 | Kathleen A. Foster - British - 1997 - 438 pages
...(Diary, 23 July 1816). Twelve years earlier, Hamilton's charge that Vice- President Aaron Burr was "a dangerous man and one who ought not to be trusted with the reigns of government" turned their long political rivalry into a dueL Across the Hudson River from... | |
 | Arnold Rogow - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 374 pages
...was based on "unfounded aspersions," Cooper again asserted that Hamilton and Kent regarded Burr as "a dangerous man," and "one who ought not to be trusted with the reins of government." Perhaps Cooper knew or suspected that Schuyler had been present on at least one occasion when Hamilton... | |
 | James Kent, William Kent - Judges - 2001 - 394 pages
...statement contained in a letter signed " Doctor Charles D. Cooper," in which it is stated that " General Hamilton and Judge Kent have declared, in substance,...ought not to be trusted with the reins of government" Hamilton, in his reply, attempted to evade the issue which Burr would press upon him, and upon which... | |
 | John Chester Miller - Biography & Autobiography - 692 pages
...chitchat. Cooper declared that he could prove that Hamilton had declared in Judge Taylor's house that he "looked upon Mr. Burr to be a dangerous man, and one...ought not to be trusted with the reins of government." And, Cooper added portentously, he could cite instances in which Hamilton had expressed "a still more... | |
 | Kenneth C. Davis - History - 2009 - 717 pages
...resurfaced as Hamilton used all his influence to defeat Burr in the governor's race. To Hamilton, Burr was a "dangerous man, and one who ought not to be trusted with the reins of government." That was the polite attack; others were aimed at Burr's notorious sexual exploits. An admitted adulterer,... | |
 | James F. Simon - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 356 pages
...undercutting Burr's chances. Meanwhile, Alexander Hamilton resumed his attacks, warning that Burr was "a dangerous man and one who ought not to be trusted with the reins of government." After his defeat, Burr directed his fury at Hamilton, demanding that Hamilton retract reported aspersions... | |
 | Michael S Lief, H. Mitchell Caldwell - Law - 2006 - 456 pages
...The Duel Burr's final conflict with Hamilton began in the spring of 1804. A newspaper reported, "Gen. Hamilton and Judge Kent have declared in substance,...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 Burr."... | |
 | Ed Wright - History - 2006 - 266 pages
...1 804. Both letters were leaked to the Albany Register, which quoted Cooper as saying that 'General Hamilton and Judge Kent have declared in substance,...looked upon Mr Burr to be a dangerous man . . . [and] I could detail to you a still more despicable opinion which General Hamilton has expressed of Mr Burr'.... | |
 | Douglas Ambrose, Robert W. T. Martin - History - 2006 - 311 pages
...printed in an Albany newspaper attributed to Hamilton. According to one source, Hamilton labeled Burr "a dangerous man, and one who ought not to be trusted with the reins of government." Even more offensive to Burr was the source's claim that Hamilton had expressed "a still more despicable... | |
 | Joseph A. Murray - Biography & Autobiography - 2007 - 266 pages
...claiming that General Hamilton and Judge Kent said that they looked upon Mr. Burr to be "a dangerous man, one who ought not to be trusted with the reins of government." Near the closing of the article, Mr. Cooper further stated, "I could detail to you a still more despicable... | |
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General Hamilton and Judge Kent have declared in substance, that they looked upon Mr. Burr to be a dangerous man, and one who ought not to be trusted with the reins of government. 
