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Burr, Aaron
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Burr, Aaron (1756–1836) U.S. senator (1791–97), vice president of the United States, and Revolutionary army officer, born in Newark, New Jersey. In the
Revolutionary War, as aide-de-camp to Maj. Gen.
Israel Putnam in New York City, Burr played a central role in rescuing American troops trapped at Brooklyn Heights as British troops were landing north of the city (September 1776). In the election of 1800, Burr tied with
Thomas Jefferson, but was defeated on the thirty-sixth ballot; he served as vice president under Jefferson (1801–04). Burr is infamous for mortally wounding the Federalist leader
Alexander Hamilton in a duel at Weehakwen, New Jersey. (July 11, 1804), for Hamilton's part in depriving Burr of the presidency in 1800 and the New York governorship in 1804.
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Aaron Burr, portrayed as misunderstood Founding hero.(BOOKS)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 7/1/2007; 700+ words
; ...national chronicle, though, Aaron Burr is frequently cited as...their style and sweep. Aaron Burr came from splendid...Washington, D.C. So, poor Burr was tried for treason and...office after another, Aaron Burr became a very different...
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Burr in the saddle.(Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr)(Book review)
Magazine article from: National Review; 7/30/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr, by Nancy Isenberg (Viking...book, to rehabilitate Aaron Burr brings to mind the...historians. Since his death Burr has been taken up by what...Rather than seeking the true Aaron Burr, Isenberg argues...
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Aaron Burr: Conspiracy to Treason
Magazine article from: South Carolina Historical Magazine; 10/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; Aaron Burr: Conspiracy to Treason. By Buckner F...privy to intimate conversations with Aaron Burr in the 1973 novel Burr, Buckner F...exist-Walter Flavius McCaleb's The Aaron Burr Conspiracy (1966) and Thomas Perkins...
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Blennerhassett Museum gets first Aaron Burr item: Purchase of silhouette marks 200th anniversary of vice president's third and final visit to island
Newspaper article from: Charleston Daily Mail; 9/5/2006; ; 587 words
; ...Blennerhassett Museum has its first item of Aaron Burr, who may have tried to lead prominent...the silhouette coincides with the Aaron Burr Association's visit to the...C., president-general of the Aaron Burr Association. "A lot of what...
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Profile: Re-enactment of 1804 duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday; 7/11/2004; ; 683 words
; ...Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Host: DEBBIE ELLIOTT...ANTONIO BURR: (As Aaron Burr) Yes, I am. Unidentified...of singing) SOLOMON: Burr makes a hasty exit...people includes dozens of Burrs and Hamiltons who, to...interesting meeting a Burr family member. SOLOMON: The ...
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February's anniversaries.(Aaron Burr acquitted of treason in Alexander Hamilton's killing)(Design and construction of Old Bailey courthouse)(Andrei Gromyko's political life)
Magazine article from: History Today; 2/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; Aaron Burr Arrested for Treason February 19th, 1807 THE THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT OF...complicated legal proceedings he was questionably acquitted of treason. Aaron Burr came from a prominent family of clerics and scholars, but he always had...
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Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Journal of the Early Republic; 3/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr. By Nancy Isenberg. (New York: Viking, 2007. Pp...and most maligned figures of the founding generation, Aaron Burr. It is certainly the best of the many Burr biographies...
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Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of America.(Review)
Magazine article from: The American Prospect; 5/8/2000; ; 700+ words
; Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of America, by Thomas...treatment, Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of America...ultimately fatal collision course with Aaron Burr was his effort on behalf of his...
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Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr and the Future of America.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 6/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr and the Future of America. By Thomas...this book spurns the explanation that Aaron Burr murdered his long-time rival...deadlocked in 1800, Fleming suggests that Aaron Burr ignored political issues and envisioned...
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Classic GOT MILK? TV Spot - 'Aaron Burr' - Is Back on Air.
PR Newswire; 7/9/2002; 700+ words
; ...campaign in October 1993. "Aaron Burr," or "Awooon Buuuhh...national distribution. "Aaron Burr" was developed in...including a portrait of Burr and the actual bullet preserved...What's remarkable about Aaron Burr is that people still...
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Burr, Aaron
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
BURR, AARON Aaron Burr was a soldier, lawyer, and politician...administration treated him like an outsider. Burr blamed his failure to secure the top office...of her own. In 1801, United States v. Aaron Burr In 1807 Aaron Burr was prosecuted...
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Aaron Burr Trial: 1807
Book article from: Great American Trials
Aaron Burr Trial: 1807 Defendant: Former Vice President Aaron Burr Crime Charged: "Treason" within the meaning of...September 1, 1807 Verdict: Not guilty SIGNIFICANCE: The Aaron Burr treason trial was the only time in American history...
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Aaron Burr
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Aaron Burr American lawyer and politician Aaron Burr (1756-1836) was vice president under Thomas Jefferson...and to separate certain western areas from the United States. Aaron Burr was born in Newark, N.J., on Feb. 6, 1756, the...
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The Aaron Burr Conspiracy
Book article from: American Eras
The Aaron Burr Conspiracy Imperial Scheme. Soon after resigning the vice presidency in 1805, Aaron Burr began a journey throughout the...the public ’ s enmity toward Burr: “ Aaron Burr — may his treachery to...
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Aaron Burr and the Definition of Treason
Book article from: American Eras
Aaron Burr and the Definition of Treason Beginnings. Aaron Burr, in Henry Adams ’ s words, “ impressed with favor all who first met him. ” Burr, grandson of the great theologian Jonathan Edwards, served as a colonel...
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