James Reynolds (commissary)

James Reynolds was a former Commissary officer during the American Revolution. 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 political sex scandals in American history.

FURTHER READING:


 * 1) Cerniglia, Keith A. "An Indelicate Amor: Alexander Hamilton and the First American Political Sex Scandal," Master's Thesis, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 2002.