Crazy quotes, part 2
In which historians insult AH’s parents. These are terrible. Part 1 here. I’m working on a post about Rachel Faucette and James Hamilton that I hope does them more justice than this stuff.
[Allan McLane Hamilton] describes [Rachel] as “a brilliant and clever girl, who had been given every educational advantage and accomplishment, and has profited by her opportunities.” Presumably, this is not a sly, tongue-in-cheek reference to activities alleged by Levine when he sued her for divorce. pg 12, Rogow, A Fatal Friendship
Rachel was now, as a church record reveals, considered to be in her late twenties, some seven years younger than she actually was. This implies that she had not withdrawn her hat from the sexual ring. It is, indeed, hard to imagine that a woman with Rachel’s history would completely alter her proclivities merely because there was not a resident male in the house. Strange males surely invaded Alexander’s childhood. pg 26, Flexner, The Young Hamilton
[Referencing George Washington] For the first time in his life - also for the last - Alexander Hamilton was meeting a man who was greater than himself. His father had been a hurtful cipher. Rev. Hugh Knox and Nicholas Cruger were helpful patrons, like good animals in a fairy tale. pg 31, Brookhiser, Alexander Hamilton, American
...[Alexander] Hamilton was an attentive father. When Philip first went away to school, he wrote the boy a note as wise as it was affectionate. “...a promise must never be broken, and I never will make you one for which I will not fill as far as I am able; ...” James Hamilton never took such care over his promises, to his sons or anyone else. pg 51, Brookhiser, Alexander Hamilton, American