MARIA REYNOLDS
Maria Reynolds (née Lewis) (March 30, 1768 – March 25, 1828) was the wife of James Reynolds, and was Alexander Hamilton’s mistress between 1791 and 1792. She became the source of much scrutiny after the release of the Reynolds Pamphlet and central in America’s first political sex scandal. (More from Wikipedia)
At least as bold as this move was the decision by Lin-Manuel Miranda to tell the stories in Hamilton of the Founding Mothers who are usually relegated to set pieces on the gowns that they were wearing. Four of the 14 principal roles listed in the Wikipedia article are women, all tied closely to Alexander Hamilton: Hamilton’s wife, Eliza Schuyler Hamilton; her sisters Angelica Schuyler Church and Peggy Schuyler Van Rensselaer; and Maria Reynolds, with whom Hamilton had a two-year affair in the 1790’s in one of the nation’s first sex scandals.
(September 2016)
