Insurrection of Aaron Burr | Fears of a Young Republic | 5

American History Tellers

Wondery

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

4.7 • 18.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Was Aaron Burr raising an army to invade Mexico? Plotting to break apart the Union? Overthrow the government? Or was his trial for treason – the greatest legal spectacle in our young nation’s history – all much ado about nothing? Kalamazoo College History Professor James E. Lewis, Jr., wrote The Burr Conspiracy: Uncovering the Story of an Early American Crisis. He joins host Lindsay Graham to discuss the mysteries that still surround the Burr conspiracy, and what his highly partisan era can teach us about our own.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to American History Tellers add free on Amazon Music,
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0:07.0	Imagine it's January 1831 and you've just entered a worn-down apartment building in Albany,
0:23.6	New York.
0:24.6	You're a young state senator, an elite member of the New York bar, climbing up a narrow set
0:29.6	of dusty stairs that leads to the home of Aaron Burr.
0:33.4	The aging lawyer and former vice president wants your help reviving a decade-old lawsuit.
0:39.2	You're excited to meet such an infamous figure even though he won't like the news you're
0:43.2	bringing.
0:47.2	In a small, shabby room, you find a stoop figure huddled in a thread-bear armchair.
0:52.7	The one's fashionable Burr has wrapped in a coarse wool overcoat.
0:57.0	His thin gray hair is caked with powder and paste, which does little to disguise his
1:02.0	advancing age.
1:04.0	Burr stands.
1:05.0	Thank you for paying me a visit.
1:07.2	It's no trouble, sir.
1:09.1	You shake his wrinkled and trembling hand.
1:12.3	And then take a seat as Burr settles back into his armchair.
1:15.6	What do you say?
1:17.4	Will you reinstate my client's case?
1:19.6	Well, sir, the case has little merit.
1:21.8	It's already defeated the last two lawyers who took it on.
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