1Louisa Catherine Adams to John Quincy Adams, 4 July 1804 (Adams Papers)
The “Anniversary of an empire’s birth” began in the nation’s capital with an artillery salute from the Navy Yard. John Peter Van Ness, a major in the district’s militia, gave an oration at 11 ...the United States of Col. John Trumbull after serving on the Anglo-American claims commission. Trumbull’s fellow U.S. commissioners, Christopher Gore and William Pinkney, also returned in 1804. Gore...
2From Alexander Hamilton to Aaron Burr, 20 June 1804 (Hamilton Papers)
The clause pointed out by Mr. Van Ness is in these terms “I could detail to you a , New-York Historical Society, New York City; copy, in the handwriting of William P. Van Ness, New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown, New York.
3To Alexander Hamilton from William P. Van Ness, 23 June 1804 (Hamilton Papers)
Van Ness wrote: “I sent a Note to Genl Hamilton’s Office and also to his house.” “Van Ness’s Narrative,”
4To Alexander Hamilton from William P. Van Ness, 23 June 1804 (Hamilton Papers)
From William P. Van NessW: P: Van Ness
5To Alexander Hamilton from Aaron Burr, 22 June 1804 (Hamilton Papers)
Mr. V Ness has this evening reported to me Verbally that you refuse to answer my last letter,Thus, Sir, you have invited the course I am about to pursue, and now by your silence impose it upon me. If therefore your determinations are final, of which I am not permitted to doubt, Mr. Van Ness is authorised to communicate my further expectations either to yourself or to such friend as you may be...
6To Alexander Hamilton from Aaron Burr, 21 June 1804 (Hamilton Papers)
, in the handwriting of William P. Van Ness, New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown, New York.The draft in Van Ness’s handwriting, which differs from the letter printed above, reads: “I have this day received your letter of the 20th: Political opposition can never absolve gentlemen from a rigid adherence to the laws of honor or the...
7William P. Van Ness to Nathaniel Pendleton, [4 July 1804] (Hamilton Papers)
William P. Van Ness to Nathaniel PendletonW: P Van Ness
8William P. Van Ness to Nathaniel Pendleton, [26 June 1804] (Hamilton Papers)
Van Ness endorsed this unsigned draft: “Drt letter 1st to Mr Pendleton which was altered by Col B & not sent—this be substituted.” Burr’s alteration, which was to be used as a substitute for the bracketed material... in Van Ness’s unsigned draft, reads: “The injury complained of and the reparation expected, are so definitely expressed in his letter of the 21 that there is not perceived a...
9Aaron Burr to William P. Van Ness, [9 July 1804] (Hamilton Papers)
Aaron Burr to William P. Van Ness
10Aaron Burr to William P. Van Ness, [25 June 1804] (Hamilton Papers)
Aaron Burr to William P. Van Ness
11From Alexander Hamilton to William P. Van Ness, 23 June 1804 (Hamilton Papers)
Van Ness to H, June 23, 1804
12Nathaniel Pendleton to William P. Van Ness, 26 June 1804 (Hamilton Papers)
In his narrative Van Ness wrote that he had received this letter on the evening of June 26 and delivered it to Burr that evening (
13Aaron Burr’s Instructions to William P. Van Ness, [22–23 June 1804] (Hamilton Papers)
In the draft of his narrative Van Ness wrote: “On Saturday morning the 23d. I went out to his house, and received from him for Genl Hamilton a letter of which No 4 [“William P. Van Ness’s Narrative of the Events of June 25, 1804,” note 1
14Aaron Burr to William P. Van Ness, [26 June 1804] (Hamilton Papers)
Aaron Burr to William P. Van Ness
15Disclaimer for Alexander Hamilton Prepared by William P. Van Ness, [25 June 1804] (Hamilton Papers)
, in the handwriting of William P. Van Ness, New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown, New York; , in the handwriting of William P. Van Ness, New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown, New York.
16William P. Van Ness’s Regulations for the Duel, [9 July 1804] (Hamilton Papers)
William P. Van Ness’s Regulations for the Duel
17William P. Van Ness to Nathaniel Pendleton, [27 June 1804] (Hamilton Papers)
In his narrative Van Ness introduced the letter printed above with the following statement: “I transmitted this [Pendleton to Van Ness, June 26, 1804
18Remarks on the Letter of June 27, 1804, [28 June 1804] (Hamilton Papers)
William P. Van Ness to Nathaniel Pendleton, June 27, 1804Van Ness refused to accept this document. See
19Nathaniel Pendleton’s Second Statement of the Regulations for the Duel, [10 July 1804] (Hamilton Papers)
“William P. Van Ness’s Regulations for the Duel,” July 9, 1804