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List of most recent chapters published for the Memoirs of Aaron Burr novel. A total of 127 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Complete.by Matthew L. Davis.PREFACE.During a period of forty yea
Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Complete.by Matthew L. Davis.PREFACE.During a period of forty years I was intimately acquainted with Colonel Burr, and have reason to suppose that I possessed his entire confidence. Some time after his return from Europe in 1812, on
- 101 This is only to a.s.sure you that I am in perfect health. That General Jackson is my good friend; that I have had no duel nor quarrel with anybody, and have not been wounded or hurt.Jerome Bonaparte, wife, maids of honour (Miss Spear _et al_.), &c., &c.,
- 102 TO CHARLES BIDDLE.Was.h.i.+ngton, January 23, 1804.MY DEAR SIR, When I last wrote you (about Thursday, I think), I felt the approaches of a headache, which I concluded would be, as usual, the torment of twenty-four hours only. On the contrary, it has purs
- 103 TO THEODOSIA.Havre de Grace (Susquehannah), January 30, 1804. In a former letter I told you we had eight inches snow at Was.h.i.+ngton. On Sat.u.r.day last, 28th, fell six or eight inches more, so that we had a foot depth of snow, cold weather, and, of co
- 104 TO WILLIAM P. VAN NESS.Was.h.i.+ngton, March 7, 1804.Friday last was the day a.s.signed for the appearance of Judge Pickering on his impeachment. He did not appear; but an _amicus curiae_ suggested that the judge was insane, and tendered the proof of that
- 105 Your letter of the 16th of April had better luck than that other of the 1st.; on the road, I mean, for the reception of both was equally kind. The last arrived yesterday. I do not remember exactly what it is about, and it is on my table in the library up
- 106 TO THEODOSIA.New-York, July 1, 1804.Having been s.h.i.+vering with cold all day, though in perfect health, I have now, just at sunset, had a fire in my library, and am sitting near it and enjoying it, if that word be applicable to any thing done in solitu
- 107 On the morning of Thursday, the 21st, I delivered to Colonel Burr the above letter, and, in the evening, was furnished with the following letter for General Hamilton, which I delivered to him at 12 o'clock on Friday, the 22d inst.No. III.New-York, Ju
- 108 SIR, Your first letter, in a style too peremptory, made a demand, in my opinion, unprecedented and unwarrantable. My answer, pointing out the embarra.s.sment, gave you an opportunity to take a less exceptionable course. You have not chosen to do it; but,
- 109 No. XIII.Colonel Burr arrived first on the ground, as had been previously agreed. When General Hamilton arrived, the parties exchanged salutations, and the seconds proceeded to make their arrangements.They measured the distance, ten full paces, and cast l
- 110 Lastly, I shall hazard much, and can possibly gain nothing by the issue of the interview.But it was, as I conceive, impossible for me to avoid it. There were _intrinsic_ difficulties in the thing, and _artificial_ embarra.s.sments from the manner of proce
- 111 A. BURR.The elder Prevost, [5] Augustine James Frederic Prevost, is a most amiable and honourable man. Under the garb of coa.r.s.e rusticity you will find, if you know him, refinement, wit, a delicate sense of propriety, the most inflexible intrepidity, i
- 112 Philadelphia, August 3, 1804.The preceding is a summary of the intelligence by this day's mail. The purport of the inquest is confirmed by a letter from J.B.P. I am further advised that an application has been made to Governor Lewis, of New-York, requiri
- 113 I have been studying all the maps and gazetteers to discover the best access to Statesburgh. Georgetown seems to be the nearest port; but whether there be thence a direct road, I cannot discover. Does our friend Doctor Blythe still reside at Georgetown? I
- 114 Tuesday, October 2.Firstly, your pardon is craved for this torn sheet; it was entire when I commenced, but one half went last night to answer a note, there being no paper in the house, and Peter abroad with my key. You have not, I think, been introduced t
- 115 Interrupted. A very extraordinary visit; you shall hear as soon as they go.The visitors were a middle-aged gentleman; a man of fortune, of family; has travelled, and been received in the first circles on both continents; intelligent and well-informed; pro
- 116 TO THEODOSIA.Was.h.i.+ngton, February 23, 1805.I regret the unprofitable employment of your time, and sincerely hope such long visitations will not be repeated; but you are something to blame to have taken no books with you, and again for not finding one
- 117 As soon as the Senate could compose themselves sufficiently to choose a president pro tem., they calve to the following resolution:---- "Resolved, unanimously, That the thanks of the Senate be presented to _Aaron Burr_, in testimony of the impartiality,
- 118 "On the 25th of June reached New-Orleans. The lady of your laughing friend is a charming woman. She was a widow from St. Domingo; _sans argent et sans enfants_. Without a single good feature, she is very agreeable. She is nearly the size and figure o
- 119 Colonel Burr had repeated conferences on the subject with Mr. Merry, the British plenipotentiary resident in the United States. Mr. Merry communicated to his government the project of Mr. Burr. Colonel Charles Williamson, the brother of Lord Balgray, went
- 120 EXTRACTS."The vivacity of Burr's wit, and the exercise of his proper talents, now (at Richmond) constantly solicited here, in private and public exhibition, while they display his powers and address at the levee and the bar, must engross more of
- 121 WILLIAM Y. LEWIS, Not. Pub.The following short extracts from the letters of Colonel Burr to his daughter, while he was imprisoned in Richmond, will serve to show the state of his mind under circ.u.mstances thus oppressive and mortifying.TO THEODOSIA."
- 122 Wilkinson has been examined, and had partly gone through the cross-examination when we closed on Sat.u.r.day. _He acknowledged, very modestly, that he had made certain alterations in the letter received from me, by erasures, &c., and then swore it to be a
- 123 FROM MR. RUSSELL.Paris, October 25, 1810.In reply to Mr. Burr's note of this morning, Mr. Russell begs leave to inform him that the province of granting pa.s.sports to citizens of the United States belongs to the consul, to whom all wis.h.i.+ng for t
- 124 The effect upon Burr of this blow may be imagined by those who have noticed his constant and unceasing anxiety for his grandson, Aaron Burr Alston. In his intercourse, however, with the world, and in his business pursuits, there was a prompt.i.tude and an
- 125 I have often heard your opinion of these congressional nominations.They are hostile to all freedom and independence of suffrage. A certain junto of actual and fact.i.tious Virginians, having had possession of the government for twenty-four years, consider
- 126 Love your father; be grateful and affectionate to him while he lives; be the pride of his meridian, the support of his departing days. Be all that he wishes; for he made your mother happy. Oh! my heavenly Father, bless them both. If it is permitted, I wil
- 127 1. The day on which his son died. 2. The portrait of Theodosia. THE END.……