—and election of 1800–01, 118, 177–78, 196–202, 204, 205–8, 209–14, 215, 216–19, 220, 296, 374, 411
—as vice president (1801–05), vii, viii, 3, 161, 226–27, 228, 229–31, 245–46; “Aaron Burr!” handbill attack, 222, 231–32, 255; Cheetham attacks, 243–45, 247–50, 254–55; campaign for New York State governorship (1804), 252–55, 256, 257, 391, 411; duel with Hamilton, see Hamilton-Burr duel; as a fugitive in the south, 269; return to Washington, 272–73; Chase impeachment trial, 272, 275–77, 278–79; farewell speech, 279–82
—western journey (1805), 149, 292–96; return to east coast, 301; purchase of Bastrop property, 302, 305; second western journey (1806), 303–4, 369
—filibuster campaign, 161, 282–83, 287–88, 293, 294, 296, 297, 302–4, 307, 311, 316, 320, 322, 332, 335, 355, 362, 364, 365, 367–68, 370, 376, 381, 383, 406; seen as “Burr Conspiracy,” 272, 288, 299–301, 306–9; Daveiss’s charges and Kentucky hearings, 301, 306, 309–11; Wilkinson’s betrayal and Jefferson’s accusation, 311–16, 319, 343, 345; flight to Mississippi and absolution by grand jury, 316, 319–20, 325, 334; capture in Alabama, 318, 320–23
—trials and acquittal on treason charges (1807), 16, 161, 274, 277–78, 323–63, 364, 367, 384, 408, 411; Ohio misdemeanor indictment, 362–63, 370, 386
—debts and civil suits following trial, 367, 369, 390; appeal for compensation for military service, 390–91
—travels abroad (1808–12): England, 367, 369, 370, 371–76, 379–80, 386; Scotland, 376–79; Sweden, 380–81, 382; Denmark, 381; Germany, 382; France, 382–84; Holland, 384; private journal, 56, 377–79, 409
—opening of Nassau Street law office (1812), 387; reestablishment in Albany, 388; concern for women and family law, 388–90; Croghan and Eden cases, 395–97; military service pension, 399
—marriage to Eliza Jumel (1833), 400–403
—death (1836), 403–4; burial, 405
Burr, Aaron, Sr. (father), 4, 5, 7, 8, 23, 58, 61, 115, 149, 405
Burr, Aaron Columbus (Aaron Burr Colombe) (adoptive son), 397
Burr, Daniel (grandfather), 7
Burr, Elizabeth (heir), 402
Burr, Esther (mother), 3, 4, 5, 6–7, 79
Burr, Frances Ann (heir), 402
Burr, Sally (daughter), 76
Burr, Sally (sister). See Reeve, Sally Burr
Burr, Thaddeus (cousin), 59, 60, 61, 69
Burr, Theodosia (daughter). See Alston, Theodosia Burr
Burr, Theodosia Prevost (wife), viii, 3, 54, 55, 56, 61, 62, 64–74, 75–76, 77–80, 91, 92, 97, 108, 123–24, 158, 242; death (1794), 72, 127, 234
Burrites, 101, 117, 185, 198, 227, 228, 244, 247–49, 253, 254, 266, 284, 297, 361, 385, 392, 411
Butler, Pierce, 122, 147, 269, 300
Butler, Thomas, son of, 304
Callender, James Thomson, 163
Calvo. See Casa Calvo
Campbell, Col. Donald, 26–28
Canada, 160–62, 283, 383, 406; invasion of 1775, 20, 22, 24–25
Canning, Mr., 371–72
Carlos (AB’s slave), 91
Carr, Dabney, 362
Cartmel, Robert, 395
Casa Calvo, marqués de, 288, 290, 297
Casa Yrujo. See Yrujo
Cataline, 48, 212, 245, 248, 254, 300, 301, 307–8, 361, 410
Catherine the Great, 78
Cayuga Bridge Company, 180, 375
