Burr family papers, 1750-1890? (inclusive).

Edwards, Pierpont, 1750-1826

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Pierpont Edwards (April 8, 1750 – April 5, 1826) was a delegate to the Congress of the Confederation and was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. Born on April 8, 1750, in Northampton, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America, Edwards graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1768. He entered private practice in New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British America (State of Connecticut, United States f...

Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813

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Benjamin Rush (January 4, 1746 [O.S. December 24, 1745] – April 19, 1813) was a Founding Father of the United States who signed the United States Declaration of Independence, and a civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a physician, politician, social reformer, humanitarian, and educator and the founder of Dickinson College. Rush attended the Continental Congress. His later self-description there was: "He aimed right." He served as Surgeon General of the Continental Army and became a profess...

Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836

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Aaron Burr Jr. (February 6, 1756 – September 14, 1836) was an American politician and lawyer. A Founding Father, he served as the third vice president of the United States during President Thomas Jefferson's first term from 1801 to 1805. His role in helping form the nation, however, would be overshadowed when he killed fellow Founding Father Alexander Hamilton in an 1804 duel. The duel led to the collapse of Burr's political career and tarnished his legacy in American history. Burr was born t...

Van Rensselaer, Stephen, 1765-1839.

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Alden, Roger, 1754-1836

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American officer in the Revolution From the guide to the Roger Alden letter to Col. Aaron Burr, 1779, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Sill, Richard, 1755-1790.

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Martin, Luther, 1748-1826

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Delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and attorney general of Maryland. From the description of Papers, 1789-1810. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20030129 Martin was a noted lawyer, served as the Attorney General of Maryland (1778-1805, 1818-1822) and remembered as the defense attorney for Aaron Burr in Burr's trial for treason in 180. He served as representative from Maryland to the Confederation Congress of 1785 and to the Constitutional Convent...

Wadsworth, Jeremiah, 1743-1804

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Delegate of the U.S. Continental Congress, U.S. representative and legislator, army officer, and banker from Connecticut. From the description of Papers of Jeremiah Wadsworth, 1775-1833. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067840 Merchant, soldier, and commissary general in the Continental Army; resident of Hartford, Connecticut. From the description of Jeremiah Wadsworth papers, 1776-1802. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58780060 ...

Burr, Andrew, 1696-1763.

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Low, Nicholas, 1739-1826

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New York merchant, financier, land speculator, and state legislator. From the description of Nicholas Low papers, 1773-1889. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981901 Low was a land speculator and merchant from New York, N.Y. From the description of Land papers, 1779-1830. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122617725 New York merchant, land speculator, and state legislator. From the description of Nicholas Low papers supplement, 1784-1829. (New Yor...

Lathrop, Gurdon William, 1790-1832

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Burr family.

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Andrew Burr (1696-1763): lawyer, Revolutionary War colonel; judge and sheriff of Fairfield County, Ct.; Connecticut state legislator. David Burr (1722-1773): lawyer, government official. Josiah Burr (1753-1795): merchant. Theodosia Burr Alston (1783-1813): daughter of Aaron Burr (1756-1836). From the description of Burr family papers, 1750-1890? (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702166673 ...

Porter, Peter B. (Peter Buell), 1773-1844

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Porter was a member of the New York State Legislature, a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York State, a major general in the War of 1812, and United States Secretary of War from 1828 to 1829. He was a strong supporter of the Whig Party. From the description of Letter, 1839 February 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145407205 Congressman, general of New York State Militia during the War of 1812, and partner in Porter, Barton & Company. ...

Wilkinson, James, 1757-1825

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James Wilkinson was born in Maryland and served as an officer in the American Revolution. In 1783 he settled in Kentucky, where he engaged in politics, land speculation, and trade. In 1805 he was appointed governor of Upper Louisiana. Wilkinson's activities in the West implicated him in the Spanish Conspiracy and the Burr Conspiracy; he was acquitted by a court of inquiry during the Burr investigation and by a court martial in 1811. He served as a military commander in the West during the War of...

Colt, Peter, 1744-1824

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None available. From the guide to the Letters to Mrs. Peter Colt, 1782, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) ...

Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849

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Diplomat and U.S. secretary of the treasury. From the description of Albert Gallatin papers, 1783-1847. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82919649 Albert Gallatin was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives (1790-1792), a U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania (1795-1801), Secretary of the Treasury (1801-1814), and Minister Plenipotentiary to France (1815-1823) and Great Britain (1826-1827). From the description of Albert Gallatin letter, 1803 Oct....

