The Influence Of Communication In Alexander Hamilton's Life

In may of 2009, Lin Manuel Miranda peformed a rough version of a song that would later become the opening of a several tony winning award musical. Lin caught the hearts of many people with his hip-hop broadway musical about the founding father, Alexander Hamilton. Not only did tickets for the musical sell out but also Hamilton's biographies and related titles. The craze did not stop there, however, many people were intrigued a the letters between Hamilton and John Laurens. Their letters seemed to cross over the line of friendship into the more romantic realm. In the 1800s communication between two men were more lax and flowery. Hamilton was no anomaly to this way of communication;. Hamilton ws over-affectionate to everyone and was even synonymous to a feral tomcat, in connections with romantic conquest. There were many rumors of his numerous conquest throughout his lifetime. His grandchildren have also stokes the rumors of Laurens and Hamilton by withholding letters between them. They have even crossed out some things in the letters that they deemed inappropriate, which has left the meanings

John was judicious with his words and was not as blatant as Hamilton, however his proclivity was present. He referred to Hamilton as “Dear boy”, the male equivalent of the term of endearment of what he called his wife, “Dear girl.” John never used this term with anybody else either. In his last letters Laurens wrote one of hs most affectionate endings. “Adieu, my dear friend; while circumstances place so great a distance between u, I entreat you not to withdraw the consolation of your letters, You know the unalterable sentiments of your affectionate Laurens.” Laurens was basically begging Hamilton to don’t stop writing him as he goes through the struggle of war and his mind. In most of his letters he would use the simple closing “Yrs for ever.” Another thing that only Hamilton and John’s wife