Aaron Burr papers, 1777-1836 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Correspondence, 1777-1836, and a few dockets, writs, leases, and miscellaneous papers of Aaron Burr. Papers pertain to such matters as his military service during the Revolutionary War, land transactions, his duel with Alexander Hamilton, politics (mostly 1808), his private affairs, and (the greatest number) his law practice and the affairs of his clients. The more frequent of many correspondents include: J. Alderson, Elias Baldwin, Catharine Bartow, Rebecca Blodgett, Samuel Bradstreet, A. Breese of Utica, New York, Robert Cartmel, Stephen Case, James Clapp, Mary Clarke, William Cockburn, Cadwallader R. Colden, Aaron Burr Columbus, James Cummins, Susan Diamond, Elizabeth Eden, Rachel Eden, Edward Edwards, Madame Fenwick of Paris, France, Thomas H. Flandreau, Albert Gallatin, William Gardner, Gen. Horatio Gates, William Goldsborough, James Greenleaf, Isaac Greenwood, John Greenwood, Edward Griswold, Alexander Hamilton, B.R. Haskin, Ernest L. Hazelius, Samuel G. Hopkins, Nathaniel G. Ingraham, Benjamin Judah, Samual B.H. Judah, Gurden W. Lathrop, J.E. Latta, Robert R. Livington, William W. McClellan, Alexander L. McDonald, Col. Alexander McDougall, Levi McKeen, G. Marsh, Isabela Mix, John Pelletreau, G. Quackenbush, Arabella Seymour, Maxwell Strange, Catherine B. Thompson, John L. Tillinghast, William Van Ness, William P. Van Ness, John Van Riper, Jr., Charlotte S. Wares, Catherine D. Wescott, Robert Wescott, and Eliza Yates