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Treason and the U.S. Constitituion

I changed the article to say that the U.S. Constitution requires two witnesses in the charge of treason. It's not something that Marshall made up. (this unsigned contribution was added on 11 July 2006 by 209.221.185.146)

Theodosia Burr Alston

Linked Theodosia (daughter) to her Wiki page

commanding general -- incorrect????

This appears to be incorrect per

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commanding_General_of_the_United_States_Army

Neutrality

Can anyone vouch for the neutrality of this article? There seems to me, to be a clear bias in favor of Burr. For example, the article notes that Burr sponsored a anti-slavery bill in New York but doesn't mention he was selling slaves years after that.

In partiular, the section on the AH-AB duel seems to paint Hamilton as a mustache-twirling villain and contradicts most of the accounts I have read of the duel. Just for example, the article simply dismisses the reasonable argument that Hamilton intended to throw his shot and ignores other evidence that places AH in a better light: such as how widely he missed Burr. I feel like both sides of the arguments should be shown. The actual Hamilton-Burr article being a good example. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.126.46.147 (talk) 22:01, 10 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If you can document that Burr owned slaves add it to the page. If there is any proof Hamilton threw his shot add it and document the same. I don't see that it matter where Hamilton meant to shoot. Burr would have been a fool to base his actions on the chance Hamilton was not takinf the duel seriously.Nitpyck (talk) 23:18, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This article is definitely biased in favor of Burr. 24.254.152.253 (talk) 15:49, 10 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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 In partiular, the section on the AH-AB duel seems to paint Hamilton as a mustache-twirling villain and contradicts most of the accounts I have read of the duel.  Just for example, the article simply dismisses the reasonable argument that Hamilton intended to throw his shot and ignores other evidence that places AH in a better light: such as how widely he missed Burr.  I feel like both sides of the arguments should be shown.  The actual Hamilton-Burr article being a good example.   <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/147.126.46.147|147.126.46.147]] ([[User talk:147.126.46.147|talk]]) 22:01, 10 July 2012 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
+::If you can document that Burr owned slaves add it to the page. If there is any proof Hamilton threw his shot add it and document the same. I don't see that it matter where Hamilton meant to  shoot. Burr would have been a fool to base his actions on the chance Hamilton was not takinf the duel seriously.[[User:Nitpyck|Nitpyck]] ([[User talk:Nitpyck|talk]]) 23:18, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
 This article is definitely biased in favor of Burr. [[Special:Contributions/24.254.152.253|24.254.152.253]] ([[User talk:24.254.152.253|talk]]) 15:49, 10 September 2012 (UTC)