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Auction: 341 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 1376

Burr, Aaron. Revolutionary War hero, successful lawyer and politician, New York Attorney General, NY Senator, Third Vice President of the United States (1801-1805), mortally wounded Alexander Hamilton in infamous duel outside Weehawken, NJ, July 11, 1804. Autograph Document Signed "A Burr AD". 9 1/3 x 3 1/3" note, n.d. The document is pasted in (on one end) to the blank back page of Volume I of J. Parton's "The Life and Times of Aaron Burr". New York; Mason Brothers, 1858. Small Octavo, ¾ leather covers, gilt titles and decoration on spines, marbled endpapers. Various old clippings are pasted down to the back blank pages. Also laid in is a `Facsimile of the Signatures to the Declaration of Independence…from Binns Celebrated Engraving.' "Department of State, 19th April 1819….John Quincy Adams" at bottom. A short but intriguing document coupled with Burr and related material. Some foxing to the document and books. Very Good to About Fine.

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