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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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New York grand jury indicts Mr. Burr, Mr. Van Ness, and Mr. Pendleton for roles in recent duel, facing 20-year disfranchisement if convicted. Opinion links Burr's challenge to Hamilton's opposition in last presidential election via letter thwarting Burr's intrigue.
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The Grand Jury of this county has found a bill of indictment against Mr. Burr, Mr. Van Ness, and Mr. Pendleton, for their agency in the late duel. Should the parties be convicted on this indictment, of which there can be no doubt, they will be disfranchised, and rendered incapable of holding any office of honor, trust, or profit for the term of 20 years, pursuant to a law passed by the Legislature of this State at the last session.
From the American Citizen.
The real cause of the challenge may be found in the patriotic conduct of Gen. Hamilton at the last presidential election, after it became a question whether Mr. Jefferson should be elevated to the chief magistracy of the union by the undivided choice of an admiring people, or Mr. Burr become the incumbent of this most exalted of earthly offices by insidious intrigue—the worst species of usurpation? From a full view of all the circumstances of that deep and dangerous intrigue, I cannot resist the conviction that to the—
letter written by Gen. Hamilton on that occasion detailing the overtures made and the answers received by Mr. Ogden. Mr. Burr owes, and that he is conscious he owes, the defeat of his machinations.
This letter and the subsequent upright conduct of Gen. Hamilton, in relation to its contents, are the true cause of Mr. Burr's cool and pre-determined hostility.
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New York
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August 15
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should the parties be convicted on this indictment, of which there can be no doubt, they will be disfranchised, and rendered incapable of holding any office of honor, trust, or profit for the term of 20 years, pursuant to a law passed by the legislature of this state at the last session.
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The Grand Jury of this county has found a bill of indictment against Mr. Burr, Mr. Van Ness, and Mr. Pendleton, for their agency in the late duel. From the American Citizen. The real cause of the challenge may be found in the patriotic conduct of Gen. Hamilton at the last presidential election, after it became a question whether Mr. Jefferson should be elevated to the chief magistracy of the union by the undivided choice of an admiring people, or Mr. Burr become the incumbent of this most exalted of earthly offices by insidious intrigue—the worst species of usurpation? From a full view of all the circumstances of that deep and dangerous intrigue, I cannot resist the conviction that to the— letter written by Gen. Hamilton on that occasion detailing the overtures made and the answers received by Mr. Ogden. Mr. Burr owes, and that he is conscious he owes, the defeat of his machinations. This letter and the subsequent upright conduct of Gen. Hamilton, in relation to its contents, are the true cause of Mr. Burr's cool and pre-determined hostility.