Hamilton and Judge Kent have declared, in substance, that they looked upon Mr. Burr to be a dangerous man, and one -who aught not to be trusted with the reins of government. The Life of Aaron Burr - Page 91by Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - 1835 - 290 pagesFull view - About this book
| United States - 1825 - 472 pages
...disavowal which you seem to think necessary. The clause pointed out by Mr. Van Ness is in these terms : " I could detail to you a still more despicable opinion...which General Hamilton has expressed of Mr. Burr." To endeavor to discover the meaning of this declaration, I was obliged to seek, in the antecedent part... | |
| Presidents - 1825 - 476 pages
...disavowal which you seem to think necessary. The clause pointed out by Mr. Van Ness is in these terms : " I could detail to you a still more despicable opinion...which General Hamilton has expressed of Mr. Burr." To endeavor to discover the meaning of this declaration, I was obliged to seek, in the antecedent part... | |
| Presidents - 1825 - 460 pages
...disavowal which you seem to think necessary. The clause pointed out by Mr. Van Ness is in these terms : " I could detail to you a still more despicable opinion which General Hamilton has exprissed of Mr. Burr." To endeavor to discover the meaning of this declaration, I was obliged to seek,... | |
| William Sullivan - Federal party - 1834 - 490 pages
...Burr as " a dangerous man, and one who ought not to be trusted " with the reins of government." " I could detail to you " a still more despicable opinion,...which General Hamilton " has expressed of Mr. Burr." On the 18th of June, 1804, this letter, had, sometime after its publication, come to Burr's knowledge,... | |
| William Sullivan - United States - 1834 - 398 pages
...Burr as " a dangerous man, and one who ought not to be trusted " with the reins of government." " I could detail to you " a still more despicable opinion,...which General Hamilton " has expressed of Mr. Burr." On the 18th of June, 1804, this letter had, sometime after its publication, come to Burr's knowledge,... | |
| Aaron Burr, Matthew Livingston Davis - New York (State) - 1837 - 502 pages
...disavowal which you seem to think necessary. The clause pointed out by Mr. Van Ness is in these terms : " I could detail to you a still more despicable opinion...referred as having been already disclosed. I found it >a these words : " Gencral Hamilton and Judge Kent have declared, in substance, that they looked upon... | |
| Samuel Henry Wandell, Meade Minnigerode - Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807 - 1925 - 438 pages
...election I might appeal to you for the truth of so much of this assertion as related to him. ... I could detail to you a still more despicable opinion...which General Hamilton has expressed of Mr. Burr." It was inevitable that this published letter should come into Colonel Burr's hands, as it did some... | |
| Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1845 - 562 pages
...disavowal which you seem to think necessary." The clause of Cooper's letter objected to by Burr, was — "I could detail to you a still more despicable opinion...which General Hamilton has expressed of Mr. Burr." Hamilton said, that " To endeavor to discover the meaning of this declaration, I was obliged to seek... | |
| Richard Hildreth - United States - 1851 - 708 pages
...the reins of government." In the other letter, after repeating the above statement, Cooper added, " I could detail to you a still more despicable opinion...which General Hamilton has expressed of Mr. Burr." Upon this latter passage Burr seized as the means of forcing Hamilton into a duel. For his agent and... | |
| Literature - 1851 - 640 pages
...the reins of government." In the other letter, after repeating the above statement, Cooper added, " I could detail to you a still more despicable opinion...which General Hamilton has expressed of Mr. Burr." Upon this latter passage Burr seized as the means of forcing Hamilton into a duel. For his agent and... | |
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