[oldplayer]

This article is all pro-Hamilton, including the story that he intentionally “fired into the air.” There is an entirely different pro-Burr side of the story. Interestingly, Burr easily could have been President if Agee votes had gone this way or that. What is not in dispute is thatBurr was one of the most respected and famous attorneys of his time. After his trial for treason in which he was defended by John Marshall, he opened a law office in NYC. Potential clients lined up on the street!

Thanks for posting this interesting thread and article, Perserverando.

Oldplayer

[wally_bert]

Thanks for the extra history lesson.

I always learn stuff here.

[Perseverando]

Thank you. Interesting! John Marshall defended Burr.

The Founding Fathers were some very interesting men.

[Bookshelf]

Hamilton provided the pistols and they had been tampered with to ensure quick-fire. Hamilton fired and missed (the idea that he fired in the air is wrong). Burr fired and hit. The pistols were the subject of a Smithsonian magazine article of some years ago, and they were x-rayed for that article. It is generally known that the duel was not just one involving political enemies; it is very rarely written that Hamilton had implied that Burr had enjoyed sexual relations with his highly educated daughter.

[Reily]

Pretty sure Chief Justice John Marshall presided over the trial. John Wickham was Burr’s chief counsel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burr_conspiracy#Trial

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wickham_(attorney)

Burr trial was very important, set security & executive & jurisprudence standards still in use today.

[Jacquerie]

Yes, one of the very few positive posts at FR for a great man.