Aaron Burr

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1. Wikipedia: Aaron Burr
2. PBS American Experience: The Duel  
3. American Heritage.com: Did Aaron Burr Really Try to Take Over Half of America?  
4. American Heritage.com: America's Greatest Duel  
5. Famous American Trials: The Aaron Burr Trial, 1807  
6. The Aaron Burr Association: All About Aaron
7. Weehauken Historical Commission: Duel 200th Anniversary of the Hamilton-Burr Duel

Aaron Burr Background and Articles

• Historic Valley Forge, Who Served Here? : Aaron Burr
• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress: Aaron Burr
• U.S. Senate Historical Office: Vice Presidents of the U.S., Aaron Burr (1801-1805) (90 kbs)  
• Encyclopedia Britannica Online: Aaron Burr 
• Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia: Aaron Burr
• Vice Presidents.com: Aaron Burr Biography
• University of Groningen: From Revolution to Reconstruction: Aaron Burr Jr. (1756-1836)

Aaron Burr Images and Media

• Vice Precedence: Gore Vidal on Aaron Burr (Time: 3:48)
• History Channel: Burr Slays Hamilton in Duel (Time: 1:03)  
• Book TV on C-SPAN2: Lecture by Burr biographer (Time: 1:02:25) 
• American Miniature Portraits: Aaron Burr portraits
• U.S. Senate: Bust of Aaron Burr
• The New York Historical Society: Aaron Burr death mask
• Find A Grave: Aaron Burr grave site

Aaron Burr Books and Research

• Project Gutenberg: "Memoirs of Aaron Burr" by Matthew L. Davis (1836): Vol. 1 | Vol. 2
• Google Books: "The True Aaron Burr, a Biographical Sketch" by Charles Burr Todd (1902)
• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress: Aaron Burr: Guide to Research Collections
• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress: Aaron Burr: Extended Bibliography
• New York State Historical Assoc. Research Library: Interview at Weehauken, the Burr Hamilton Duel
• Gilderman Lehrman Institute of American History: 1804 Burr letter in cipher
• Amazon.com: "Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr" by Nancy Isenberg

Aaron Burr Criticisms and Controversies

• Wikisource: Thomas Jefferson's 1807 speech, "The Burr Conspiracy"
• The Aaron Burr Association: Why We Admire Aaron Burr
• The Aaron Burr Association: The Tragedies in Aaron Burr's Life
• New Jersey Historical Society: Aaron Burr, More than Just a Disgraced Duelist
• The Huffington Post, Sheldon Drobny: V.P. Richard Cheney: The Reincarnation of V.P. Aaron Burr

Aaron Burr Timeline

• 1756: February 6, born in Newark, N.J.
• 1772: graduated from Princeton University
• 1775-1779: Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War
• 1782-1788: Admitted to the Bar, practices law in Albany, N.Y. and New York City
• 1789-1790: Attorney general of New York
• 1791-1797: United States Senator from New York
• 1800: In the presidential election, ties the electoral vote with Thomas Jefferson
• 1801: February 17, the House of Representatives elects Jefferson President, and Burr Vice President
• 1801-1805: Serves as Vice President under Thomas Jefferson
• 1804: Challenged and mortally wounded Alexander Hamilton in a duel
• 1807: Tried and aqcuitted for treason
• 1808-1812: Travels throughout Europe
• 1812-1836: Practices law in New York
• 1836: September 14, died at home in New York - buried with honors in Princeton, N.J.

Aaron Burr Satire and Humor

• YouTube: Got Milk?: "Who shot Alexander Hamilton?" (Time: 0:59)
• Vice Presidents.com: Aaron Burr cartoon
• The New Yorker: Reenactment: Burr vs. Hamilton (2004)
• YouTube: Murder and Conspiracy, the Curious Career of Aaron Burr (Time: 6:58)
• YouTube: The Life and Times of Aaron Burr (Time: 7:27)

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