667553793611/?lp=true]
[CREDIT: https://www.artsy.net/artwork/charles-willson-peale-portrait-of-alexander-hamilton-1757-1804]
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RandomThis book, like this account in general, is pretty eclectic. It'll probably contain miscellaneous facts and chapters that don't fit in any of my other books, along with some odd chapters here and there about my life and updates on my books if chapte...