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Watching hbomberguy's video and "The Reynolds Pamphlet" started playing in my head at the 1 hour mark
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Do you have a post on Maria Reynolds? I haven't been able to find much information about her, I read she became a nun or something after the scandal??
i know i do, i am struggling to find it because tumblr's search function has and always will be ass
RAHHH I CANT FIND ANY OF THEM fuck this im giving you a short history of her life because i love you with all my heart
DISCLAIMER: i fucking hate Ron Chernow, especially for his treatment of Maria Reynolds in his book, but him and wikipedia are all I have right now and my relationship with him is very toxic pls help. also this post will discuss heavy things like forced prostitution and ron chernow absolutely butchering this subject so just be aware of what is best for you
Early Life
Maria Reynolds was born as Mary Lewis on March 30, 1768 to Susannah Van Der Burgh and Richard Lewis, who was Susannah's second husband. She had eleven siblings, and they did not have very much money, and were likely a pretty average 18th century white family in America, with poor literacy rates, struggles with debt, and the women being taken advantage of. They lived in Dutchess County, New York.
Maria was literate, but not well educated. This is something she was strongly mocked for by both her husband, Hamilton, Chernow, and other men. Well, I guess Hamilton didn't really mock her, but he definitely looked down on her for it. Fucking asshole. She also seemed to have very strong mood swings from a young age, and this could have been something psychological, like a mood disorder, or it could have been physiological or hormonal, such a menstrual disorder that was never properly treated because women's issues were not taken seriously at the time, mental or physical. This is also something she was mocked for.
Maria was married off to James Reynolds, a Revolutionary War veteran, on July 28th, 1783 when she was 15 years old. James Reynolds often lobbied the government for money after the war, foreshadowing his debt problems and later exploitation of his underage wife for money.
Together, the couple would have one daughter, Susan, named after her grandmother, who was born on August 18, 1785. Maria showed herself to be a devoted mother who would do anything for her daughter, including putting herself in harms way to make sure she didn't face the same fate. Unfortunately, Susan would also later be in an unhealthy relationship, despite her mother's efforts.
Maria Lewis was always described as very emotional, innocent, smart, and pretty, despite those who attempted to degrade her.
Men before Hamilton
It was early in her marriage when she was looked down upon by men, beginning with the son of her first landlady in Philadelphia.
"Her mind at this time was far from being tranquil or consistent, for almost the same minute that she would declare her respect for her husband, cry and feel distressed, [the tears] would vanish and levity would succeed, with bitter execrations on her husband. This inconsistency and folly was ascribed to a troubled, but innocent and harmless mind... [Reynolds] had frequently enjoined and insisted that she should insinuate herself on certain high and influential characters- endeavor to make assignments with them and actually prostitute herself to gull money from them." -Richard Folwell, August 12, 1797
Her complicated feelings about her husband allowed men to reduce her to being deceptive, however it shows that she was torn between her bias towards her husband, who had been around her and influencing her throughout her formative, adolescent years, and the things he was asking her to do, including prostituting herself.
These escalated to more than requests for her to prostitute herself to rich men into demands and threats. Reynolds became physically abusive to his wife if she did not comply with his demands to sleep with and extort rich men. Eventually, this became a pattern, and she became known as a prostitute who slept separately from her husband so she could entertain her midnight visitors, when essentially she was being human trafficked by her husband at the age of 18.
There is evidence to suggest that she only slept with Hamilton when Reynolds threatened to physically abuse her daughter, Susan. I'm not going to go into too much detail about the affair because I believe it's over done, but I am going to discuss how Ron Chernow talks about this woman, and the consequences of victim blaming.
Ron Chernow Hates Women
Ron Chernow discusses the Reynolds Affair in chapter 19 of his novel Alexander Hamilton. Already, he places some of the blame on Elizabeth Hamilton with the sentence "It was a dangerous moment for Eliza to abandon Hamilton,", even though he likes to put her on a pedestal so people think he's a feminist (Chernow 363). You're not a feminist, Ron, you're a 75 year old incel, and I feel bad for your wife.
Chernow introduces Maria Reynolds by stating her age at the time of the affair (23), and for some reason, making up the fact that her name is pronounced "Mariah"??? He gives no citation for this, so I'm assuming he made it up to make her seem more slutty. Her name was Maria. Actually, her name was Mary, but if we had any link between her and the Christian figure for maternity and purity, well that wouldn't work with the portrayal of her as a disgusting, crazy, lying whore, right?
Chernow uses words like "doleful tale", "fanciful", "conspired", and "trickster" to describe Maria, but gives no proof of her malicious intent towards Hamilton. He portrays Hamilton as vain, however a savior to Maria, and she simply HAD to have been in love with him because of how good of a person he was. Ron Chernow manipulates Maria Reynolds' character to fit his personal belief that there are two kinds of women: good, pure, Christian homemakers, and uneducated sluts who deserve their mistreatment from men (Chernow 367).