Cazenove, Théophile, 181, 182
“Celeste,” 237, 238–39
Charles IV, king of Spain, 372
Chase, Nelson, 401
Chase, Samuel, 272, 273–79, 340
Cheesman, Jacob, 20, 26
Cheetham, James, 224, 243–44, 245, 246–48, 249, 250, 254, 255, 266, 273, 282, 296, 299, 300, 308, 353, 404, 410, 411
Chernow, Ron, Alexander Hamilton, 408–9
Chesterfield, Lord, 60, 74, 75, 77, 123, 411; Letters to his Son, 61, 81
chivalry, culture of, 62, 68–69
Church, John Barker, 163, 164, 182, 185, 188
cipher letter, 312–13, 315, 327–28, 330, 336, 346, 349, 355, 363
Citation Act of 1782, 88, 89
citizen-soldier, ideal of, 29–30
Claiborne, William C. C., 297, 313, 314, 315
Clark, Daniel, Jr., 287
Clark, George Rogers, 283
Classification Bill, 391
Clay, Henry, 261, 309–10
Clinton, DeWitt, 218, 224, 227, 228, 229, 231, 243, 244, 246, 247, 248, 250–51, 252, 253, 256, 301, 340, 384, 393, 404
Clinton, Edward, 228
Clinton, George, 41, 85, 87, 88, 91, 98, 101, 102, 103–4, 105, 106, 109, 110, 111–12, 114, 116, 117, 118, 142, 143, 148, 152, 153, 179, 198, 201, 202, 208, 218, 227, 228, 231, 250–51, 252, 256, 273
Clinton, Gen. Henry, 45
Clinton, Col. James, 41
Clinton faction (Clintonians), 85, 86, 87, 99, 111, 117, 143, 142, 185, 198, 227, 228, 231, 253, 254, 255, 256, 268, 301
Cliosophic Society, 11–13, 14, 21
Cochran, James, 391
Cocke, William, 149
code duello. See duels and dueling
code of honor, 65
Colden, Cadwallader, 67
Colden, Cadwallader David, 193, 199
Coleman, William, 255, 266, 268, 282
College of New Jersey (Princeton), xx, 4, 5, 8, 9–12, 15, 16, 149, 405
Colt, Peter, 52, 93
Columbe, Aaron Burr, 397
Confiscation Act of 1779, 88
confiscation policy, 63–64, 67
Congress Hall, Philadelphia, 122
Conspiracy; or the Western Island, The (anon.), 408
Constitutional Convention (1787), 8, 99, 141
Continental Army, 15, 22, 33, 37–38, 40, 42–43, 45, 49, 61, 229; citizen-soldier ideal, 29–30
Continental Congress, 20, 21–22, 31, 34, 36, 37–38, 42, 46, 47
Continental Loan Office, 93
Conway, Gen. Thomas, 47
“Conway cabal,” 47
Cooper, Dr. Charles D., 256–57, 258, 259, 260
Cooper, William, 94, 111, 112, 396
Cosway, Maria, 241
courtly love, of republican matrons, 68–69
Craig, Andrew, 94
crambo, 65
Crawford, William, 394
Creel, Thomas, 357
Croghan, George, 94, 98, 395–96
Croghan, Susannah, 94
D——, Miss, 58
Dallas, Alexander, 147
Daveiss, Joseph Hamilton, 301, 306, 309, 310–11, 364
Davis, John, 159, 249
Davis, Matthew Livingston, 26, 27, 28, 43, 198, 199, 200, 201, 219, 226, 229, 230, 231, 235, 243, 244, 249, 268, 327, 398
Dayton, Hannah (Mrs. Matthias Ogden), 8
Dayton, Jonathan, 8, 9, 151, 282, 286, 287, 288, 293, 294, 296, 300, 302–3, 307, 332, 350, 363, 399
Dayton family, 8–9
Dearborn, Henry, 226, 305, 308, 319, 324
Declaration of Independence, 16, 33, 115, 211, 273, 373, 378, 407
Delamater, Jacob, 85, 113–14
Democratiad, The (anon.), 129, 139–40, 141
Democratic-Republicans. See Republicans
democratic societies, 126, 129–30, 131, 140–41, 145
Democratic Society of New York, 126, 130, 134, 135, 138, 140, 171, 187
