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Thomas Jefferson

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Thomas Jefferson letters that mention Aaron Burr (2 total)

• Thomas Jefferson letter to Albert Gallatin

  unknown - 22 February 1807

  I have the names of three persons whose evidence, taken together, can fix on him the actual endeavor to engage men in Burr's enterprise.

• Thomas Jefferson letter to Albert Gallatin

  Monticello, VA - 27 September 1810

  Yours of the 10th came safely to hand and laid me under new obligations for the valuable observations it contained.

John Adams

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John Adams letters that mention Aaron Burr (3 total)

• John Adams letter to Abigail Adams

  Philadelphia, PA - 12 March 1796

  I DINED yesterday with Mr. Burr, who lives here in style. A number of members of the House, the Speaker Mr. Dayton, among the rest.

• John Adams letter to Abigail Adams

  Stratford, CT - 27 November 1796

  It will purify me from all envy of Mr. Jefferson, or Mr. Pinckney, or Mr. Burr, or Mr. any body who may be chosen President or Vice President.

• John Adams letter to Abigail Adams

  Philadelphia, PA - 8 December 1796

  ENCLOSED are some signal accomplishments of prophecies. Be cool and discreet in your communications of them.

Timothy Pickering

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Timothy Pickering letters that mention Aaron Burr (2 total)

• Timothy Pickering letter to Rufus King

  Washington, MD - 19 February 1807

  A letter from Cowles Mead (also laid before us by the President) dated January 19th, says Col. Burr had surrendered himself to the Civil authority of the Mississippi Territory. He had with him 9 boats and about 100 men

• Timothy Pickering letter to Rufus King

  Washington, MD - 4 March 1808

  I have long entertained apprehensions ... that Mr. Jefferson had determined to evade a settlement of the Chesapeake affair ; and with the proclamation & embargo, effectually shut our ports against all British vessels

John Sullivan

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• John Sullivan letter to George Washington

  Sorel, QC, CAN - 8 June 1776

  I received a letter from General Thompson, of which the inclosed is a copy. I find that he has proceeded in the manner proposed, and made his attack on the troops at Three Rivers, at daylight

Gouverneur Morris

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Gouverneur Morris letters that mention Aaron Burr (1 total)

• Gouverneur Morris letter to Rufus King

  Morrisania, NY - 15 March 1816

  I have received yours of the ninth, and am pleased to learn that you stand a Candidate for the Government.

Albert Gallatin

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Albert Gallatin letters that mention Aaron Burr (3 total)

• Albert Gallatin letter to Thomas Jefferson

  Washington, MD - 14 September 1801

  Under those circumstances the Auditor thinks that to make room for them by the removal of others would be doing an act of injustice, in which he cannot consent to have any agency.

• Albert Gallatin letter to Thomas Jefferson

  New York, NY - 21 September 1802

  Your letter informing of the favorable aspect in the Mediterranean gave me true satisfaction ; it will enable us to diminish our naval expenditures

• Albert Gallatin letter to Thomas Jefferson

  Treasury Department, MD - 10 March 1808

  On reading Baldwin's letter respecting the supposed movements of Burr, it strikes me that the first step should be to inquire at Amboy respecting Arnauts generally

Nicholas Biddle

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Nicholas Biddle letters that mention Aaron Burr (1 total)

• Nicholas Biddle letter to James Monroe

  Philadelphia, PA - 21 June 1809

  My young friend Mr Walsh whom you may recollect in London has just returned in the Pacific.

Richard Platt

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Richard Platt letters that mention Aaron Burr (5 total)

• Richard Platt letter to Aaron Burr

  Peekskill, NY - 14 January 1779

  Handcuffs will be sent you as soon as they can be made. If you have a number of prisoners at any time to send up, let them be fastened right and left hands, and the guard cut the strings of their breeches

• Richard Platt letter to Aaron Burr

  Peekskill, NY - 26 January 1779

  He brings with him forty men, I believe as good as any in the army.

