I have not tim to tell you the cause of my present troubles only that Mr. December 15, Hamilton received an urgent note from his mistress: Hamilton (whose wife and children were vacationing with relatives in Albany) and Maria Reynolds saw each other regularly throughout the summer and fall of 1791-until James Reynolds returned to the scene and instantly saw the profit potential in the situation.
A conversation followed, at which point Hamilton felt certain that “other than pecuniary consolation would be acceptable” to Maria Reynolds.Īnd thus began an affair that would put Alexander Hamilton at the front of a long line of American politicians forced to apologize publicly for their private behavior. When he arrived at the Reynolds home, Maria led him into an upstairs bedroom. Hamilton was eager to be of service, but, he recounted later, it was not possible at the moment of her visit, so he arranged to visit her that evening, money in hand.
Hamilton, just 34, was serving as secretary of the United States treasury and was himself a New Yorker she thought he would surely be able to help her return to that city, where she could resettle among friends and relatives. Her husband, James Reynolds, had abandoned her-not that it was a significant loss, for Reynolds had grossly mistreated her before absconding. Maria Reynolds, a 23-year-old blonde, came to Hamilton’s Philadelphia residence to ask for help. The collection includes correspondence, speeches and writings, legal and financial papers, printed matter, and other papers, chiefly from 1777 to 1804.In the summer of 1791, Alexander Hamilton received a visitor. Hamilton served in the American Revolutionary War as senior aide-de-camp and confidant to General George Washington, the American commander-in-chief.
As Secretary of the Treasury, Hamilton was the primary author of the economic policies of the George Washington administration, especially the funding of the state debts by the Federal government, the establishment of a national bank, a system of tariffs, and friendly trade relations with Britain. Hamilton was one of the most influential interpreters and promoters of the Constitution, the founder of the nation's financial system, and the founder of the first American political party. Additional information via the digital edition: nd on Founders OnlineĪ comprehensive edition of the papers of Alexander Hamilton (1755 - 1804), one of the founders of the United States of America.
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