Democratic Society of Philadelphia, 149
Dennie, Joseph, 274
Denning, William, 101
De Visme, Catherine, 67, 69, 70, 180
De Visme, Philip, 65
Dod, Thaddeus, 56, 61
Dow, Alexander, 41
Dowd, Jerome, Burr and Hamilton, 409
Duan
e, James, 88
Duane, William, 172, 351
duels and dueling, 47, 59, 164–65, 247, 261, 262, 266, 267, 268, 296. See also Hamilton-Burr duel
Duer, William, 92–93, 110, 119, 155
Dumont, Pierre-Etienne-Louis, 372–73
Duval, Elizabeth, 70, 71
Dwight, Timothy, 97, 202
Eaton, Gen. William, 307, 308, 309, 320, 327, 328, 330–33, 334, 335, 346, 349, 354–55, 358, 364
Eden, Elizabeth Maltbie (wife of Isadoro Guillet), 396, 397
Eden, Rachel Maltbie, 396
Eden, Rebecca Maltbie (wife of John Lynde Wilson), 396, 397
Eden, Joseph, 396
Eden, Medcef, Jr., 396
Edwards, Esther (AB’s mother). See Burr, Esther
Edwards, Frances Ogden (Mrs. Pierpont), 97
Edwards, H. G. (pseudonym of AB), 371
Edwards, Rev. Jonathan (AB’s grandfather), 4, 5, 6–7, 8, 21, 79, 96
Edwards, Jonathan, Jr. (AB’s uncle), 96
Edwards, Pierpont (AB’s uncle), 6, 96, 97, 98, 113, 124, 127, 151, 160, 202, 223, 227, 233, 235–36, 240, 246–47, 249
Edwards, Rhoda Ogden (Mrs. Timothy), 6, 8
Edwards, Sarah (AB’s grandmother), 5
Edwards, Timothy (AB’s uncle), 6–8, 21, 28–29, 76, 96, 98, 110, 182
Electoral College, 146
Elizabethtown, New Jersey, 8, 9
Elizabethtown Presbyterian Church, 8, 9
Ellis, Joseph, Founding Brothers, 412
Ellsworth, Oliver, 153
Eltinge, Roeliff, 67
England. See Britain
Enlightenment, 10, 14, 29, 78, 83, 87, 125, 135, 374, 377
Eustis, Dr. William, 121, 162, 217, 232, 235, 236, 239, 240, 241–42, 264, 375, 385, 392
Fairlie, James, 185
Federalists, 86, 87, 99–100, 101, 102, 110, 109, 112, 113, 114, 116, 122, 124, 127, 129, 130, 131, 132, 134, 135, 140, 141, 146, 178–79, 181, 186, 187–88; and election of 1800–01, 177, 198–99, 200, 202, 203, 204, 206, 209–12, 213, 214, 215, 216–17, 219, 220; during Jefferson presidency, 226, 227, 245–46, 252–53, 254–55, 256, 272, 300, 337, 338. See also Hamilton-Schuyler faction
Fenner, Arthur, 204
Fielding, Henry, 58, 237
filibustering, 161, 282–83, 285, 291, 336, 337, 406
financial crises, 155
Fithian, Philip, 11, 12
Floridas (Spanish Florida; West Florida), 269, 270, 272, 284–85, 286, 287, 288, 294, 296, 300, 297, 302, 370, 372, 383, 392
Folch, Don Vicente, 288
Fort Clinton, 40, 41
Fort Montgomery, 40, 41
Fort Washington, 35
France, 45, 63, 125–26, 162–63, 168, 171, 175, 186, 283, 284, 285, 292, 370, 372, 381, 383
Franklin, Benjamin, 7, 138, 292, 378–79, 389
French Revolution, 93, 125, 126, 267
Freneau, Philip, 171, 198, 205
G, Madame, 237, 239
Gahn, Henry, 380, 381
Gaines, Lt. Edmund, 321, 322
Gallatin, Albert, 134–35, 136, 159, 373
—election as a U.S. senator contested and voided (1793–94), 131–34
—as a U.S. congressman (1795–1801), 130, 135, 138, 149, 162, 172, 173, 174; and election of 1800–01, 177, 199, 200, 201–2, 215–16, 217, 218, 219
—as secretary of the treasury (1801–14), 133, 135, 223, 226, 229, 230–31, 273, 287, 302, 308, 385, 386
