“One of the major causes célèbres in American governmental history. In 1792 Alexander Hamilton had been accused of speculating public funds through the banker, James Reynolds. He met the charge with the confession of an affaire with Mrs. Reynolds and subsequent blackmail by her husband. A few years later Thomson Callender took this story as the basis of insinuations against Hamilton’s official integrity and published it in his “History of the United States. . . .” This time Hamilton countered the charges by publishing the present pamphlet, giving details of the liaison with Mrs. Reynolds.” (Lathrop C. Harper, Inc.).