• Richard Platt letter to Aaron Burr

  Peekskill, NY - 23 February 1779

  Cammell will be down shortly to pay off accounts. One dollar per day is allowed for a saddle-horse.

• Richard Platt letter to Aaron Burr

  , NY - 25 February 1779

  The general wishes you to detain the best officers and men, for five complete parties of sixty

• Richard Platt letter to Valentine Morris

  New York, NY - 27 January 1814

  In reply to yours of the 20th of November last, requesting to be informed what was the reputation and services of Colonel Burr during the revolutionary war

William Paterson

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William Paterson letters that mention Aaron Burr (9 total)

• William Paterson letter to Aaron Burr

  Princeton, NJ - 17 January 1772

  To see you shine as a speaker would give great pleasure to your friends in general, and to me in particular. I say nothing of your own honour.

• William Paterson letter to Aaron Burr

  Princeton, NJ - 26 October 1772

  I always drive through Elizabethtown as quickly as possible, lest the soft infection should steal upon me, or I should take it in with the very air I breathe.

• William Paterson letter to Aaron Burr

  New Brunswick, NJ - 22 April 1776

  I was in expectation of hearing frequently from you, and, to tell the truth, was not a little mortified that I was passed over in silence. Why, Burr, all this negligence?

• William Paterson letter to Aaron Burr

  The Hermitage, NJ - 27 January 1779

  The intelligence gives me real pleasure, and the more so, because, until Mrs. Prevost told me, I had no idea of your disorder being so rooted and dangerous.

• William Paterson letter to Aaron Burr

  The Ponds, NJ - 18 March 1779

  I am married, Burr, and happy. May you be equally so. I cannot form a higher or a better wish.

• William Paterson letter to Aaron Burr

  Morristown, NJ - 29 September 1779

  I was for a time in expectation that you would return into Jersey, as the scene of military operations was directed to your part of the world, and would unavoidably drive you from your study and repose.

• William Paterson letter to Aaron Burr

  Rariton, NJ - 14 April 1780

  Peace is distant. There is no prospect of it in the present year. Nor do I think that Britain will come to terms while she fancies herself superior on the ocean.

• William Paterson letter to Aaron Burr

  Morristown, NJ - 27 August 1780

  I have always been fond of solitude, and, as it were, of stealing along through life. I am now sufficiently fond of domestic life. I have every reason to be so.

• William Paterson letter to Aaron Burr

  Morristown, NJ - 31 August 1780

  Business fairly bears me down. The truth is, that I am tired of writing, tired of reading, tired of bustling in a crowd, and, by fits, heartily tired of myself.

Robert Troup

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Robert Troup letters that mention Aaron Burr (10 total)

• Robert Troup letter to Aaron Burr

  Philadelphia, PA - 16 January 1780

  I almost envy you the happiness you have enjoyed. From the first moment of my acquaintance with Mrs. Prevost and her sister, I conceived an admiration for them both

• Robert Troup letter to Aaron Burr

  Philadelphia, PA - 14 February 1780

  I have resigned my office, and am now preparing to leave Philadelphia to go to Princeton, agreeable to the plan in my letter by Colonel Wadsworth.

• Robert Troup letter to Aaron Burr

  Philadelphia, PA - 29 February 1780

  By a strange kind of contracted system, which pervades all the civil establishments of Congress, I was reduced to the necessity of resigning my office at least six weeks sooner than I expected.

• Robert Troup letter to Aaron Burr

  Princeton, NJ - 27 April 1780

  I shall write to Mr. Stockton, who is still in Philadelphia, and acquaint him with my intentions of going away.