Burr, Josiah, 1753-1795.

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Burr, Esther Edwards

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Alston, Theodosia Burr, 1783-1813

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Daughter of Aaron Burr. Born Theodosia Burr; married Joseph Alston, 1801. From the description of Theodosia Burr Alston papers, 1789-1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77621460 Theodosia Burr Alston was the daughter of Aaron Burr and his co-conspirator. From the description of ALS, 1808 July 17 : Ballstown Springs, New York, to Joseph Alston, Oaks near Georgetown, S.C. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 17021387 Daughter of Aaron B...

Mitchill, Samuel L. (Samuel Latham), 1764-1831

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Physician Joseph Carson taught medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The College of Philadelphia's Medical School, founded in 1765, became known as the University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Medicine In 1779. From the guide to the Joseph Carson letters, 1789-1858, 1789-1858, (American Philosophical Society) Physician and naturalist. From the description of Papers, 1792-1928. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35203561 Mitchill (Edinburgh, M.D. 17...

Harper, Robert Goodloe, 1765-1825

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American general and senator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Baltimore, to Jas. V. Henry, Esq., 1818 Jan. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270498398 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Cambridge, to "Gentlemen", 1788 June 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270498983 American politician. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Charleston, to Harry Clymer, in Philadelphia, 1789 March 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record...

Burr, Aaron, 1716-1757

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Clergyman and college president. From the description of Deed for sale of land in Fairfield township, Conn., 1738. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452376 Aaron Burr was born on January 4, 1716, to Daniel and Elizabeth Burr in Upper Meadows, Connecticut. He excelled in languages and sciences at Yale College, from which he graduated in 1735. He stayed at Yale for an additional year to study theology, supported by the Berkeley Foundation, during which he became in...

Tazewell, Henry, 1753-1795.

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Burr, Andrew, 1724-1788.

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Munroe, James, 1758-1831.

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Madison, James, 1751-1836

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James Madison (1751-1836) was the fourth president of the United States, born in Port Conway, Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia legislature from 1776 to 1780 and from 1784 to 1786, and the Continental Congress from 1780 to 1783. His proposals at and management of the Constitutional Convention in 1787 earned him title "father of the U.S. Constitution." He cooperated with Alexander Hamilton and Jay in writing a series of papers (pub. 1787-88 under title of The Federalist) explaining the ne...

De Witt, Simeon, 1756-1834

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Served as surveyor general of New York State from 1784 until his death in 1834. From the description of Letters : to Augustus Porter and Major Donald Fraser, 1828, 1832. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 57182677 Surveyor; graduated from Queens College (now Rutgers University), 1776; served as Assistant Geographer of the Army, 1778-1780, and as Chief Geographer of the Army, 1780-1783; served as Surveyor General of New York, 1784-1834. From the descrip...

Yates, Joseph Christopher, 1768-1837

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Baldwin, Simeon, 1761-1851

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American lawyer, jurist, politician. From the guide to the Simeon Baldwin letters and legal documents, 1792, 1793, 1795, 1796, 1799, 1800, 1802, 1805, 1812, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Wheaton, Joseph, 1755-1828

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Joseph Wheaton: in 1775 enlisted in Second Rhode Island Line; in 1779 became a lieutenant in Olney's Rhode Island Brigade; served in the State Continental Battalion, 1781-1783; served in office of the Quarter Master General during the War of 1812; attained the rank of Major. From the description of Joseph Wheaton papers, 1797-1839 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702168420 From the guide to the Joseph Wheaton papers, 1797-1839, (Manuscripts and Archives) ...

Hopkins, Samuel Miles, 1772-1837

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Epithet: Deputy Commissary-General of British Forces at Messina British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000789.0x00017e Samuel Miles Hopkins was a US Representative from New York 1813-1815 and Reporter of the New York Court of Chancery 1813-1826. Samuel Jones was a lawyer, Chancellor of New York 1826-1828 and Chief Justice of the New York City Superior Court 1828-1847. From the desc...

Bishop, Abraham, 1763-1844

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Abraham Bishop (1763-1844), Connecticut politician and pamphleteer. From the description of Letter to Josiah Meigs, [ca. 1818]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38475748 Politician. From the description of Abraham Bishop correspondence, 1824. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450936 ...

Bentham, Samuel, 1757-1831

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Samuel Bentham (1681-1723), Vicar of Witchford, Cambridgeshire, and Registrar of Ely Cathedral. From the guide to the Samuel Bentham: Notebook, 1717-1731, (Description compiled by Robert Steiner, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives.) ...