Even though Ron Chernow finds it more comfortable to believe that Maria worked in cohorts with her piece of shit husband, and that they together decided to use Hamilton for his money, the truth is that she was a severely abused woman throughout her entire life, especially at the hands of James Reynolds. Her manipulation of Hamilton was not to gain something, but to prevent her and her daughter from being abused. Chernow glosses over this, dismissing it as something she made up to secure a divorce, but it was proven true in a court of law. Chernow's famous cognitive dissonance strikes again: the US government is very securely made with a magnificent justice system, yet uneducated, illiterate women can manipulate it to get... a piece of notarized paper! Yeah, don't let this senile old man write any more books. Thanks.
Aftermath
The backlash from The Reynolds Pamphlet, published 1797, would haunt Maria for the rest of her life. She remarried twice, once to Jacob Clingman, who is another piece of shit who should have his dick guillotined, and the other time to Dr. Matthew (idk his last name) who she was a housekeeper for. She allegedly wrote her own pamphlet, but never published it. Idk anything about that.
Maria would raise her two grandchildren after her daughter's untimely death. She also changed her name back to Mary, becoming Mary Matthew for the rest of her life. She was devoutly religious, joining the Methodist Church, but not a nun. She died loved on March 25, 1828. And if there isn't someone on earth who loves Mary Matthew, then I am dead.
Here's your Maria Reynolds post. I love her so much, and I will defend her until I have no voice left, my fingers can't write or type, my eyes can't move, and my legs can't walk. She deserves so much better than what she got and how she's been portrayed. Vive Mary Lewis.
#history#amrev#american history#women's history#maria reynolds#the reynolds pamphlet#the reynolds affair#alexander hamilton#asks#still pissed that i cant find my other posts on her because i know i have a few :/
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I really want to talk about the Reynolds - Hamilton affair and the Pamphlet. I feel like people completely misunderstand it and never look at both sides of the story, I feel as though they get all of their information from ‘Hamilton’, Pinterest, Tiktok, Tumblr etc. Firstly I want to say Maria Reynolds was not a “wh0re” like people say she is, she was a victim.
She was forced into it, she went to Hamilton as he was known for his kindness and generosity she just wanted help, he helped her and they ended up sleeping together and then he got blackmailed by JAMES REYNOLDS not Maria into carrying on the affair for financial reasons. She was pretty much sold for money. Maria needed help to get out of her abusive marriage, she wanted love and happiness not the marriage she was in.
Now onto Alexander Hamilton. Before you absolutely tear me to pieces I’m not saying Alexander was completely innocent or that he was in the right I’m saying that neither he or Maria were the villains, James Reynolds was. Hamilton should’ve stopped this affair straight away I agree obviously being blackmailed for money would’ve been quite a tricky situation to get yourself out of I mean it’s karma at it’s finest right? Now onto the actual pamphlet. The pamphlet completely ruined Maria and her reputation and her life effectively which is not fair at all if anything she should’ve been supported and helped out but no, people scorned her and pretty much forced her to move out of the country to Britain with her second husband. Alexander published the whole affair honestly letting everyone know what he did obviously not knowing how badly this would damage both his and Maria’s reputation and also Eliza’s.
In conclusion James Reynolds is a horrible person, Maria was a victim who deserved so much better and Alexander was an idiot but not necessarily a bad person. I have so much else to say about this situation but I won’t because I don’t people to twist my words. :))
#amrev#american history#alexander hamilton#john laurens#american revolution#alexander hamilshit#maria reynolds#the reynolds pamphlet#James Reynolds
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#hamilton musical#alexander hamilton#angelica schuyler#the reynolds pamphlet#eliza schuyler#elizabeth schuyler#hamilton#pikachu meme#hamilton memes#hamilton the musical#history
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hamilton lyrics I think about constantly (not in order)
"my father wasn't around, I swear that I'll be around for you." - dear theodosia
"you accumulate debt, you accumulate power, yet in their hour of need, you forget." - cabinet battle #2
"and if there's a reason I'm still alive when everyone who loves me has died, i'm willing to wait for it." - wait for it
"in clearing your name, you have ruined our lives." - burn
"i love my sister more than anything in this life, i will choose her happiness over mine every time." - the reynolds pamphlet
"forgiveness, can you imagine?" - it's quiet uptown
"fools who run their mouths off wind up dead." - Aaron Burr, Sir
"so this is what it feels like to match wits with someone at your level, what the hell is the catch?" - satisfied
"just stay alive, that would be enough." - that would be enough
#hamilton musical#eliza schuyler#alexander hamilton#aaron burr#angelica schuyler#thomas jefferson#dear theodosia#cabinet battle 2#wait for it#burn#the reynolds pamphlet#it's quiet uptown#aaron burr sir#satisfied#that would be enough
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In loving memory of the time when Monroe tried to apologise to Eliza to make himself feel better before he died and she was like: “yeah, no I don’t think so.”
