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Aaron Burr: A Biography

by Nathan Schachner. 564 pgs.

Contributors:

   Nathan Schachner

Publisher:

   A.S. Barnes

Place of Publication:

  New York  

Publication Year:

  1961

Subjects:

Burr, Aaron,--1756-1836

	CONTENTS
I.	ANCESTRAL VOICES Respectable Burrs -- The Odor of Sanctity -- High Priest of Calvinism -- The Daughter of Puritans	1
II.	CHILDHOOD A Son is Born -- Swift Tragedy -- Orphans	14
III.	COLLEGE YEARS The Insatiable Student -- Myths in the Making -- The Students Get Religion -- Graduation -- The Footsteps of His Fathers -- Idyllic Interlude	21
IV.	SWORDS AND BULLETS The Call to Arms -- On to Quebec -- Siege and Assault End of the Venture -- Major Burr of the Staff -- Burr Rescues a Brigade -- Military Intelligence	32
V.	THE WAR GOES ON Promotion -- Martinet Burr -- Mutiny -- Secret Service - No Man's Land -- Resignation -- The War Horse Snuffs Battle	53
VI.	PRELUDE TO LIFE Courtship and Law Books -- Special Dispensation -- Theodosia Prevost Burr -- Entering Wedge	69
VII.	CHIEFLY LEGAL Political Interlude -- Practicing Attorney -- Domesticity	84
VIII.	THE POLITICIAN EMBARKED Preview -- Stepping-stone -- Into the Arena	93
IX.	THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK Strictly Professional -- Senatorial Duties -- Eyes on New York -- Burr Decides an Election	102
X.	INTERMEDIATE YEARS Hamilton Calls Names -- Withdrawal and a Bargain -- Richmond Hill and the Arts -- Financial Legerdemain -- Experiment in Education -- Aspasia	115
XI.	PARTY GROWTH Republican Cockades -- Almost Minister to France -- The Jay Treaty -- Republican Defeat -- Virginia Breaks a Promise	132
XII.	BURR STOOPS TO CONQUER The Lowly Assemblyman -- Almost a Brigadier -- Strange Bedfellows -- The Holland Land Company -- Watering a Bank -- The Pot and the Kettle	145
XIII.	THE SECOND AMERICAN REVOLUTION Burr Drafts a Ticket -- Tammany Marches to the Polls -- Clinton or Burr -- Hamilton Writes a Pamphlet -- Downfall of Federalism	167
XIV.	JEFFERSON OR BURR Premonitory Murmurs -- The Federalists Take Stock -- Republican Fears -- The House Votes -- The House Elects -- Cause and Effects	188
XV.	VICE-PRESIDENT BURR Pride Goeth -- The Spoils of Office -- Grim Prospects and Idle Dalliance -- The Judiciary Bill -- Sundry Errors in Tactics	210
XVI.	THE LAST STRUGGLE FOR POWER Escape Fantasies -- Jefferson in the Saddle -- Burr for Governor	236
XVII.	TRAGIC DUEL Provocation -- Apologia -- Pistols for Two; Coffee for One -- Indicted for Murder -- Southern Journey	246
XVIII.	THE IMPEACHMENT OF JUSTICE CHASE Jefferson Suddenly Courts Burr -- Trial and Acquittal -- A Long Farewell -- L'Envoi	261
XIX.	BACKGROUNDS FOR THE CONSPIRACY Westward the Course of Empire -- Hamilton and Miranda -- Foreign Aid -- Creole Grievances --"The Finished Scoundrel"	270
XX.	WESTERN JOURNEY Houseboat on the Ohio -- Yrujo Starts a Backfire -- Finances -- Recruiting -- Plot and Counterplot	296
XXI.	NEVER TO RETURN The Fatal Cipher -- The Bastrop Purchase -- The Cat Jumps -- The Betrayal	320
XXII.	THE MAN HUNT STARTS Accusations in Kentucky -- Action in Washington -- Attack on the Island -- Odyssey	344
XXIII.	DICTATORSHIP IN NEW ORLEANS Gooseflesh and Sword Rattling -- Surrender in Mississippi -- Vindication -- Escape and Arrest -- Via Dolorosa	364
XXIV.	THE STAGE IS SET Convicted in Advance -- Preliminary Trials	387
XXV.	TRIED FOR TREASON The Titans Gather -- Marshall Defines Treason -- Court Convenes -- The President is Subpoenaed -- The Mammoth of Iniquity -- The Grand Jury Indicts	396
XXVI.	ON TRIAL Oranges and Jail -- Arrest of Testimony -- The Misdemeanor Is Tried -- Further Commitment -- Mob Spirit	424
XXVII.	MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY Flight -- England Is Not Interested -- The Grand Tour -- Swedish Journey -- Hamlet and Goethe	449
XXVIII.	FAILURE IN FRANCE Proposals to Napoleon -- Desperate Straits -- England Again -- Exile's Return	471
XXIX.	DECLINING YEARS Double Tragedy -- The Eden Case -- Of Many Matters -- Old and Wealthy Woman -- Finale -- L'Envoi	496
	NOTES	519
	BIBLIOGRAPHY	547
	INDEX	555

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