Quinn Parsons: Thank you for allowing me to interview you before the duel Mr. Hamilton. I have been waiting for this opportunity a long time.
Alexander Hamilton: But of course, the least I can do before I put my life at risk is grant an interview or two.
Parsons: Speaking of the duel, how do you feel about it?
Hamilton: I feel pretty confident that neither of us wants death. Personally I intend to miss intentionally and I hope Burr is humane enough to do the same.
Parsons: It is interesting how you are dueling someone you once looked up to. Would you care to elaborate on that.
Hamilton: Yes it is true that once I looked up to Aaron. did you know that he is one of the only people who finished their studies at the College of New Jersey in…show more content… Parsons: Why is that? I thought we only owed France and our soldiers money, did we owe anyone else debts? Is that why our debt was so large?
Hamilton: It is true that France helped us both economically and with soldiers, but we did have other countries aiding us. A little known fact is that the people of Netherlands, or Holland whichever name you wish to write down is fine, also helped us financially. The Dutch themselves had just had a revolution and were the best financial people of the day. They were ones who gave us loans, bought our bonds and taught us how to set the financial system we use today. This aid had to repaid though, along with the French aid, so really we had two debts.
Parsons: Am I correct that Congress was not paying soldiers the pay they promised them or their pensions at the time they were paying off the French and Dutch debt?
Hamilton: Yes it is true that we were not paying soldiers at the time. Many of them got very angry, as the should have, and demanded pay. We kept on defaulting to a later date until finally they got fed up us. The angry soldiers marched right up to Congress’s steps and threatened to come in and get it themselves unless they were to receive their pay. This event scared Congress so much that we moved to Princeton New Jersey for a short time. All of this was before the Constitution
