So I was just going through the Laurens-Hamilton letters as I do and I came across this from Laurens, July 1782: ‘ Your private affairs cannot require such immediate and close attention; you speak like a pater familias surrounded with a numerous progeny. ‘ So I didn't know what any of that meant so I found out that ‘pater familias’ means the male head of the family - basically the father and ‘progeny’ means offspring so it sounds like Laurens is saying that Hamilton is spending too much time paying attention to his 6 month old than Laurens. He’s saying ‘you sound like a dad’.
Like at least he plays an active role in the parenting of his child Laurens...