Gallatin, Hannah Nicholson (Mrs. Albert), 134, 160, 201, 208, 215, 218, 226
Gallatin, Peggy, 264
Galloway, Mrs. Joseph, 63
Gates, Gen. Horatio, 24, 47, 68, 198
Gelston, David, 87, 103, 105, 112, 126, 130, 140, 163, 179, 198, 226, 244, 390
Genet, Edmond-Charles, 125, 127, 131, 139, 140, 141
German Company, 160–61, 402
Giles, William Branch, 328, 337, 338, 340
Godwin, William, 212, 280, 380; Caleb Williams, 280–81
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 382
Goodrich, Chauncey, 145–46, 149, 154
Gouverneur, Isaac, 189, 190, 191
Graham, John, 308, 315
Granger, Gideon, 251, 307
Great Britain. See Britain
Green, Timothy, 161, 244, 376, 387
Greene, Gen. Nathanael, 35, 45
Greenleaf, Ann, 172
Greenleaf, James, 93, 155, 156, 157, 160
Greenleaf, Thomas, 101–2, 120, 138, 172
Greenwood, John, 406–7
Griswold, Roger, 173, 252
Guillet, Isadore, 397
Gulph mutiny story, 43
habeas corpus, 326–27, 340, 342
Haddock, Cpl. Robert, 43
Hamilton, Alexander, 9, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 94, 97, 100, 101, 109, 118–21, 133, 139, 140, 141, 156, 158, 160, 163–64, 181, 182, 183, 184–85, 188, 231, 283, 337, 395, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 410, 413; attacks on Burr, viii, 46, 103, 107, 118–20, 143, 170, 212–13, 245, 263, 280, 410, 412
—in Continental Army, 45, 46, 47, 49
—and New York State gubernatorial election (1789), 103–4, 142
—as secretary of the treasury (1789–95), 86, 93, 105–8, 109, 110, 112, 119, 125, 127, 136, 140, 170; role in election of 1792, 118–20; Reynolds Affair, 120–22, 163, 165, 166–67, 232, 242
—and New York State gubernatorial election (1795), 142, 143, 144
—and election of 1796, 118, 146, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154
—as inspector general of the army (1798–1800), 168, 169–70, 399
—and election of (1800–01), 118, 160, 177, 199, 200–201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 209, 210, 211–14, 218, 220, 263
—and New York State gubernatorial election (1804), 252, 256, 257
—duel with Burr (1804), see Hamilton-Burr duel; debts at time of death, 119, 160, 264, 406
Hamilton, Elizabeth Schuyler (Mrs. Alexander), 97, 109, 266, 391
Hamilton, Philip, 262
Hamilton-Burr court battles, 94, 189–91, 192, 196
Hamilton-Burr duel (1804), viii, 107, 119, 164, 165–66, 241, 247, 257–66, 409, 410; Hamilton’s death and aftermath, vii, 266–67, 271, 272, 273, 276, 277, 282, 311, 325, 361
Hamilton-Monroe affair, 163–67
Hamilton-Schuyler faction (Schuyler-Hamiltonian faction; Hamiltonians), 86, 99, 102, 106, 107, 109, 110, 142, 143, 150, 162, 185
Hancock, John, 60
Harison, Richard, 157, 182, 189, 190
Harper, Robert Goodloe, 210, 211, 278
Harrison, William Henry, 297, 305, 309
Hauterive, comte d’, 382
Hay, George, 328, 329, 330, 332–33, 335, 338, 339, 341, 343, 344, 345, 346, 352–54, 355, 359, 361, 362, 363
Hazard, Nathaniel, 107, 119
Hemings, Sally, 233
Henry, John, 25, 27–28, 153
Henry, Patrick, 151
