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THE FACT THAT WE’LL NEVER ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN ALEXANDER HAMILTON, JAMES REYNOLDS, AND MARIA REYNOLDS. NOBODY WANTS TO LISTEN TO MARIA’S SIDE OF THE STORY, IN WHICH SHE CLAIMS THAT THE ONLY KNOWLEDGE SHE HAD OF HAMILTON WAS THROUGH HER HUSBAND AND THAT HAMILTON HAD BEEN STEALING MONEY FROM THE GOVERNMENT. SHE EVEN OFFERED TO SHOW A HANDWRITING SAMPLE TO SHOW THE LETTERS WERE FORGED, BUT IT NEVER WENT THROUGH. HER FRIEND PETER GROTJAN, WHOM SHE MET AFTER RETURNING TO PHILADELPHIA WITHOUT HER SECOND HUSBAND, SAID THAT MARIA HAD WRITTEN A BOOK OF HER OWN ON HER PERSPECTIVE ON THE AFFAIR, BUT IT WAS NEVER PUBLISHED. ALEXANDER HAMILTON IS AN UNRELIABLE SOURCE, AS HIS ACCOUNT OF THE SITUATION OBVIOUSLY PAINTS A VULNERABLE MAN WITH A SEDUCTIVE WOMAN AS HER PREY. THE HAMILTON MUSICAL FANDOM HAS THE STORY ALL TWISTED UP, AND MADE UP MANY LIES AND SPREAD LOTS OF MISINFORMATION ABOUT THESES PEOPLE’S LIVES (SORTA LIKE THE FAN RUMOR THAT ANGELICA SLAPPED JEFFERSON, WHICH IF YOU KNEW LITERALLY ANYTHING ABOUT AC YOU’D KNOW SURE AS HELL ISN’T TRUE)