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The Burr-Hamilton duel was a conspiracy?



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August 07, 1804

THE BALANCE & COLUMBIAN REPOSITORY, Hudson, New York, Aug. 7, 1804 

* re. Alexander Hamilton - Aaron Burr duel

Page 5 has an item: "A very interesting, tho' painful, discussion has for several days occupied some of the New York papers...The object is to show that the late melancholy event was the effect of a settled, deliberate design of Col. Burr and a few of his friends to take the life of Gen. Hamilton & others. A legal investigation..." with a bit more.
Also a bit noting the king of the Osage Indians is in Washington in hopes of agreeing to a treaty.
Eight pages, bit irregular at the spine, 8 12 by 10 1/2 inches, good condition.

Category: Pre-Civil War