If in the end Aaron Burr was deemed not to be criminal in any of these actions, as was the case, then he certainly was colourful.īut Nancy Isenberg wishes to paint a different portrait of Aaron Burr in her book Fallen Founder. In the years that followed he was also put on trial by the Jefferson administration for treason, following his preparations in the west to invade Mexico with his own private army (which was accompanied by rumours that he intended to overthrow the government of the United States). As vice-president he shot and killed the nation’s first treasury secretary, Alexander Hamilton, in a duel, then went on the run.
Burr’s life later became the inspiration for romantic writers and pornographers. In writing his biography there are certain facts Nancy Isenberg cannot ignore. Had he lived today it may well have been applied to America’s third vice-president, Aaron Burr.
The term colourful personality is often used by journalists to describe prominent people they wish to imply are corrupt or criminal.
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