Alexander Hamilton had fallen off a boat and into a frozen river a few hours prior. Everyone assumed him dead.. You, and others including: George Washington, Marquis de Lafayette, John Laurens, Hercules Mulligan, and many more soldiers were drinking in honor of Alexander Hamilton, Washington’s aide-de-camp. A few people were crying. Then, suddenly, Alexander Hamilton walks in shivering and wet, his hair tied out of his face in a low pony tail. “Really?” he asks, maintaining a monotone voice.