See also:

• AARON

AARON See also:

• AARON BURR (1756-1836)

BURR (1756-1836)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• NEWARK
• NEWARK (NEWARK-UPON-TRENT)
• NEWARK, DAVID LESLIE, LORD (1601-1682)

Newark, New See also:

• JERSEY
• JERSEY, EARLS OF

Jersey, on the 6th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1756 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, the Rev . See also:

• AARON

Aaron See also:

• BURR, AARON (1756-1836)

Burr (1715-1757), was the second See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president (1748–1757) of the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College of New Jersey, now See also:

• PRINCETON

Princeton University; his See also:

• MOTHER

mother was the daughter of See also:

• JONATHAN
• JONATHAN (Heb. " Yah [weh] gives ")

Jonathan See also:

• EDWARDS, AMELIA ANN BLANDFORD (1831-1892)
• EDWARDS, BELA BATES (18o2-1852)
• EDWARDS, BRYAN (1743–1800)
• EDWARDS, GEORGE (1693–1773)
• EDWARDS, HENRY THOMAS (1837–1884)
• EDWARDS, JONATHAN (1703—1758)
• EDWARDS, LEWIS (1806–1887 )
• EDWARDS, RICHARD (c. 1523–1566)
• EDWARDS, T
• EDWARDS, THOMAS CHARLES (1837–1900)

Edwards, the well-known Calvinist theologian . The son graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1772, and two years later began the study of See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law in the celebrated law school conducted by his See also:

• BROTHER

brother-in-law, Tappan See also:

• REEVE (O. E. gerefa)
• REEVE, CLARA (1729–1807)
• REEVE, HENRY (1813–1895)

Reeve, at See also:

• LITCHFIELD

Litchfield, See also:

• CONNECTICUT

Connecticut . Soon after the outbreak of the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence, in 1775, he joined See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington's See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army in See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

Mass . He accompanied Amold's expedition into See also:

• CANADA

Canada in 1775, and on arriving before See also:

• QUEBEC

Quebec he disguised himself as a See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest and made a dangerous See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey of 120 M. through the See also:

• BRITISH

British lines to notify See also:

• MONTGOMERY
• MONTGOMERY ( Tre' Faldwyn)
• MONTGOMERY, GABRIEL, SEIGNEUR DE LORGES, COMTE DE (c. 1530-1574)
• MONTGOMERY, JAMES (1771-1854)
• MONTGOMERY, ROBERT (1807-1855)

Montgomery, at See also:

• MONTREAL

Montreal, of See also:

• ARNOLD
• ARNOLD, BENEDICT (1741-1801)
• ARNOLD, GOTTFRIED (1666-1714)
• ARNOLD, MATTHEW (1822-1888)
• ARNOLD, SAMUEL (1740--18o2)
• ARNOLD, SIR EDWIN (1832-1904)
• ARNOLD, THOMAS (1745-1842)

Arnold's arrival . He served for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time on the staffs of Washington and See also:

• PUTNAM
• PUTNAM, ISRAEL (1718–1790)
• PUTNAM, RUFUS (1738-1824)

Putnam in 1776-77, and by his vigilance in the See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat from See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

Long See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island he saved an entire See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade from See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture . On becoming See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel in See also:

• JULY

July 1777, he assumed the command of a See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment, and during the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter at Valley Forge guarded the " Gulf," a pass commanding the approach to the See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp, and necessarily the first point that would be attacked . In the engagement at See also:

• MONMOUTH (Welsh Mynwy)
• MONMOUTH, BATTLE OF (1778)
• MONMOUTH, JAMES SCOTT
• MONMOUTH, ROBERT CAREY, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1560-1639)

Monmouth, on the 28th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1778, he commanded one of the brigades in See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• STIRLING
• STIRLING, JAMES (1692-1770)
• STIRLING, JAMES HUTCHISON (182o-1909)
• STIRLING, MARY ANNE [FANNY] (1815-1895)
• STIRLING, WILLIAM ALEXANDER, (titular) EARL OF (1726—1783)
• STIRLING, WILLIAM ALEXANDER, EARL OF (c. 1567-1640)

Stirling's See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division . In See also:

• JANUARY

January 1779 Burr was assigned to the command of the " lines " of Westchester See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, a region between the British See also:

• POST

post at See also:

• KINGSBRIDGE

Kingsbridge and that of the Americans about 15 M. to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north . In this See also:

• DISTRICT

district there was much turbulence and plundering by the lawless elements of both Whigs and Tories and by bands of See also:

• ILL

ill-disciplined soldiers from both armies . Burr established a thorough See also:

• PATROL, (Fr. patrouiller, connected with pane, foot)

patrol See also:

• SYSTEM

system, rigorously enforced See also:

• MARTIAL (MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS)

martial law, and quickly restored See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order .