Or in the old English:
Mr. Monroe,” she told him, “if you have come to tell me that you repent, that you are sorry, very sorry, for the misrepresentations and the slanders and the stories you circulated against my dear husband, if you have come to say this, I understand it. But otherwise, no lapse of time, no nearness to the grave, makes any difference.”
#Eliza#elizabeth hamilton#elizabeth schuyler#james monroe#the reynolds pamphlet#epilogue of Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
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According to the button house archives Thomas was born in 1796 which means he was one year old when this was happening in the USA:
For context The Reynolds Pamphlet was published in 1797.
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i think it's so funny how "say no to this" is narrated by Hamilton to the audience as if it was a third party to resemble the defendant tone he would soon take with the Reynolds Pamphlet
#silly thots#hamilton#say no to this#alexander hamilton#maria reynolds#the reynolds pamphlet#hamilton act 2
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Picture this:
I'm vibing, getting ready to go to bed.
I put on my Spotify list of songs I like.
The list contains 410 songs in total and is on shuffle.
Hurricane comes on.
I'm vibing, acting out the song.
It ends with "This is the only way I can protect my legacy. The Reynolds Pamphlet."
Instantly The Reynolds Pamphlet comes on.
I do a double take.
This is it. This is my night.
#this just happened#hamilton#hamilton the musical#the musical hamilton#hamilton musical#hamilton hurricane#the reynolds pamphlet#alexander hamilton
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He had frequent meetings with her. Most of them at his own house. 💋
(it's nsfw)
It has great detail and I believe it turned out so good!! ❤️
Also:
•The painting at the background is based on a portrait of Alex in 1792 (at that time he hadn't said no to this yet)
•Alex's bedside table has a candle burning while Eliza's does not, to show her absence
#hamilton#hamilton fan art#alexander hamilton#alexander hamilton fan art#maria reynolds#maria reynolds fan art#hamilton maria reynolds#say no to this#hamilton say no to this#the Reynolds Pamphlet#hamilton the reynolds pamphlet
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Helloo, I don't know if you're answered this before (sorry if you did it) but I'm curious about Elizabeth reaction to the reynolds pamphlet. Because u couldn't find anything:(
Thankssss
you can’t find anything because there isn’t anything im afraid. as far as i know, there have been no historical documents detailing how elizabeth reacted, responded, or felt regarding the reynolds’s pamphlet.
HOWEVER! i can tell you that right around this time, she started her philanthropic work, specifically helping orphans and widows with Isabella Graham (who is a total badass and i recommend doing research on her) who founded the Society for the Relief of Poor Widows with Small Children. elizabeth was listed as a member of this society under “Mrs. General Hamilton”
hamilton spent more time at home with the family, and this gradually repaired their marriage. later on in life, eliza only made vague mentions to the reynold’s affair by talking about designs to destroy her husband’s reputation. and also that one time she absolutely humiliated james monroe who had the audacity to show up at her fucking house and ask to forgive and forget. fuck james monroe
anyway, yeah, this is one of those times when historical figures tell us to mind our own fucking business from beyond the grave, but i hope this helps!!
#alexander hamilton#elizabeth hamilton#history#amrev#american history#the reynolds pamphlet#maria reynolds#james monroe#asks
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One thing I despise is when people base “facts” off of a musical 🥰
#amrev#american history#alexander hamilton#john laurens#american revolution#alexander hamilshit#Alexander Hamilton wasn’t a child murderer#Eliza Schuyler loved him that’s why she forgave him#Philip Hamilton went to his uncle about the duel not Alex#Angelica schuyler did not have an affair with Alexander irl#the reynolds pamphlet#the Reynolds - Hamilton affair is ALOT more complicated than say no to this :)#James Reynolds was the villain in this story 🥰🥰#both Maria and Alexander were somewhat forced/blackmailed into it not saying they’re both innocent angles just saying they’re not villains
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Ya’ll I’ve just realized that like,,, if you tried hard enough you Could make Ned Fulmer’s affair scandal fit pretty seamlessly in with The Reynold’s Pamphlet from Hamilton. Like
The [Try Guys Scandal]!
Have you read this?
[Ned Fulmer] had a torrid affair, and he wrote it down right there! [ensemble points to various social media posts]
Highlights!
“The charge against me is [cheating on my wife]
For purposes of improper speculation,
My real crime is [losing focus and having a consensual workplace relationship] for a considerable time”
Etc., etc., I’ll stop there because I don’t want this post to get too long
Anyway it’s a very funny coincidence that The Reynolds Pamphlet lines up with this whole drama, and it’s a nice bit of humor to add to the “what the fuck” of it all
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HI
CAN YOU TELL ME EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT THE REYNOLDS AFFAIR AND PAMPHLET
I sure can.