• Robert Troup letter to Aaron Burr

  Princeton, NJ - 16 May 1780

  I assure you, my future prosperity and happiness in life depends, in a greater measure than you may imagine, on my living and studying with you

• Robert Troup letter to Aaron Burr

  Princeton, NJ - 23 May 1780

  My patience is almost exhausted. I have been waiting for you this month past. Here I am, a pensioner upon the bounty of my good friend General Morris, and am likely to continue so

• Robert Troup letter to Aaron Burr

  Baskenridge, NJ - 27 June 1780

  After a very disagreeable ride indeed, I came here the day before yesterday in the afternoon; and yesterday morning, just as I was going to mount my horse, I was seized with a violent fever

• Robert Troup letter to Aaron Burr

  Rariton, NJ - 18 July 1780

  I am charmed with my present situation in every respect. It could not be more agreeable to my wishes. I shall have reason to thank you, as long as I live, for my change.

• Robert Troup letter to Aaron Burr

  Rariton, NJ - 21 August 1780

  I have no doubt at present that the second division of the French fleet has arrived, with a re-enforcement of 4000 troops.

• Robert Troup letter to Aaron Burr

  Morristown, NJ - 23 October 1780

  Some evil genius certainly interrupts our correspondence. I write letters without number, and yet you seldom hear from me, and when you do, the letter is as old as if it had come from the other side of the Atlantic.

Harman Blennerhassett

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Harman Blennerhassett letters that mention Aaron Burr (6 total)

• Harman Blennerhassett letter to unknown

  Lexington, KY - 18 October 1806

  Having found in this place a most valuable opportunity of participating with some friends of the first respectability and resources in the Union, in a commercial and land speculation

• Harman Blennerhassett letter to Margaret Blennerhassett

  Washington, MD - 29 October 1807

  To-morrow I set out from here for Baltimore, in company with Luther Martin, who has pledged himself to attend, on the part of Col. Burr and myself, at the Circuit Court of the United States, to sit at Chillicothe

• Harman Blennerhassett letter to Margaret Blennerhassett

  Baltimore, MD - 3 November 1807

  Col. Burr set off to-day at 1 o'clock, P. M., in the mail, for Philadelphia, with S. Swartwout, as he had no particular desire to behold a representation of his execution.

• Harman Blennerhassett letter to Margaret Blennerhassett

  Philadelphia, PA - 11 November 1807

  I am much teased by various causes of detention here which I can not control. The arrangement of my pecuniary claims on Col. Burr, and the acquisition of slaves, neither of them yet effected, are the principal.

• Harman Blennerhassett letter to Joseph Alston

  Port Gibson, MS - 2 March 1811

  having long since despaired of all indemnity from Mr. Burr for my losses, by the confederacy in which I was associated with you and him, I count upon a partial reimbursement from you upon grounds and motives which it is the object of this letter to d

• Harman Blennerhassett letter to Aaron Burr

  Port Gibson, MS - 16 April 1813

  I hasten to acquaint you that I should prefer suing them directly, in the character of your assignees, for the amount of the advance you made to them, in bills rendered negotiable by my indorsement

Joseph Alston

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Joseph Alston letters that mention Aaron Burr (2 total)

• Joseph Alston letter to Charles Pinckney

  The Oaks, SC - 6 February 1807

  I have received and read the President's Message with deep mortification and concern; but the letter annexed to it, stated to be a communication in cyphers from Col. Burr to Gen. Wilkinson, excites my unfeigned astonishment.

• Joseph Alston letter to Harman Blennerhassett

  The Oaks, SC - 22 June 1807

  Col. Burr feels that he has not the smallest grounds of resentment against me ; he is perfectly satisfied ; nor does there exist a shadow of that animosity between us that you deprecate.

Arthur St. Clair

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• Arthur St. Clair letter to George Washington

  Pompton, NJ - 3 June 1779

  Colonel Burr arrived here about three o clock, from General McDougall, and brings intelligence of the surrender of the Fort upon Verplank's Point, yesterday, about eleven o clock, by capitulation.

Lewis Cass

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• Lewis Cass letter to Eliza Spencer Cass

  Chillecothe, OH - 6 December 1806

  We have received a private communication from the Governor informing us, that Mr. Burr's plan is to collect about 1300 men, to rendezvous at the mouth of red river and to proceed from there to Orleans, to attack the city