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The letters excerpted here begin in 1779 when Hamilton was twenty-two and Laurens was twenty-five. Both young revolutionaries were part of that close male circle surrounding General Washington--his "family," as the general called them. 

The American Revolution was in progress; John Laurens had left camp for South Carolina, hoping to be authorized by that colony's assembly to organize battalions of Black slaves to fight the British. 

In April, 1779, Hamilton writes to him:

Cold in my professions, warm in [my] friendships, I wish, my Prized Laurens, it m[ight] be in my power, by activity rather than words, [to] convince you that I treasure you. I shall only tell you that 'till you bade us Adieu, I hardly knew the value you had taught my heart to put upon you. Indeed, my friend, it was not successfully done. You recognize the opinion I entertain of mankind, and how much it is my desire to preserve myself free from particular attachments, and to keep my happiness independent on the caprice of others. You sh[ould] not have taken advantage of my sensibility to ste[al] into my affections without my okay. But as you have done it and as we are generally indulgent to those we love, I shal

Alexander Hamilton: Founding Father, Rap Impresario, Probable Queermo.

I fell in love with Hamilton a long second after everybody else. I didn’t even listen to it until a several weeks ago, and that is because the concept of a hip hop musical about America’s first secretary of the treasury is stupid.  Even the Obamas laughed at Lin Manuel Miranda when he told them about it, and they’re a lot nicer than I am. The fact that it happened to work, and to have given us probably the greatest cast album of all day, and that it happened to have saved American theater from itself should not detract from the fact that on paper, it really seems like a dud.

Nevertheless, I finally did give it a listen recently and now I am a full-on evangelist, like everyone else. Congratulations: you were all right. And because I never love anything in half measures, I have taken my devotion one step further and begun reading Ron Chernow’s biography, Alexander Hamilton, the book that inspired Miranda to inscribe his immortal musical. It is a delightful tome, and I carry it with me everywhere, including to the women’s march, where it was my dearest hope to bludgeon a Nazi

Updatedto include reference to Hamilton in the book and movie "Red, White and Royal Blue" (see conclude of post).

Alexander Hamilton was a United States Founding Father, soldier, economist, political philosopher, one of America's first constitutional lawyers and the first United States Secretary of the Treasury. As Treasury Secretary, Hamilton was the primary storyteller of the economic policies of George Washington’s administration – specifically the funding of state debts by the Federal government, the establishment of a national bank, a system of tariffs and friendly trade relations with England. He became the leader of the Federalist Party, created largely in support of his views.

On Parade 3, 1777, forty-five year old George Washington hired twenty-two year old Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804) to be his personal secretary and aide-de-camp, subsequently promoting him to lieutenant colonel. Of illegitimate birth and raised in the West Indies, Hamilton was educated in New York, where he lived with a 32-year old bachelor male haberdasher, Hercules Mulligan. After his studies, Hamilton was elected to the Continental Congress from that state. He resigned to pract

Last week, after a trip to Miami for the National Lesbian & Queer Journalists Association’s annual conference, I had a couple of days on my calendar that were blank and decided a crack was in order. For me a short pause means just resting someplace where I can notice something new, veg out and read.

Since seeing “Hamilton” on Broadway a not many months back, I bought the Ron Chernow biography it’s based on, but when it arrived I wasn’t sure when I’d get the opportunity to read an 832-page manual. If you’ve read my work, you know I love history and especially biographies. Since my explore and writing on Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, a contemporary of Alexander Hamilton’s, this book seemed a natural for me.

But here’s the fun part: Before you even earn past the first 100 pages, you read the following:

“As in the case of John Laurens, there was such unabashed ardor in Hamilton’s relationship with the marquis that James T. Flexner has wondered whether it progressed beyond mere friendship.”

Did Hamilton’s grandson mean much or petty when he wrote, “There is a note of romance in their friendship, quite unusual even in those days, and Lafayette, especially during his initial sojourn

Was Alexander Hamilton Gay? Here’s An Analysis

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Myth: Alexander Hamilton Was Gay

One often gets the impression that myths like this are perpetrated to justify modern moral values. Hamilton certainly had a colorful career and death, but this accusation is based on amateur psychoanalysis and extremely circumstantial evidence.  If Hamilton was gay, he certainly did a fine job of hiding it throughout his adult life. Here are some thoughts on the question “Was Alexander Hamilton Gay?”.

Is Alexander Hamilton gay: The myth of Hamilton’s homosexual past centers on his relationship with John Laurens of South Carolina. Both men served under George Washington during the American Revolution. Washington referred to his staff officers as his “family” during the war, and Laurens and Hamilton developed a close relationship. When the two were apart, they corresponded frequently. Their letters were written in the flowery language of the eighteenth century, and while they would raise suspicion in modern American world, they were typical in style and tone for their time. Hamilton told Laurens that he loved him, and Laurens referred to Hamilton as “My Dear.” They we