recalculation of Virginia’s debt,73
secession issue and,77,80
Virginians’objections,58-9,65,76-7
see also Compromise of 1790
Augustus,Caesar,16
Aurora(newspaper),126,146,160,190,198Bache,Benjamin Franklin,126,146,160,191,198Baldwin,Abraham,85-6
Ballard,Martha,12
Bayard,James,26
Beckley,John,173
Benezet,Anthony,110
Berlin,Isaiah,134
Bill of Rights,53
blacks Washington’s attitude toward,158see also slavery debate
Boone,Daniel,120
Braddock,Gen. Edward,120
Browere,John Henri,245
Burke,Aedanus,84
Burr,Aaron,17,18-19,53,175
physical appearance,21,22
political career,40-1,43-4
presidential election of 1796,173,176,178presidential election of 1800,41,42,43,203,205as threat to American nation,44,45-6
western adventure,38-9
see also Burr—Hamilton duel
Burr,Theodosia,36
Burr-Hamilton duel,18-19,20-1,60
anti-dueling crusade following,39
Burrs challenge to Hamilton,35-6
Burrs disgrace,27,38-9
Burr’s intentions,30-1
Burr’s surprise and regret at outcome,2,5-6,30-1 contradictory accounts,27,30,31core meaning,40,45-7
eyewitness,statement about,27-9
feud immediately preceding the duel,31-8firing of weapons,25,26,27-31,253n 16Hamilton’s alleged suicidal intentions,37Hamilton’s derogatory comments about Burr,32,41-3,44,45Hamilton’s final hours,26
Hamilton’s thoughts about,22-3,25,26,37-8Hamilton’s wound,25
legendary status,39-40 location of,23long-standing conflict between Burr and Hamilton,40-6motives of participants,38
public’s perception of,26-7 rules of,23,24scholarly consensus on,253n 16
serious or mortal injury,unlikelihood of,24
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