Item #322208 Observations on certain documents contained in No, V & VI of “The History of the United States, for the Year 1796.” In Which the Charge of Speculation against Alexander Hamilton, Late Secretary of the Treasury, Is Fully Refuted. Alexander Hamilton.
Observations on certain documents contained in No, V & VI of “The History of the United States, for the Year 1796.” In Which the Charge of Speculation against Alexander Hamilton, Late Secretary of the Treasury, Is Fully Refuted
Observations on certain documents contained in No, V & VI of “The History of the United States, for the Year 1796.” In Which the Charge of Speculation against Alexander Hamilton, Late Secretary of the Treasury, Is Fully Refuted
Observations on certain documents contained in No, V & VI of “The History of the United States, for the Year 1796.” In Which the Charge of Speculation against Alexander Hamilton, Late Secretary of the Treasury, Is Fully Refuted
Observations on certain documents contained in No, V & VI of “The History of the United States, for the Year 1796.” In Which the Charge of Speculation against Alexander Hamilton, Late Secretary of the Treasury, Is Fully Refuted

Hamilton Confesses to His Affair with Mrs. Reynolds

Observations on certain documents contained in No, V & VI of “The History of the United States, for the Year 1796.” In Which the Charge of Speculation against Alexander Hamilton, Late Secretary of the Treasury, Is Fully Refuted.

Philadelphia: Printed for John Fenno, by John Bioren, 1797.

First edition. 37, lviii pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Hamilton Confesses to His Affair with Mrs. Reynolds. Modern half calf and marbled boards, red calf label, gilt. Light scattered foxing and tanning. Very good Howes H 120; Evans 32222; Sabin 29970; Sheidley 36; Ford 64; Reese, Federal Hundred 68. Item #322208

The first edition of the infamous "Reynolds pamphlet," in which Hamilton describes his affair with Maria Reynolds and admits to paying off a blackmailer. In the pamphlet Hamilton takes the extraordinary step of admitting to adultery in order to clear his name of financial scandal. While successful in its purpose, it destroyed any hope of a political career on the national stage, and provided salacious ammunition for his enemies. A second edition, printed in 1800, was published by Hamilton's opponents to keep the scandal alive in the election of 1800, after the Hamilton family had purchased and destroyed most of the original edition.

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