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Memoirs Of Aaron Burr
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2 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1970
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January 16, 2026
matthew livingston davis is my number one arch nemesis.
it seems that he made it his personal agenda to include only the barest bare minimum of information on the women in burr's life, even though they were without doubt his most important relationships. as theodosia bartow's most devoted fan i complain that not enough of her letters are included, but that is personal preference rather than criticism -- the book is after all not about her. i give ☆☆☆☆ because i will happily eat up all the theodosia crumbs i can get and i had a blast reading her letters.
however: the chapter on correspondence with burr's young daughter are entirely one-sided. none of her letters are included, just his responses. the existence of their 2nd daughter (sally, who died young) is completely glossed over. so is the relationship of aaron burr with his only sibling, sally burr reeve. the fact that they are the namesakes for each other's children should suggest that they were close, but not a single letter to/from her are included.
my number one girl theodosia, to whom a lot of this book is dedicated, fades out of relevancy as if she had never existed. her death is not properly addressed -- an unknowing reader can only deduce when it happened by analysing when burr stops making mentions of her health in his letters. i would have liked davis to write at the very least a small paragraph noting the date of her passing and an acknowledgement that burr grieved her - too much to ask?
the author "came to bury ceasar, not praise him", but his personal biases and opinions are at some points distractingly obvious and make me wonder if he falsified details to fit his narrative. burr is a morally confusing figure of american history, and davis really doesn't help his case.
to quote theodosia: matthew davis, my ghost "will certainly haunt you for this scheme".
it seems that he made it his personal agenda to include only the barest bare minimum of information on the women in burr's life, even though they were without doubt his most important relationships. as theodosia bartow's most devoted fan i complain that not enough of her letters are included, but that is personal preference rather than criticism -- the book is after all not about her. i give ☆☆☆☆ because i will happily eat up all the theodosia crumbs i can get and i had a blast reading her letters.
however: the chapter on correspondence with burr's young daughter are entirely one-sided. none of her letters are included, just his responses. the existence of their 2nd daughter (sally, who died young) is completely glossed over. so is the relationship of aaron burr with his only sibling, sally burr reeve. the fact that they are the namesakes for each other's children should suggest that they were close, but not a single letter to/from her are included.
my number one girl theodosia, to whom a lot of this book is dedicated, fades out of relevancy as if she had never existed. her death is not properly addressed -- an unknowing reader can only deduce when it happened by analysing when burr stops making mentions of her health in his letters. i would have liked davis to write at the very least a small paragraph noting the date of her passing and an acknowledgement that burr grieved her - too much to ask?
the author "came to bury ceasar, not praise him", but his personal biases and opinions are at some points distractingly obvious and make me wonder if he falsified details to fit his narrative. burr is a morally confusing figure of american history, and davis really doesn't help his case.
to quote theodosia: matthew davis, my ghost "will certainly haunt you for this scheme".
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