Author: Hamilton, Adam
Biography:
HAMILTON, Adam (fl 1795)
The most revealing record of his life is the internal evidence of his one publication. He was a Christian minister involved in sexual scandal. His poem is a confession and plea for forgiveness that aims, with fulsome repentance and warnings of the consequences of succumbing to "carnal lusts," to make up for the damage done to the church. It ends with a valediction to the author's co-religionists from their "base backslidden but I hope restored brother." His name is common enough that public records provide no more certainty. He may have been the Baptist minister who conducted weddings and other ceremonies, mainly in New York NY, up until 1794 but not after. (ancestry.com 6 Sept. 2025; findmypast.com 6 Sept. 2025; Daily Advertiser [New York] 11 February. 1794) HJ