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unts of murder and left that field of honor a ruined man the tragedy aroused an unprecedented excitement before which burr felt it wise to flee the coroner s inquest having returned a verdict of murder he escaped to south carolina and took refuge in the home of his daughter though an indictment for murder was obtained against him the excitement subsided and he was left unmolested after a season he ventured to washington and completed his term of service as vice president though his political prospects were now blasted and his name execrated his bold and resolute spirit did not break courage and fortitude were the cardinal virtues of his moral code and his restless mind was already employed with new and vast projects early in 1805 under indictment for murder in the death of alexander hamilton in their celebrated duel burr traveled into the western territories from pittsburgh he floated in a boat specially built for him down to new orleans stopping at many points and often receiving enthusiastic attention after some time spent in the southwest he slowly returned to washington where he sought from the president an appointment suitable to his dignity foiled in this effort he turned more earnestly to his mysterious western projects there in one of the most mysterious episodes of american history he projected a scheme to instigate war with spain and seize control of frontier lands to found an independent nation his plan was to collect a body of followers and conquer texas perhaps mexico establishing there a republic of which he should be the head with this he associated the hope that the western states ultimately falling away from the union would cast in their lot with him making new orleans the capital of the new nation as a rendezvous and refuge for his followers he actually bought a vast tract of land on washita river for which the sum of 40 000 was to be paid it was a wild scheme and if not technically treasonable was so near to it as to make him a public enemy events had advanced rapidly and burr s plans were nearly ripe for execution 1806 indictment of aaron burr for treason states that the former vice president of the united states did prepare for a military expedition against the dominions of the king of spain records of district courts of the united states the grandiose plan unraveled in 1806 when his fellow conspirator the ambitious wilkinson revealed the plot but not his role in it to ingratiate himself with the federal government president jefferson who had not been ignorant of what was maturing issued a proclamation october 27th 1806 denouncing the enterprise and warning the people against it the project immediately collapsed image courtesy of christies com orders were given for burr s capture as evidenced by this letter giving strongly worded directions for the immediate arrest of former vice president the letter amazingly is countersigned by burr s co conspirator in his plot to create an independent nation in the southwest in this letter louisiana territory governor claiborne and wilkinson authorize the governor of the mississippi territory to arrest burr understanding that aaron burr has taken post within the territory over which you preside we cannot express our solicitude lest his pretensions to innocence and the arts which he may employ to delude and seduce our fellow citizens from their duty to their country may be partially successful we rely however with confidence on your exertions to seize the arch traitor and having done so placing him without delay on board one of our armed vessels in the river with an order to the officer to descend with him to this city or otherwise if his followers be as numerous as is represented it is probable it may not be in your power to bring him to trial they warn mead to exercise caution with the spanish authorities to avoid an international incident we advise you confidentially to keep a strict eye upon the spaniards governor folch is proceeding to baton rouge with four hundred men his co operation in repelling burr and his associates is desirable but in the uncertain and menacing state of affairs between the us and spain it is our duty to be vigilant and to watch the movements of a foreign force which may lie in our vicinity governor mead immediately posted a 2000 reward for the capture of burr believed to be hiding in the hills of western mississippi burr in disguise stopped at the farmhouse of nicholas perkins a rural attorney to ask directions perkins though had read the governor s proclamation and remembered that burr s description emphasized that his eyes sparkled like diamonds the lawyer suspecting that the stranger was indeed the fugitive vice president informed the local sheriff who arrested burr that night burr was sent under escort to richmond to be tried on two charges high treason and a misdemeanor mounting a military expedition against the king of spain en route just as claiborne and wilkinson feared he attempted to escape by leaping from his horse and appealing to a crowd at a rural tavern for protection and only remounted his horse at gunpoint burr was conveyed to richmond virginia here was held the memorable trial for treason beginning 22 may 1807 and lasting with some interruptions for six months in the array of distinguished counsel william wirt was pre eminent for the prosecution and luther martin for the defense and chief justice john marshall presided as the lead judge burr himself took an active part in the case on september 1st 1807 the jury returned a verdict of not guilty on the indictment for treason and some time afterward the prisoner was acquitted on technical grounds of the misdemeanor charge though burr was now free his good name was not restored by the issue of the trial and he soon sailed for england still animated by new schemes and hopes after various adventures in that country he was expelled as an embarrassing person and went to sweden having spent some time in copenhagen and various cities of germany he reached paris in february 1810 here kept under government surveillance and refused permission to return to the united states he was reduced to the severest pecuniary straits returning again to england he was obliged to remain there in desperate extremities for a year and a half at last he got away in the ship aurora and reached boston in may 1812 disguised under the name of arnot as well as with wig whiskers and strange garments the returning exile entered the city in a most humiliating plight the government prosecutions still hung over his head and some of his creditors had executions against him which might throw him into a prison he ventured to new york however reaching that place four years after leaving it he soon opened an office in nassau street old friends rallied around him and the future began to brighten somewhat when he was stunned by the information that his only grandchild theodosia s son aged eleven was dead a still more crushing blow soon came the