This is pretty cool but you missed an interesting fact. 2 years or so before the Hamilton-Burr duel Hamilton got into a bad situation because he was being blamed for a scandal by stealing money from the national bank. He was being blamed for this by future president James Monroe and because of this Hamilton got mad at Monroe and they planned on having a duel. Monroe recruited Burr to be his second in the duel. Burr decided to shut down the duel and brought Hamilton and Monroe to a peace. I think this is a very important fact about Burr and ties the story of Burrs life very well.
I had a book that was called something like "Great American Guns and the Men who used them" One of the people covered was Aaron Burr. The author of that chapter examined the dueling pistols (which still exist). The pistols were made by an English gunsmith for Hamilton's half brother who had to flee England after killing a man in a duel. The guns were unusual for a dueling pistol. Normally dueling pistols were smooth bore with no sights - they were not intended to be accurate. The Hamilton dueling pistols were rifled, had sights and had counterweighted barrels to steady the aim. Also he discovered that by pushing the trigger forward, it set the trigger so that instead of taking around 8 lbs of force to fire the gun, it took less than one pound. This would make it easier to fire accurately and quickly. The author opined that Hamilton accidently fired his gun when drawing down on Burr. It is reported that Hamilton's round hit about 20 feet above the ground in a tree near to Burr - he did not fire straight up into the air as usually depicted..
I don’t know about Hamilton wanting to shoot burr; as was said in the video, Hamilton drew issue with the duel itself and just participated to keep his honor. I believe he purposefully missed to come to an agreement with burr to clear their differences without ruining either reputation, just like the burr/church duel.
There's a video by Urbanist titled Alexander Hamilton's Life in New York in which a specialized guide tells about the pistols. The fast trigger mechanism was optative. The seconds examined the guns, and both Burr and Hamilton declined to use the mechanism. Therefore, the question of Hamilton shooting before aiming by mistake becomes unlikely. They were *his* pistols. If anything, he should have known how they worked much better than Burr.
The channel American History Geek has a video called The Hamilton-Burr Duel Explained. It goes into details about the duel's reasons and preliminaries, including that Hamilton left a letter saying he didn't intend to kill Burr. He also said it after the duel. And, he was admitted to burial in holy ground. Hamilton's son Philip, who had died in a duel a few years prior, was not. There's no clue about where he was interred.
217 years ago (7.11.2021), 2 men rowed across the Hudson to Weehawken, NJ to settle their disputes, 1 of them ended up paying the ultimate price: their life
There is. It's all about the Rothschild family trying to conn their way into imposing central banks on all the nation's in the world. And at that time, Hamilton was their bought-and-paid-for agent who was trying to do exactly that. He only succeeded in 2 10-year charters before Burr wasted him. Burr is a national hero.
I knew one of his descendants. Scott was a good man and ironically looked a lot like Arron in the profile picture you showed after the picture of Leslie. Scott and I shared a neice and nephew. Scott was married to Cathy and her brother is my ex brother in law. So Scott Burr was my ex brother in laws brother in law.
@Alex Go ahead and write it yourself ....but I doubt many would support, or be interested in it. Wicked was about a fantasy. Hamilton was no fantasy. And his martyrdom was no joke.
Fantastic video, but I think you give Burr a bit of a negative treatment. He seemed to be a touchy or sensitive guy, but his opposition to Hamilton and his conflicts with Jefferson have aged pretty well, in my opinion. Both of those guys were very petty and power hungry, resorting to horrible slander just to win elections or elevate their position. There was very little one could do back in the day to clear your name in the public eye, so if someone chose to make unfounded claims, you could bankrupt yourself trying to clear your name. The duel seems much more reasonable given that fact. Many of Burr's political and moral positions are quite reasonable by modern standards, especially given the conservative extremes of his rivals.
I love how there's a "US elections" subtitle, saying there are safeguards to protect our elections; as if we were arguing over the election of 1800 still. XD
He absolutely was. Why did they distrust him? Because he was anti slavery (Jefferson owned) he believed women should vote, and Hamilton publicly spread that burr was having an inappropriate relationship with his daughter. Hamilton was against democracy and believed presidents should rule for life. Burr was everything Hamilton the musical claims Hamilton to be.
@@suzmc1780 The dude betrayed the country murdered somebody he was not a good person. Want to know who was also anti-slavery Alexander Hamilton. That didn’t stop him from killing him.
"his farewell speech was so moving even his haters cried"
Does anyone else find that the most boss move you can ever do?
This is pretty cool but you missed an interesting fact. 2 years or so before the Hamilton-Burr duel Hamilton got into a bad situation because he was being blamed for a scandal by stealing money from the national bank. He was being blamed for this by future president James Monroe and because of this Hamilton got mad at Monroe and they planned on having a duel. Monroe recruited Burr to be his second in the duel. Burr decided to shut down the duel and brought Hamilton and Monroe to a peace. I think this is a very important fact about Burr and ties the story of Burrs life very well.
I had a book that was called something like "Great American Guns and the Men who used them" One of the people covered was Aaron Burr. The author of that chapter examined the dueling pistols (which still exist). The pistols were made by an English gunsmith for Hamilton's half brother who had to flee England after killing a man in a duel. The guns were unusual for a dueling pistol. Normally dueling pistols were smooth bore with no sights - they were not intended to be accurate. The Hamilton dueling pistols were rifled, had sights and had counterweighted barrels to steady the aim. Also he discovered that by pushing the trigger forward, it set the trigger so that instead of taking around 8 lbs of force to fire the gun, it took less than one pound. This would make it easier to fire accurately and quickly. The author opined that Hamilton accidently fired his gun when drawing down on Burr. It is reported that Hamilton's round hit about 20 feet above the ground in a tree near to Burr - he did not fire straight up into the air as usually depicted..
