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23 Mar, 5 tweets, 1 min read
When you're using a $100,000 (in today's dollars) IOU from Aaron Burr as a bookmark in a book about Burr's trial.

archive.org/details/fullst… is the book.
Thanks to the Hamilton musical, a lot more people know about Burr than they did before. That said, Burr's life after killing "My Good Friend, Alexander Hamilton" is just a series of shame and ridiculousness. He scoots to Europe, skips around. Practices law.
Referencing the IOU, Burr owed a TON of people money. He scooted to Europe equally because of the treason trial and because of his debts. After 12 years in Europe, he came back under an assumed name, so his creditors wouldn't find him.
Marries a wealthy widow in his 70s, and proceeds to blast through her money, before she kicks him out 4 months later. She gets a lawyer.

The lawyer is Alexander Hamilton's son.
The day the divorce is finalized, Aaron Burr dies.

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