The Reynolds Pamphlet

Like, she can feel all that, and she can want to do all that stuff, but what is society, what is, uh, her place in the world, what is her honor and, and dignity holding in? And w- like, when does it bubble out, and when does it get tighter? And that discovering and working out the extremes of that, I think is what makes it a more nuanced character.

'Cause if I was left to my own devices, like, Hamilton would be getting slapped [laughs] in, in Reynolds Pamphlet.

Like, there's no way.

What do you mean? Like, "Angelica, thank God someone who understands what I'm struggling here to do." Bang.

Uh, but, well, but ba- but and with back to Hamilton at least one last time, th- this is a very complicated, uh, driven, uh, uh, uh, personality, brilliant, uh, wordsmith in his own way, but my God, messy life.

That Reynolds Pamphlet-

[laughs]

... as it's called, quite a document.

Callender made clear that he believed Hamilton and James Reynolds were involved in corrupt speculation together and that the sexual affair with Mariah Reynolds was the cover story that Hamilton was using to cover up all of his financial corruption.

In response, Hamilton published his own booklet a few months later entitled Observations on Certain Documents, generally known as the Reynolds Pamphlet.

In this 95-page booklet, Hamilton admitted to the sexual affair with Maria Reynolds, but denied the allegation of corruption and collusion with James Reynolds.

As he had told the investigators years earlier, Hamilton wrote that the money paid to Reynolds was blackmail for keeping the sexual affair private.