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4. Yes, from all accounts, Burr wanted to kill Hamilton

Sat Jul 19, 2014, 12:49 AM

Jul 2014

And unlike Hamilton, wasn't content with deliberately not hitting his target and laying the animosity to rest.

Thanks for the info about Sterne.

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He was not being sincere. enlightenment Jul 2014 #1

Yes, from all accounts, Burr wanted to kill Hamilton brentspeak Jul 2014 #4

apparently reading Voltaire hfojvt Jul 2014 #2

Jefferson was influenced by Voltaire, but without brentspeak Jul 2014 #5

I was poking fun at Voltaire hfojvt Jul 2014 #6

Burr would almost make Dick Cheney a statesman by comparison. gordianot Jul 2014 #3