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Aaron Burr and Louis Le Guen correspondence


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    Aaron Burr and Louis Le Guen correspondence

    Manuscripts

    A collection of letters and legal documents of Aaron Burr, Louis Le Guen, and Thomas Ludlow Ogden, chiefly regarding the loan granted by Le Guen to Burr in 1799 and settling of accounts from 1805 to 1820. Also included are a few items pertaining to the Le Guen vs. Gouverneur and Kemble court case, including Burr's letter to Alexander Hamilton (November 15, 1803), and another case handled by Burr on Le Guen's behalf. Other correspondents include Cadwallader R. Colden, Charles Leggett, and Le Guen's wife, Mary Hylton Le Guen.

    mssBU

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    Aaron Burr letters to John Vanderlyn, Amsterdam and New York, (bulk 1811, Aug. 7-Sept. 22)

    Manuscripts

    14 letters that Burr wrote to John Vanderlyn, an American neoclassical artist and Burr's protegé, between Aug. 7 and Sept. 22 from Amsterdam. The letters discuss various commissions and unfinished business that Burr had asked Vanderlyn to attend to, including two portraits of his daughter Theodosia.

    mssHM 21816-21833

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    Aaron Burr miscellaneous papers

    Manuscripts

    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.

    mssBurra

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    Aaron Burr miscellaneous papers

    Manuscripts

    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.

    mssBurra