Hermitage, Bergen County, New Jersey, 64, 65, 68, 74, 158
Higginson, Stephen, 152
Hillhouse, James, 252
Hinson, Major, 321
Hoffman, Josiah Ogden, 182
Holland Land Company, 181, 182–83, 185, 384
Hosack, Dr. David, 264, 266
Hosmer, Titus, 73
Hough, Emerson, The Magnificent Adventurer, 409
Howe, Gen. William, 33, 35, 42, 45
Hudson Highlands command, 40, 41–42, 51
Humboldt, Alexander von, 287, 382
Hume, David, 360
Hutchison, Thomas, 15
impeachment, 274
Indiana Canal Company, 293–94, 305
Indian wars, 108, 170
Ingraham, Rev. Joseph Holt, Burton; or, The Sieges, 409
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Innes, Henry, 309
Iredell, James, 153
Irving, Dr. Peter, 247–48, 249, 250, 253, 254, 284
Irving, Washington, 24, 249, 347–48, 351
Jackson, Andrew, 294–95, 300, 304, 307, 309, 349, 351, 393–94, 399
Jacobins, 126, 131, 139, 209
Jamaica, 372, 383
Jay, John, 89, 91, 100, 101, 109, 111, 112, 125, 135–37, 142, 144, 145, 149, 153, 169, 179, 184, 200–201, 207
Jayites, 111, 150
Jay Treaty, 136–38, 140, 141, 145, 150, 171, 174
Jefferson, Thomas, vii, 116, 117, 118, 119, 139, 141, 158, 171, 241, 261, 378, 393, 394, 404, 405–6, 407, 410, 413, 414
—as author of Declaration of Independence (1776), 211, 273, 373, 407
—as secretary of state (1790–93), 106–7, 122, 125, 126, 283
—in the election of 1796, 142, 144–46, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 197
—as vice president (1797–1801), 154, 162, 209, 215
—election of 1800–01, 118, 157, 177, 186, 188, 196, 197–98, 199, 200–201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206–7, 208, 209, 210, 211, 213, 214, 215, 216–17, 218, 219–20, 243–44, 249, 296, 299, 398
—as president (1801–09), 194–95, 223, 224–25, 232–33, 234, 245, 246, 249, 253, 256, 272–73, 289, 291, 302; appointments and patronage, 130, 133, 134–35, 225–27, 228–29, 230, 231, 233, 287; Louisiana Purchase, 283–85, 286; and election of 1804, 230, 251, 256; and Chase impeachment, 272, 273–74, 278; and Burr’s “Conspiracy” and trial for treason, 301, 304, 306, 307, 308–9, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 319, 323, 327–29, 331, 333, 335, 337–39, 341–42, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 349, 351, 354, 356, 358, 360, 363–65, 370, 376
Johns, Kensey, 134
Johnson, Mariah, 401–2, 403
Johnston, Samuel, 153
Judiciary Act of 1801, 245
Jumel, Eliza, 400–401, 402, 403, 404
Jumel, Stephen, 400, 401
Kant, Immanuel, 19, 29
Kemble, Peter, 189, 191
Kemper, Reuben, 300
Kennedy, Roger, Burr, Hamilton, and Jefferson, 410
Kentucky, 149, 150, 288, 306
Kerr, Lewis, 314
King, Rufus, 108, 109, 111, 114, 125, 132, 141, 150, 154, 155, 170, 190, 256
Knebel, Henriette von, 382
Knox, Brig. Gen. Henry, 268
L, Mr., 182
Lafayette, marquis de, 40, 49, 303, 346, 347
Lamb, John, 38, 90, 101, 130, 143, 156, 157–58, 160
land speculation, 92–96, 97–98, 117, 155–56, 161, 287
Langdon, Caroline, 385
Langdon, John, 122, 147, 148, 154, 185, 193, 195, 252, 257
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