13 Facts About Maria Reynolds

Maria Reynolds was the wife of James Reynolds, and was Alexander Hamilton's mistress between 1791 and 1792.

Susanna Van Der Burgh Lewis could write at least her name, and Maria Lewis grew up literate, but largely uneducated.

Maria Reynolds then obtained an interview for James Reynolds, who applied to Hamilton for a position in the Treasury Office, which Hamilton refused.

Hamilton complied, paying to Maria Reynolds the requested $1,000 and discontinuing the affair, as he had wished to do for some time.

Clingman then informed Hamilton's Democratic-Republican rivals that Maria Reynolds had information against the Treasury Secretary.

The congressmen personally interviewed Maria who corroborated her husband's accusations of speculation against Hamilton by producing the notes in Hamilton's disguised hand that had accompanied his payments to Reynolds.

In 1793, Maria enlisted the aid of Aaron Burr and successfully petitioned for a divorce from Reynolds.

Maria Reynolds had apparently told him that she had written a pamphlet of her own, giving her side of the story that Hamilton had told in his Reynolds Pamphlet.

In 1806, Maria Reynolds married Dr Mathew, for whom she had worked as a housekeeper.

In 1808, Susan Maria Reynolds came to live with her mother, and spent several years with her in Philadelphia.

However, she birthed two daughters: Josepha Philips, whom Maria Reynolds raised from age 12, after Susan's death at age 39.

Maria Reynolds became religious, joining the Methodist Church, and put her past behind her.

Maria Reynolds has been the subject of several fictional portrayals.