Alexander Hamilton and John Laurens, 1779-1782, by Jonathan Ned Katz
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Title
Alexander Hamilton and John Laurens, 1779-1782, by Jonathan Ned Katz
Subject
Biography
War and Military
Sexuality / Sexual Behaviors
Politics, Government, and Law
Family, Intimacy, and Relationships
Description
An exhibit on eighteenth century U.S. Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton and his relationship with John Laurens. Multiple historians consider how to interpret the intimacy between Alexander Hamilton and John Laurens during the American Revolution. In 1976, Jonathan Ned Katz, in a first book documenting what he then called "Gay American History," presented letters between Hamilton and Laurens. Those letters are presented on OutHistory as Katz presented them in 1976. Since then Katz has studied what other historians have said about Hamilton's and Laurens' relationship and he presents excerpts from those historians here on OutHistory, along with his own later essay "Alexander Hamilton's Nose."
Time Period
1600s-1700s
Person
Hamilton, Alexander
Laurens, John
Katz, Jonathan Ned
Hamilton, J. C.
Hamilton, Allan McLane
Place
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
South Carolina
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