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    Aaron Burr, Portrayed as Misunderstood Founding Hero
    Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 1, 2007
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...bad. The result was the famed duel; despite the popular view that Hamilton did not aim at Burr, he appears to have done so...killed by a more accurate shot by Burr. That action led to Burrs career collapsing in New York...He was a common assassin. Burr went back to finish up his term...
     
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    Discover the Truth Behind the Great Feuds of History
    Newspaper article; The Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Australia), February 20, 2012
    Subjects: 
    Burr, Aaron, Nationalism
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. In the famous duel, which saw the vice-president of the United States, Burr, shoot (and ultimately kill) his...went awry one night after Hamilton and Burr (having downed one too many pints...
     
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    The Unhappy Vice President's Plots
    Newspaper article by Joseph C. Goulden; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), December 6, 2011
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    American Emperor: Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson's America (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...votes. Rather than withdraw, Burr forced the contest into the...voted for Jefferson. An unhappy Burr was consigned to the vice presidency...thereafter. Then, in 1804, Burr challenged longtime critic and rival Alexander Hamilton to a duel and shot him dead. He was indicted...scrawled a note saying he accepted Burrs challenge as a matter of honor...
     
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    Inside the Beltway
    Newspaper article by John Mccaslin; The Washington Times, November 14, 2001
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...classic, "The Turning Point: Jeffersons Battle for the Presidency." The book combines the narrative of the Jefferson-Burr duel for the presidency, which deadlocked the House of Representatives in early 1801, with the authors newly discovered love...
     
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    While GOP Stoning Would Be Fun, Past Sins Aren't the Issue
    Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July 12, 2005
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...bankruptcy, engaging in an adulterous "youthful indiscretion," donating a DNA sample to an intern, killing Aaron Burr in a duel, knocking up his slave mistress, taking legislative-enhancing steroids, shooting a man in Reno just to watch him...
     

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Encyclopedia Articles on: burr duel

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    Burr, Aaron
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...the presidency, and on the 36th ballot Burr became vice president. Burr presided over the Senate with a dignity...in part by statements reflecting on Burrs character. Burr challenged Hamilton to a duel and mortally wounded him. Accusation...
     
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    Duel
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...students were especially noted for their duels. Duels were quite common in the United States...example, Alexander Hamilton was killed in a duel with Aaron Burr , and Andrew Jackson took part in several duels. In the United States, dueling persisted...
     
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    Weehawken
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...inc. 1859. It is mostly residential. "Highwood," the James Gore King estate, was the scene in 1804 of the duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton . A bronze bust commemorates Hamilton, who was fatally wounded...
     
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    Hamilton, Alexander
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...accord with the popular will, but Burr was disgruntled. When in 1804 Hamilton again thwarted Burr, keeping him from the governorship of New York, Burr accused Hamilton of having called...charge, challenged him to a duel. The two men met at Weehawken...
     

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