Margarita Schuyler Van Rensselaer, or Peggy Schuyler as she was called by most of her friends, succumbed to an illness that in 1801 left her this mortal coil.Illness in today's world is a far cry from what it used to be, and Peggy's death is only another reminder of how real and yet remote those days were.
While Peggy was reared in a rich, privileged background--family magic -- life must have been pleasant indeed. And though she died at the young age of 42, she leaves on for us something of her vitality in history.