Historical Accuracy of Hamilton the Musical

Broadway hit musical Hamilton was recently nominated for 16 Tony awards, breaking a record for the most Tony nominations for one musical. Lin Manuel Miranda, the playwright and creator of Hamilton, launched a program called EduHam, where low income New York high school students are invited to a performance of the show for $10. Quite a discount, since resale tickets are being listed on the internet for over $3000. The purpose of the program is to instigate a love for learning and history in a creative way. With that being said, how historically accurate is the musical that's soon being converted into material inside U. S. History classrooms. Mirada puts enormous detail into his lyrics, including a shoutout to Sally Hennigs, Thomas Jefferson's slave that he has a relationship with, in the R&B jam that introduces the character in the musical.
One of the details that Miranda is most proud of including is the reference to Washington's slave owning. After the Battle of Yorktown, many soldiers wondered if the end of the war and the surrender of the British finally meant freedom. For the white soldiers, freedom from taxations without representation, and for the black soldiers freedom from slavery. Hamilton wonders this during the play, and Christopher Jackson, the man who plays the general from Mt. Vernon, responds "not yet". Later on after Hamilton's death, his wife Eliza Schuyler sings about his legacy and her efforts to preserve it, "I raise money in D.C for the Washington Monument". Washington appears to sing "she tells my story", but as Eliza moves on to her efforts to end slavery, he steps back into the shadow.
While minute, details like this truly enhance the educational value of the play.
The play is detailed, but Miranda did take artistic liberty in areas where the historical records were simply not adequate, or what really happened didn't serve the purpose of the story. After the opening number, Miranda creates a completely fictional encounter between Hamilton and future enemy, Aaron Burr to provide context. In the song "Right Hand Man", Washington in the play begs Hamilton to serve in the war, offering him his own post to be in charge of. Historically, Hamilton and his friends actually badgered Washington for months to give him his own post, afraid that the war would end without him having a chance to serve. There are a few other places where battles are rearranged so characters could attend events, but the blatant interpretation of history happens after Hamilton publishes The Reynold Pamphlet, his own writing that revealed his affair with married Maria Reynolds. Eliza burned almost all of the letter he wrote to her after this, literally erasing records of her reaction. Miranda creates a solo for actress Philippa Soo here, a song about her erasing herself from the narrative. Eliza may have well as sat in front of a lantern burning letters and singing, there's no way to know.
Miranda successfully crafts a musical that blends impressive historical accuracy and entertainment value, it's no wonder why it's such a hit.