daughter who was his idol perished at sea while on a voyage from charleston to new york in january 1813 burr was now fifty seven years old shunned by society though with a considerable practice he lived on for twenty three years at the age of seventy eight he married madame jumel widow of a french merchant who had a considerable fortune the union soon proved unhappy owing to burr s reckless use of his wife s money and they finally separated though not divorced in his last days burr was dependent on the charity of a scotch woman a friend of former years for a home in 1833 at age 77 burr married again this time to eliza jumel a wealthy widow soon however she realized her fortune was dwindling due to her husband s land speculation losses she separated from burr after only four months burr suffered a debilitating stroke in 1834 which rendered him immobile his divorce was completed on september 14 1836 the day of burr s death on staten island in the village of port richmond he was buried near his honored father and grandfather in princeton new jersey aaron burr death mask in his last hours he said of the holy scriptures they are the most perfect system of truth the world has ever seen his daughter theodosia burr born in new york city in 1783 died at sea in january 1813 was one of the most highly accomplished and brilliant of american women her father to whom she was an object of pride as well as passionate affection devoted himself to informing her mind and training her character in accordance with his own ideal of womanhood in her tenth year she read horace and terence in the original latin spoke french and was studying the greek grammar he was as careful of her physical as of her mental education and sought to develop the independence of thought and self reliance that was universally discouraged at the time in the training of girls after her mother s death in 1794 theodosia became mistress of her father s house and the companion of his leisure hours on 2 february 1801 she married joseph alston a wealthy and talented young planter of south carolina who in after years became governor of his native state the devotion of theodosia to her father approached idolatry through all the disasters of his career she clung to him with unshaken fidelity she and her husband were cognizant of her father s scheme to become emperor of mexico her son was to be the heir to the throne and when burr was brought to trial at richmond his daughter was there and by the power of her beauty and intellectual graces did much to stay the torrent of popular indignation and secure a favorable verdict her eloquent letters to mrs madison sec gallatin and other old friends of burr paved the way for his return to new york after four years of exile and poverty before his arrival theodosia s son and only child died in his eleventh year in consequence of this blow she was prostrated by a nervous fever but eager to see her father once more she embarked at charleston for new york 29 december 1812 on a pilot boat called the patriot a storm soon arose and raged along the coast in which the patriot probably foundered off hatteras nothing was ever heard of the vessel again this event completed the tragedy of the burr family the accompanying portrait of theodosia represents her at the age of nineteen see life of aaron burr by samuel l knapp new york 1835 memoirs with selections from his correspondence 2 vols 1837 8 and private journal during his residence abroad with selections from his correspondence 2 vols 1838 both edited by matthew l davis and life and times of aaron burr by james par ton new york 1858 edited appleton s cyclopedia american biography copyright 2001 stan klos aaron burr sr burr aaron clergyman born in fairfield connecticut 4 january 1716 died 24 september 1757 he belonged to a puritan family that for three generations had given to church and state men of eminence he was graduated at yale in his nineteenth year having gained one of the three berkeley scholarships which entitled him to maintenance at the college for two years after graduating while pursuing his post graduate studies he was converted and at once turned his attention to theology at the age of twenty two he became pastor of the presbyterian church in newark new jersey where he soon acquired a commanding reputation as a pulpit orator here he also established a school for boys which proved highly successful he prepared for his pupils a latin grammar known as the newark grammar 1752 which was long in use at princeton in later years he published a small work on the supreme deity of our lord jesus christ new ed 1791 with an occasional sermon in 1748 at the age of thirty two he became president of the college of new jersey but without interrupting his pastoral service in the summer of 1752 he married esther daughter of jonathan edwards of stockbridge massachusetts in the autumn of 1756 he resigned his charge at newark and removed to princeton where he died from overwork he left two children sarah born 3 may 1754 and aaron as scholar preacher author and educator president burr was one of the foremost men of his time to his more solid qualities were added a certain grace and distinguished style of manner which re appeared in his son though nominally the second president of princeton he was practically the first since the former jonathan dickinson only served for a few months he was in a true sense its founder and the college may be said to be his monument six of its presidents are buried in princeton by his side the congressional evolution of the united states of america continental congress of the united colonies presidents sept 5 1774 to july 1 1776 peyton randolph september 5 1774 october 22 1774 henry middleton october 22 1774 october 26 1774 peyton randolph may 20 1775 may 24 1775 john hancock may 25 1775 july 1 1776 commander in chief united colonies states of america george washington june 15 1775 december 23 1783 continental congress of the united states presidents july 2 1776 to february 28 1781 john hancock july 2 1776 october 29 1777 henry laurens november 1 1777 december 9 1778 john jay december 10 1778 september 28 1779 samuel huntington september 29 1779 february 28 1781 presidents of the united states in congress assembled march 1 1781 to march 3 1789 samuel huntington march 1 1781 july 6 1781 samuel johnston july 10 1781 declined office thomas mckean july 10 1781 november 4 1781 john hanson november 5 1781 november 3 1782 elias boudinot november 4 1782 november 2 1783 thomas mifflin november 3 1783 june 3 1784 richard henry lee november 30 1784 november 22 1785 john hancock november 23 1785 june 5 1786 nathaniel gorham june 6 1786 february 1 1787 arthur st clair february 2 1787 january 21 1788 cyrus griffin january 22 1788 january 21 1789 presidents of the united states of america d democratic party f federalist party i independent r republican party r republican party of jefferson w whig party george washington i 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