Alexander Hamilton Papers

To Alexander Hamilton from James Reynolds, [22 December 1791]

From James Reynolds1

[Philadelphia, December 22, 1791]

Received December 22 of Alexander Hamilton six hundred dollars on account of a sum of one thousand dollars due to me.

James Reynolds

1. This receipt is printed as document No. V in the appendix of the “Reynolds Pamphlet,” August 31, 1797.

This was the first of two payments of blackmail by H to Reynolds. The second payment was made on January 3, 1792. For background to this affair, see Reynolds to H, December 15, 17, 19, 1791; H to Reynolds, December 15, 1791; Maria Reynolds to H, December 15, 1791.

Index Entries

    You Are Looking At

    Source Project
    Hamilton Papers
    Title
    To Alexander Hamilton from James Reynolds, [22 December 1791]
    Author
    Reynolds, James
    Recipient
    Hamilton, Alexander
    Date
    22 December 1791

    Reference

    Cite as
    “To Alexander Hamilton from James Reynolds, [22 December 1791],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-10-02-0053. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 10, December 1791 – January 1792, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1966, p. 401.]

    More between these correspondents