 | Joanne B. Freeman - History - 2002 - 404 pages
...opposition to Burr, the writer, Charles D. Cooper, assured his correspondent that he "could detail ... a still more despicable opinion which General Hamilton has expressed of Mr. Burr." Though Cooper only hinted at an offensive personal insult, Burr seized on this remark as provocation... | |
 | Susan Dunn - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 396 pages
...Cooper. He enclosed a letter that Cooper had published in the Albany Register, containing the sentence "I could detail to you a still more despicable opinion...which General HAMILTON has expressed of Mr. BURR." What were Hamilton's options? Four years earlier, in 1800, he had written a brusque note to President... | |
 | Richard N. Côté - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 480 pages
...writer recited the usual allegations of Burr's character flaws and faults, but added the statement, "I could detail to you a still more despicable opinion which General Hamilton has expressed of Mr. Burr."64 The letter was published in the Albany Register on April 24, 1804.65 The four words, "still... | |
 | Ed Wright - History - 2006 - 266 pages
...Judge Kent have declared in substance, that they looked upon Mr Burr to be a dangerous man . . . [and] I could detail to you a still more despicable opinion...which General Hamilton has expressed of Mr Burr'. It wasn't until June that Burr saw this second letter but, when he did, he wrote to Hamilton requesting... | |
 | Michael S Lief, H. Mitchell Caldwell - Law - 2006 - 456 pages
...Mr. Burr to be a dangerous man, and one who ought not to be trusted with the reins of government. ... I could detail to you a still more despicable opinion which General Hamilton has expressed of Burr." The comments proved too much for Burr, who fired off a letter to Hamilton demanding a "prompt... | |
 | Nancy Isenberg - Biography & Autobiography - 2007 - 572 pages
...reins of government." That was not what offended Burr, however. It was another of Cooper's statements: "I could detail to you a still more despicable opinion...which General HAMILTON has expressed of Mr. Burr." It was the word "despicable" that drew Burr's attention, a word used at this time to describe socially... | |
 | Joseph A. Murray - Biography & Autobiography - 2007 - 266 pages
...trusted with the reins of government." Near the closing of the article, Mr. Cooper further stated, "I could detail to you a still more despicable opinion which General Hamilton has expressed of Mr. Burr."30 Burr took exception to these statements and, through his selected second and friend, William... | |
 | 1949 - 396 pages
...Burr to be a dangerous man and one not to be trusted with the reins of government. It then went on, "I could detail to you a still more despicable opinion...which General Hamilton has expressed of Mr. Burr." This letter came to Burr's attention after the election, and he wrote to Hamilton, asking for an acknowledgment... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - Slavery - 1838 - 308 pages
...upon Mr. Burr as a dangerous man, and one who ought not to be trusted with the reins of government." " I could detail to you a still more despicable opinion...which General Hamilton has expressed of Mr. Burr." This letter was published ; and on the 18th of June, 1804, Burr sent a copy of it to Hamilton, with... | |
 | 1838 - 534 pages
...upon Mr. Burr to be a dangerous man, and one who ought not to be trusted with the reins of government. I could detail to you a still more despicable opinion...which General Hamilton has expressed of Mr. Burr." Burr eagerly seized the opportunity of a quarrel which this latter sentence afforded, and called upon... | |
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I could detail to you a still more despicable opinion which General Hamilton has expressed of Mr. Burr. 