Thank you for sharing that. I always doubted the BS of Hamilton purposely firing his shot away.
I don’t know about Hamilton wanting to shoot burr; as was said in the video, Hamilton drew issue with the duel itself and just participated to keep his honor. I believe he purposefully missed to come to an agreement with burr to clear their differences without ruining either reputation, just like the burr/church duel.
There's a video by Urbanist titled Alexander Hamilton's Life in New York in which a specialized guide tells about the pistols. The fast trigger mechanism was optative. The seconds examined the guns, and both Burr and Hamilton declined to use the mechanism. Therefore, the question of Hamilton shooting before aiming by mistake becomes unlikely. They were *his* pistols. If anything, he should have known how they worked much better than Burr.
@@saintadolf5639 They were Hamilton's pistols. Who was more likely to misfiring them, Burr or Hamilton?
The channel American History Geek has a video called The Hamilton-Burr Duel Explained. It goes into details about the duel's reasons and preliminaries, including that Hamilton left a letter saying he didn't intend to kill Burr. He also said it after the duel. And, he was admitted to burial in holy ground. Hamilton's son Philip, who had died in a duel a few years prior, was not. There's no clue about where he was interred.
217 years ago (7.11.2021), 2 men rowed across the Hudson to Weehawken, NJ to settle their disputes, 1 of them ended up paying the ultimate price: their life
This was a great look at Burr’s life! Thanks for making this resource
Dude the almost sonny styled intro to your segment about burr being tried for treason was HILARIOUS
Somehow, I feel like there is much more to this story than most of us realize.
There is. It's all about the Rothschild family trying to conn their way into imposing central banks on all the nation's in the world. And at that time, Hamilton was their bought-and-paid-for agent who was trying to do exactly that. He only succeeded in 2 10-year charters before Burr wasted him. Burr is a national hero.
I knew one of his descendants. Scott was a good man and ironically looked a lot like Arron in the profile picture you showed after the picture of Leslie. Scott and I shared a neice and nephew. Scott was married to Cathy and her brother is my ex brother in law. So Scott Burr was my ex brother in laws brother in law.
This is the 4th or 5th video I've watched about Aaron Burr and yours was the most balanced. Bravo.
I would love to see a cross between Gore Vidal's Burr and Wicked that retells Hamilton from Burr's point of view.
@Alex
Go ahead and write it yourself ....but I doubt many would support, or be interested in it. Wicked was about a fantasy. Hamilton was no fantasy. And his martyrdom was no joke.
Why would we need that? We already know Burr’s point of view, he gets multiple soliloquies and is the main narrator through the show
@@rmp7400 Martyrdom?? Haha. For what? Evil & corruption? Hamilton was a low life sellout owned by the Rothschild family.
You should make a playlist for your American History videos. Trying to watch them now and I’m all over the place hoss
Not a bad idea actually, I'll work on that
Ragnar Redbeard’s “Rival Caesars”, a fictional story of the young friendship between Hamilton & Burr brought me here
Fantastic video, but I think you give Burr a bit of a negative treatment. He seemed to be a touchy or sensitive guy, but his opposition to Hamilton and his conflicts with Jefferson have aged pretty well, in my opinion. Both of those guys were very petty and power hungry, resorting to horrible slander just to win elections or elevate their position. There was very little one could do back in the day to clear your name in the public eye, so if someone chose to make unfounded claims, you could bankrupt yourself trying to clear your name. The duel seems much more reasonable given that fact. Many of Burr's political and moral positions are quite reasonable by modern standards, especially given the conservative extremes of his rivals.
You're definitely right, the founding fathers were much more slandering and devious than people like to think they were today.
I love how there's a "US elections" subtitle, saying there are safeguards to protect our elections; as if we were arguing over the election of 1800 still. XD
aren't the dates when burr served in the new york state assembly mixed up? thank you for this video , sorry if i was rude. God bless.
Oh you're absolutely fine! Looks like I just typed in the numbers wrong, it's supposed to say 1784-1785. Thanks for bringing that to my attention!
@@HistoricalHindsight you're welcome,i'm happy to help. Again God bless you.
Good job. I learned something new with this video.
your profile picture looks like if a painting of a founding father came back to life
Great Video!
Only 53 likes, but a great video.
Reading a devotional about Aaron Burr brought me here.
"I'm the villain in your history"
Aaron Burr was a good man
He absolutely was. Why did they distrust him? Because he was anti slavery (Jefferson owned) he believed women should vote, and Hamilton publicly spread that burr was having an inappropriate relationship with his daughter. Hamilton was against democracy and believed presidents should rule for life. Burr was everything Hamilton the musical claims Hamilton to be.
@@suzmc1780 no
@@suzmc1780 The dude betrayed the country murdered somebody he was not a good person. Want to know who was also anti-slavery Alexander Hamilton. That didn’t stop him from killing him.
Burr was a dirt bag.
It seems like Burr was a social climber and was willing to do whatever was necessary to advance himself.
10:09 he said it
Please make a video about What if France won the seven-year war and What if White forces won the Russian civil war?
He wasnt dull
Your dates @2:51 needs adjusting.
One of the things that I hated about Hamilton was that it was very ahistorical.
Gore Vidal did all this 3 years ago. Burrs diaries all still exist, surprised u don't quite from them?