Oct 10, 2013 - Sale 2324

Sale 2324 - Lot 72

Price Realized: $ 2,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
(BURR, AARON.) Collection of 20 books, pamphlets, and newspapers relating to Burr, Hamilton, and their circles. Various sizes and conditions; in an early wooden crate. Vp, 1796-1850

Additional Details

Highlights include: Hamilton. Letter . . . Concerning the Public Conduct and Character of John Adams. Philadelphia, 1800 [Linn.] Serious Considerations on the Election of a President. New York, 1800 Trial of Samuel Chase, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. 2 volumes; rebacked. Washington, 1805 [Van Ness.] An Examination of the Various Charges Exhibited against Aaron Burr. Np, 1804 6 books by William Cobbett and the Boston Gazette of 9 August 1804, featuring an announcement of the coroner's inquest: "That Aaron Burr . . . is guilty of the murder of Alexander Hamilton." Complete list available upon request.