James Reynolds (hamilton)

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James Reynolds was a disreputable former Commissary officer during the American Revolution who made his living by swindling others. He was married to Maria Reynolds who had an affair with Alexander Hamilton in 1791 and 1792. The affair was made public by James Monroe in 1797 and the affair escalated into one of the first public sex scandals of American history.


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