Reason for the French & Indian War... Aaron Burr's famous father...
Item # 694196
December 29, 1757
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Dec. 29, 1757 Fully half of page 4 is taken up with a fine letter regarding the on-going French & Indian War. It begins: "The preservation of our Colonies and preventing the French from making any encroachments was the cause and design of the present war. But we have yet been so far from succeeding that the French, in conjunction with the neighboring savages, continue to destroy our fortifications, butcher the inhabitants..." with much more.
Page 7 has nearly a full column concerning the recent death of Reverend Aaron Burr, President of Princeton College, with much on his life, etc.
He was the father of the more famous Aaron Burr, Jr., the third vice president of the United States. His legacy is defined by his famous personal conflict with Alexander Hamilton that culminated with Burr killing Hamilton in a duel in 1804, while Burr was vice president.
Eight pages, 8 by 11 inches, great condition.
Background: This extraordinary 1757 edition of The London Chronicle is a time capsule of high-stakes empire and American dynastic history, offering a visceral front-row seat to the collapse of the British frontier and the origins of a founding tragedy. On page 4, the "eye-popping" account of the French & Indian War captures a desperate British Empire at its lowest ebb, documenting the "butchery" of inhabitants and the terrifying efficiency of the French-Indigenous alliance during a year that nearly saw the end of British North America. Yet, the paper’s true crown jewel lies on page 7: a rare, expansive tribute to Reverend Aaron Burr Sr., the visionary President of Princeton. Printed while his son, the future Vice President and "Hamilton-slayer" Aaron Burr Jr., was still a toddler, this obituary marks the exact moment the Burr legacy shifted from pious intellectualism to the orphaned, restless ambition that would eventually alter the course of American history at the end of a dueling pistol. To hold this eight-page rag-linen artifact is to hold the literal news that shaped the world of the Founding Fathers—it is not merely a collectible, but a tangible link to the blood, faith, and fire that forged two nations.
Page 7 has nearly a full column concerning the recent death of Reverend Aaron Burr, President of Princeton College, with much on his life, etc.
He was the father of the more famous Aaron Burr, Jr., the third vice president of the United States. His legacy is defined by his famous personal conflict with Alexander Hamilton that culminated with Burr killing Hamilton in a duel in 1804, while Burr was vice president.
Eight pages, 8 by 11 inches, great condition.
Background: This extraordinary 1757 edition of The London Chronicle is a time capsule of high-stakes empire and American dynastic history, offering a visceral front-row seat to the collapse of the British frontier and the origins of a founding tragedy. On page 4, the "eye-popping" account of the French & Indian War captures a desperate British Empire at its lowest ebb, documenting the "butchery" of inhabitants and the terrifying efficiency of the French-Indigenous alliance during a year that nearly saw the end of British North America. Yet, the paper’s true crown jewel lies on page 7: a rare, expansive tribute to Reverend Aaron Burr Sr., the visionary President of Princeton. Printed while his son, the future Vice President and "Hamilton-slayer" Aaron Burr Jr., was still a toddler, this obituary marks the exact moment the Burr legacy shifted from pious intellectualism to the orphaned, restless ambition that would eventually alter the course of American history at the end of a dueling pistol. To hold this eight-page rag-linen artifact is to hold the literal news that shaped the world of the Founding Fathers—it is not merely a collectible, but a tangible link to the blood, faith, and fire that forged two nations.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
