In spring 1779, Hamilton asked his friend John Laurens to find him a wife in South Carolina:
“She must be young—handsome (I lay most stress upon a good shape) Sensible (a little learning will do) —well bred… chaste and tender (I am an enthusiast in my notions of fidelity and fondness); of some good nature—a great deal of generosity (she must neither love money nor scolding, for I dislike equally a termagant and an economist)—In politics, I am indifferent what side she may be of—I think I have arguments that will safely convert her to mine—As to religion a moderate stock will satisfy me—She must believe in God and hate a saint. But as to fortune, the larger stock of that the better.”
Hamilton who? Why Mr. Ten Dollar Bill, Alexander Hamilton, Thats who.