First, I want to talk about Maria, because I think a great injustice is done to her in general.
Maria Lewis, which is what I will be calling her, was born in New York City on March 30, 1768. She was one of eleven children, six half siblings and five full. Maria grew up literate, but largely uneducated. She was married to James Reynolds when she was 15, on July 28, 1783. He had served in the revolution in the commissary department (which, if you know anything about the commissary, it was virtually useless), and was several years older than Maria. He was constantly asking the government for money. They had one child, Susan, born on August 18, 1785.
Before 1791, James Reynolds moved with his wife and child from NY to Philadelphia. In summer of 91, Maria visited Alexander Hamilton at his residence in Philadelphia asking for help because her abusive husband had abandoned her. Hamilton had the means to assist her in moving back to NYC, and arranged a later meeting to give her the money. He arrived at her boarding house, she brought him to her bedroom, and, according to him, “Some conversation ensued from which it was quickly apparent that other than pecuniary consolation would be acceptable.” She was 23 years old. He was 34.
The affair continued throughout the summer and fall of 1791 while Hamilton’s family was in Albany, NY. After a short while, Maria informed Hamilton that her husband sought reconciliation, and she agreed without ending the affair. She obtained an interview for Reynolds, in which he applied for a position in the Treasury, which Hamilton refused.
Hamilton exhibited that he wanted to end the affair on December 15, 1791, when Maria sent him a letter from Reynolds.
“I have not the time to tell you the cause of my present troubles; only that Mr. Reynolds has wrote you this morning and I know not whether you have got the letter or not and he had swore that if you do not answer, or if he does not see or hear from you today, he will write to Mrs. Hamilton. He has just gone out and I am alone. I think you had better come here one moment that you may know the cause, then you will the better kmow how to act. Oh, my God, I feel more for you than myself and wish I had never been born to give you so much unhappiness. Do not respond to him; not even a line. Come here soon. Do not send or leave any thing in his power.”
The affair ended for a time in December, but began again after Reynolds needed more money, and manipulated Maria into restarting the affair. Reynolds would write to Hamilton as a “friend”, and Hamilton would send $30. The last loan was in June 1792.
Reynolds was imprisoned for forgery in November of that year, and wrote to Hamilton for assistance, who denied all requests for money from both Reynolds and Maria.
James Monroe, Frederick Muhlenberg and Abraham Venable, rivals of Hamilton, visited Reynolds in jail after being made aware that he had contact with Hamilton by Reynolds’ partner in crime. Reynolds didn’t mention anything specific, but hinted at Hamilton’s public misconduct. The congressmen then interviewed Maria who maintained Reynolds’ accusation of speculation on Hamilton’s part.
James Callendar, a newspaper writer, also heard of this accusation, and published it in The History of the United States for 1796. Hamilton rebuked it with the Reynolds Pamphlet that cleared his name, but also placed the majority of the blame for the affair on Maria. It is likely that the events stated in the Pamphlet are accurate, however Hamilton phrased the narrative to make Maria appear as a villainous seductress, in order to keep public scrutiny away from himself. He would have known to do this, because it was the same thing his mother’s first husband did to his mother before his birth. These situations are very similar, however the consequences Rachel Faucette faced were much harsher, which is likely why Hamilton felt justified in mirroring Johann Lavien’s actions.
It is clear Maria is a victim in this circumstance, as she was very young, and was being emotionally, financially, and possibly physically abused by Reynolds. It is also likely that Reynolds threatened abuse to her daughter if she did not comply with his demands. She was publicly scorned after the Reynolds Pamphlet. Hamilton is not the victim.
In 1793, Maria Reynolds petitioned for a divorce with the assistance of Aaron Burr, who offered her and her daughter a place to live in order to fully escape Reynolds. Before the divorce was finalized, she went to live with Reynolds’ partner-in-crime, Jacob Clingman, whom she married in 1795. She settled in Alexandria, Virginia, then Britain after facing public scrutiny over the Pamphlet.
Maria became the housekeeper of Dr. Matthew. Peter Grotjan reported that he had met Maria, and she claimed to have written a pamphlet of her own with her side of the story. It was never published, and there is no other evidence of it’s existence. In 1800, Susan was sent to a Boston boarding school after Burr petitioned William Eustis to help her.
Maria married Dr. Matthew in 1806. Susan Reynolds came to live with her mother in 1808, and spent several years in Philadelphia. Susan was unhappily married several times. She had two daughters.
Maria Lewis died as Maria Matthew on March 25, 1828.
Hope this helps!
#alexander hamilton#maria reynolds#the reynolds pamphlet#the reynolds affair#james reynolds#aaron burr#history#american history#amrev#amrev history
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