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Burr (Aaron) Miscellaneous Papers
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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Aaron Burr miscellaneous papers
Creator:
Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836
Identifier/Call Number: mssBurra
Physical Description:
1.2 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1776-1834
Abstract: A collection of letters and documents
related to Aaron Burr, American politician and lawyer.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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[Identification of item]. Aaron Burr miscellaneous papers, The Huntington Library, San
Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. Edward L. Doheny, 1952.
Aaron Burr (1756-1836) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the third vice
president under Thomas Jefferson.
A collection of correspondence and documents related to Aaron Burr, chiefly letters written
by him. The collection includes notes, receipts, a will, a power of attorney, and other
legal documents; correspondents include: Theodosia Burr Alston, Jeremy Bentham, Thomas Hunt
Flandrau, James Monroe, A. J. Frederick Prevost, Caesar A. Rodney, Samuel Smith, Thomas
Truxton, William P. Van Ness, and Marinus Willett.
Processed by Huntington Library staff in 1960; in September 2023, Gayle M. Richardson
created the finding aid. The material in the collection was assembled in the Library; the
bulk of the collection consists of the items donated by Mrs. Edward L. Doheny in 1952, with
individual items acquired with the Bixby collection and purchased from various dealers from
1912 to 1920.
Arranged chronologically.
Individual call numbers included in the collection: mssHM 25424-25444, 26327.
Aaron Burr and Louis Le Guen correspondence (mssBU).
Existence and Location of Copies
The Guide and index to the microfilm edition of The papers of Aaron Burr, 1756-1836 /
Mary-Jo Kline, editor, Joanne Wood Ryan, assistant editor, C. Susan Feuerwerger and Eleanor
V. Shodell, assistants to the editors (Glen Rock, N.J. : Published for the New York
Historical Society by Microfilming Corp. of America, 1978).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Canadian Invasion, 1775-1776
United States -- Politics and government
Legal documents
Letters (correspondence)
Manuscripts
Alston, Theodosia Burr,
1783-1813
Bentham, Jeremy,
1748-1832
Flandrau, Thomas Hunt, 1802-1855
Monroe, James, 1758-1831
Prevost, A. J. Frederick
(Augustine James Frederick), 1767-
Rodney, Caesar A. (Caesar
Augustus), -1884
Smith, Samuel,
1752-1839
Truxtun, Thomas,
1755-1822
Van Ness, William Peter,
1778-1826
Willett, Marinus,
1740-1830