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:Either is correct but as it is generally used in the US I've changed it to BA. _-_[[User:Rob Pommer| Rob Pommer]]<sub>[[User_talk:Rob_Pommer|talk]]</sub> 02:35, 30 April 2007 (EDT)
:Either is correct but as it is generally used in the US I've changed it to BA. _-_[[User:Rob Pommer| Rob Pommer]]<sub>[[User_talk:Rob_Pommer|talk]]</sub> 02:35, 30 April 2007 (EDT)
Didn't know that. Cool. [[User:DanH|DanH]] 02:52, 30 April 2007 (EDT)
Didn't know that. Cool. [[User:DanH|DanH]] 02:52, 30 April 2007 (EDT)
(User: Dav123 20 May 2010) I researched the life of Aaron Burr for many days during an eight-year period to get to the bottom of why so much controvery and mystery surrounds this facinating man. I have a major in History and teach it at a high school level. I am not a professional Historian. However, I have lectured on the subject to college students and to interested community activity groups. All my references are solid, backed up by easily researched sources. (1)The Library of Congress (2) New York Historical Society, and two biographers that appear to use the most objective approach to the subject that I was able to find:
(1)"Aaron Burr," 2 volumes, by Milton Lomask (1979 & 1982), both nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
(2)"Aaron Burr," by Nathan Schachner, (1937). (NOTE: A 2007 biography by Nancy Isenberg, "Fallen Founder," appears to follow the same high standards of the others.)
Where crucial and/or debatable topics arise, I cite chapter and verse - other incorrect information can be verified in any reputable encyclopedia.
Some notes under CAREER
Para.1. First line typo(?) Burr was born in Newark, not "Neubik"(?) New Jersey.
Para.1 "...several times running away from home..." This implies that Burr was a rebellious, troubled youth. Maybe so, but he only ran away twice, once at six (an old lady scared him) and at ten, when he chaffed at the many whippings from a stern but loving Calvinistic Uncle. No troubles after that. (Lomask, vol.1) Not to give the boy's age is important, for if he ran away when he was an older, teenager it would create another impression entirely. My detail here is important, for it is crucial details that convince us most readily. Great care must be taken when writing about a deceased person -- only the truth can defend him.
Para. 1 Burr graduated in 1773, not 1762. (Check with Princeton or any biography).
Para.1. "BA in Theology." I could find no confirmation for this or any religious degree, per se, from Princeton. Lomask does say that the faculty awarded him (1773)first honors for readings in English, Latin and Greek (vol 1 pp29,30).
Para.2. He also served in the battles of Brooklyn Heights, Harlem, wintered at Valley Forge, where he quelled a mutiny). (His regiment, "The Malcolms," stopped the English from nightraiding New Jersey.)
Para 3. Burr and Hamilton practiced law together for several years in New York, and were friends. (Lomask, Schachner and Isenberg.)
Under POLITICS
Para.1. Burr was a leader in New York City, not THE leader of the party in the State.
Para.2. Not true. During the tie, Burr sent two letters to Jefferson, offering to step down. (Lomask,vol 1.pp. 274-75 and286-87.)
Para.4. Too general. Many Jeffersonian Republicans liked and trusted Burr; some did think he had cut a deal with Federalists, but Burr's letters prove that his interests were balanced between the factions. (Lomask vol. 1) It was Burr's neutrality in politics that outraged many people.
Under DUEL WITH HAMILTON
Para.4. My research shows that Jackson shot only one man who had scandalized his marriage.
Under WESTERN CONSPIRACY (more later.)