He resigned from the army in See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1779, on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of ill-See also:

• HEALTH

health, renewed the study of law, was admitted to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar at See also:

• ALBANY
• ALBANY, DUKES OF
• ALBANY, LOUISE MAXIMILIENNE CAROLINE, COUNTESS OF (1752-1824)

Albany in 1782, and began to practise in New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city after its evacuation by the British in the following See also:

• YEAR

year . In 1782 he married See also:

• THEODOSIA

Theodosia See also:

• PREVOST, ANTOINE FRANCOIS (1697–1763)
• PREVOST, CONSTANT (1787-1856)
• PREVOST, EUGENE MARCEL (1862- )
• PREVOST, PIERRE (1751-1839)

Prevost (d . 1794), the widow of a British army officer who had died in the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies during the War of Independence . They had one See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child, a daughter, Theodosia, born in 1783, who became widely known for her beauty and accomplishments, married See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph See also:

• ALSTON
• ALSTON, CHARLES (1683-176o)

Alston of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Carolina in 18or, and was lost at See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea in 1813 . Burr was a member of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly (1784–1785), See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of the state (1789-1791), See also:

• UNITED

United States senator (1791–1797), and again a member of the assembly (1798–1799 and 1800-18o1) . As See also:

• NATIONAL

national parties became clearly defined, he associated himself with the Democratic-Republicans . Although he was not the founder of Tammany See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall, he began the construction of the political See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine upon which the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of that organization is based . In the See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election of 1800 he was placed on the Democratic-Republican presidential See also:

• TICKET (O. Fr. esliquet, also estiquette, mod. etiquette, from Ger. sleeken, to stick up)

ticket with See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• JEFFERSON
• JEFFERSON, JOSEPH (1829-1905)
• JEFFERSON, THOMAS (1743-1826)

Jefferson, and each received the same number of electoral votes . It was well understood that the party intended that Jefferson should be president and Burr See also:

• VICE

vice-president, but owing to a defect (later remedied) in the Constitution the responsibility for the final choice was thrown upon the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of Representatives . The attempts of a powerful See also:

• FACTION (through the French, from Lat. factio, a company of persons combined for action, facere, to do; from the other French derivative facon comes " fashion ")

faction among the Federalists to secure the election of Burr failed, partly because of the opposition of See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander See also:

• HAMILTON
• HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
• HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
• HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
• HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
• HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
• HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
• HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
• HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
• HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
• HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
• HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)

Hamilton and partly, it would seem, because Burr himself would make no efforts to obtain votes in his own favour . On Jefferson's election, Burr of course became vice-president . His See also:

• FAIR

fair and judicial manner as president of the See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

Senate, recognized even by his bitterest enemies, helped to See also:

• FOSTER, GEORGE EULAS (1847– )
• FOSTER, JOHN (177o-1843)
• FOSTER, MYLES BIRKET (1825-1899)
• FOSTER, SIR CLEMENT LE NEVE (1841-1904)
• FOSTER, SIR MICHAEL (1836-r9o7)
• FOSTER, STEPHEN COLLINS (1826-1864)

foster traditions in regard to that position quite different from those which have become associated with the speakership of the House of Representatives .

