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Vice Pres, Hamilton Duel AARON BURR - Letter Signed

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Aaron Burr (1756-1836) Burr served as the third Vice President of the United States under Thomas Jefferson. He is remembered more for his duel with Alexander Hamilton, which resulted in the latter's death, and for his schemes of empire, which resulted in his trial and acquittal on charges of treason. 8" x 10 ¼" letter signed, New York, February 24, 1828, to Mrs. Broadstreet. "…the finale of the Farce of T & C which really appeared to me so trifling and so unimportant to yourself and to Wm. T. that I did not perceive how I could answer your letter with sufficient gravity & expressions of sympathy – Now that the excitement is past, I may hope to be pardoned for this levity…." Double matted with a printed image and a descriptive plaque to 16 ¼" x 13 ½"

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