From 15 to 19 December 1791, Reynolds sent threatening letters to Hamilton, and after a personal meeting instead of seeking from dueling, he asked for financial compensation. Hamilton complied, paying to Reynolds the requested $1,000 and discontinuing the affair, as he had wished to do for some time. However, on 17 January 1792, Reynolds wrote to Hamilton inviting him to renew his visits to his wife. Maria, most likely manipulated into the scheme, also began to write to Hamilton whenever her husband was out of the house and seduced him anew. After each of these exchanges, Reynolds would write to Hamilton under the guise of being friends, and Hamilton would in return send $30. Hamilton's last "loan" of $50 to James Reynolds and possibly the end of the affair dates June 1792.