Hamilton had opposed Burr's aspirations for the vice-See also:

• PRESIDENCY

presidency in 1792, and had exerted See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence through Washington to prevent his See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment as brigadier-general in 1798, at the time of the threatened war between the United States and See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . It was also in a measure his efforts which led to Burr's lack of success in the New York gubernatorial See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign of 1804; moreover the two had long been rivals at the bar . Smarting under defeat and angered by Hamilton's criticisms, Burr sent the See also:

• CHALLENGE (O. Fr. chalonge, calenge, &c., from Lat. calumnia, originally meaning trickery, from calvi, to deceive, hence a false accusation, a " calumny ")

challenge which resulted in the famous See also:

• DUEL (Ital. duello, Lat. duellum—old form of bellum-from duo, two)

duel at See also:

• WEEHAWKEN

Weehawken, N.J., on the 11th of July 1804, and the See also:

• DEATH

death of Hamilton (q.v.) on the following See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day . After the expiration of his See also:

• TERM

term as vice-president (March 4, 1805), broken in See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune and virtually an See also:

• EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

exile from New Ybrk, where, as in New Jersey, he had been indicted for See also:

• MURDER

murder after the duel with Hamilton, Burr visited the South-west and became involved in the so-called See also:

• CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

conspiracy which has so puzzled the students of that See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period . The traditional view that he planned a separation of the West from the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union is now discredited . Apart from the question of political morality he could not, as a shrewd politician, have failed to see that the See also:

• PEOPLE

people of that See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section were too loyal to See also:

• SANCTION (Lat. sanctia, from sancire, to decree or ordain)

sanction such a See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme . The See also:

• OBJECTS

objects of his treasonable See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence with Merry and Yrujo, the British and See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish ministers at Washington, were, it would seem, to secure See also:

• MONEY

money and to conceal his real designs, which were probably to overthrow Spanish power in the South-west, and perhaps to found an imperial See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty in See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico . He was arrested in 1807 on the See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of See also:

• TREASON (Fr. trahison, Lat. traditio)

treason, was brought to trial before the United States See also:

• CIRCUIT (Lat. circuitus, from circum, round, and ire, to go)

circuit See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court at See also:

• RICHMOND
• RICHMOND, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• RICHMOND, LEGH (1772-1827)
• RICHMOND, SIR WILLIAM BLAKE (1842– )

Richmond, See also:

• VIRGINIA
• VIRGINIA, or VERGINIA
• VIRGINIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Virginia, See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

Chief-See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

Justice See also:

• MARSHALL
• MARSHALL, ALFRED (1842– )
• MARSHALL, JOHN (1755–1835)
• MARSHALL, JOHN (1818-1891)
• MARSHALL, STEPHEN (c. 1594-1655)

Marshall presiding, and he was acquitted, in spite of the fact that the political influence of the national See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration was thrown against him . Immediately afterward he was tried on a charge of See also:

• MISDEMEANOUR (from O. Fr. mes- and demener, to conduct oneself ill)

misdemeanour, and on a technicality was again acquitted . He lived abroad from 18o8 to 1812, passing most of his time in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, See also:

• DENMARK
• DENMARK (Danmark)

Denmark, See also:

• SWEDEN
• SWEDEN [Sverige]
• SWEDEN, NORWAY AND

Sweden and France; trying to secure aid in the See also:

• PROSECUTION

prosecution of his filibustering schemes but See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting with numerous rebuffs, being ordered out of England and See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon refusing to receive him . In 1812 he returned to New York and spent the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of his See also:

• LIFE

life in the practice of law . Burr was unscrupulous, insincere and notoriously immoral, but he was pleasing in his See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners, generous to a See also:

• FAULT (Mid. Eng. faute, through the French, from the popular Latin use of fallere, to fail; the originallof the Latin being replaced in English in the 15th century)

fault, and was intensely devoted to his wife and daughter .

In 1833 he married Eliza B . Jumel (1769–1865), a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich New York widow; the two soon separated, however, owing to Burr's having lost much of her fortune in See also:

• SPECULATION

speculation . He died at See also:

• PORT

Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York, on the 14th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1836 . The See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography is See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• PARTON, JAMES (1822–1891)

Parton's The Life and Times of Aaron Burr (first edition, 1857; enlarged edition, 2 vols., Bostonand New York, 1898) . W . F . McCaleb's The Aaron Burr Conspiracy (New York, 1903) is a scholarly See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of the West and incidentally of Burr against the charge of treason, and is the best account of the subject; see also I . Jenkinson, Aaron Burr (Richmond, Ind., 1902) . For the traditional view of Burr's conspiracy, see See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• ADAMS
• ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
• ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
• ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
• ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
• ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
• ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
• ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
• ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
• ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
• ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
• ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)

Adams's See also:

• HISTORY

History of the United States, vol. iii . (New York, 1890) .