![]() ![]() It is worth noting here, however, how frequently people used the word feminine to describe Hamilton – the more surprising given his military bearing and virile exploits.Ĭhernow continues: When John C. Because the style of eighteenth-century letters could be quite florid, even between men, one must tread gingerly in approaching this matter, especially since Laurens’s letters to Hamilton were warm but proper. Flexner, has detected homoerotic overtones in their relationship. When Hamilton and Lauren’s first met in 1777, says Chernow, they “took an instant liking to each other and became inseparable.”Ĭhernow adds: As the war progressed, Hamilton wrote to Laurens with such unbridled affection that one Hamilton biography, James T. In his major biography of Hamilton, Ron Chernow calls John Laurens “the most intimate friendship” of Hamilton’s life. ![]()
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