• 1835 first edition of The Life of Aaron Burr by Samuel L. Knapp, rare U.S. history biography of Revolutionary War officer, U.S. Senator, and Vice President. Inscribed “Peter [middle name] Burr,” indicating potential Burr family provenance. Chronicles military service under Washington and Arnold, duel with Hamilton, treason trial, and political career. Vital for collectors of rare American history books, 19th-century political biographies, Revolutionary era studies, and Burr family historical materials.
  • 1835 first edition of The Life of Aaron Burr by Samuel L. Knapp, rare U.S. history biography of Revolutionary War officer, U.S. Senator, and Vice President. Inscribed “Peter [middle name] Burr,” indicating potential Burr family provenance. Chronicles military service under Washington and Arnold, duel with Hamilton, treason trial, and political career. Vital for collectors of rare American history books, 19th-century political biographies, Revolutionary era studies, and Burr family historical materials
  • 1835 first edition of The Life of Aaron Burr by Samuel L. Knapp, rare U.S. history biography of Revolutionary War officer, U.S. Senator, and Vice President. Inscribed “Peter [middle name] Burr,” indicating potential Burr family provenance. Chronicles military service under Washington and Arnold, duel with Hamilton, treason trial, and political career. Vital for collectors of rare American history books, 19th-century political biographies, Revolutionary era studies, and Burr family historical materials
  • 1835 first edition of The Life of Aaron Burr by Samuel L. Knapp, rare U.S. history biography of Revolutionary War officer, U.S. Senator, and Vice President. Inscribed “Peter [middle name] Burr,” indicating potential Burr family provenance. Chronicles military service under Washington and Arnold, duel with Hamilton, treason trial, and political career. Vital for collectors of rare American history books, 19th-century political biographies, Revolutionary era studies, and Burr family historical materials
  • 1835 first edition of The Life of Aaron Burr by Samuel L. Knapp, rare U.S. history biography of Revolutionary War officer, U.S. Senator, and Vice President. Inscribed “Peter [middle name] Burr,” indicating potential Burr family provenance. Chronicles military service under Washington and Arnold, duel with Hamilton, treason trial, and political career. Vital for collectors of rare American history books, 19th-century political biographies, Revolutionary era studies, and Burr family historical materials
  • 1835 first edition of The Life of Aaron Burr by Samuel L. Knapp, rare U.S. history biography of Revolutionary War officer, U.S. Senator, and Vice President. Inscribed “Peter [middle name] Burr,” indicating potential Burr family provenance. Chronicles military service under Washington and Arnold, duel with Hamilton, treason trial, and political career. Vital for collectors of rare American history books, 19th-century political biographies, Revolutionary era studies, and Burr family historical materials
  • 1835 first edition of The Life of Aaron Burr by Samuel L. Knapp, rare U.S. history biography of Revolutionary War officer, U.S. Senator, and Vice President. Inscribed “Peter [middle name] Burr,” indicating potential Burr family provenance. Chronicles military service under Washington and Arnold, duel with Hamilton, treason trial, and political career. Vital for collectors of rare American history books, 19th-century political biographies, Revolutionary era studies, and Burr family historical materials
  • 1835 first edition of The Life of Aaron Burr by Samuel L. Knapp, rare U.S. history biography of Revolutionary War officer, U.S. Senator, and Vice President. Inscribed “Peter [middle name] Burr,” indicating potential Burr family provenance. Chronicles military service under Washington and Arnold, duel with Hamilton, treason trial, and political career. Vital for collectors of rare American history books, 19th-century political biographies, Revolutionary era studies, and Burr family historical materials
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Samuel L. Knapp - The Life of Aaron Burr - 1835 (Inscribed Family Copy)

Samuel L. Knapp - The Life of Aaron Burr - 1835 (Inscribed Family Copy)

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Title

The Life of Aaron Burr

Author

Samuel L. Knapp

Year

1835

Publisher

Wiley & Long

Description

An exceptionally scarce first edition of the earliest full-length biography of Aaron Burr - Revolutionary War officer, U.S. Senator, and Vice President under Jefferson - published while Burr was still alive (he died in 1836). This copy bears a contemporary inscription, “Peter [middle name] Burr,” with a brief note reviewing the work, strongly suggesting a familial connection to the Burr lineage. Given the publication date, it is conceivable this book circulated within Burr’s own family circle, and may even have been gifted by Burr himself before his death.

Knapp’s pioneering biography was the first serious attempt to depict Burr as a multidimensional historical figure rather than the villain of partisan pamphlets, tracing his rise from Revolutionary service under Arnold and Washington to his duel with Hamilton and subsequent treason trial. The work laid the foundation for all subsequent Burr studies, notably Davis’s Memoirs (1836–37) and Parton’s Life and Times (1857).

290 pp.

Condition

Cover wear; spine with strong splitting and fraying. Text block with scattered foxing and light creasing; a few leaves with minor top-corner folds. 
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