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975. BURR (Aaron), Characteristics of.
—I never thought him an honest, frank-dealing
man, but considered him as a crooked
gun, or other perverted machine, whose aim
or shot you could never be sure of. Still,
while he possessed the confidence of the nation,
I thought it my duty to respect in him
their confidence, and to treat him as if he deserved
it.—
To William B. Giles. Washington ed. v, 68.
Ford ed., ix, 46.
(M.
April. 1807)
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