Church and Hamilton: the friendship

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The relationship between Alexander Hamilton and his sister in law Angelica Church has been the subject of debate between historians for a long time. Many would argue that they were engaged in an extramarital affair, but according to myself and many others this is highly unlikely. But that’s actually not what I’m going to talk about today. Instead, I will only present facts, and try to make sense of them in order to give you a picture of what the relationship between Hamilton and Church was actually like.  

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“I wish to have a conversation with you…. If you will name a day for taking a family dinner with me, I shall think it the best arrangement… The chief subjects will be additional funds for public Debt and the Bank. Would you have any objection that Mr. Fitsimmons should be of the party?”

— Alexander Hamilton to Robert Morris, November 9, 1790

  • A perfect example of how Hamilton’s political frankness. A similar invitation to discuss politics written by Jefferson would have been way less direct. I will post a quote from him shortly so you can see the difference.