He once wrote to his son-in-law, "In New York I am to be disenfranchised and in New Jersey hanged"
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Random Final Jeopardy! 3 Quiz - By jaedon_dawg - Sporcle  He once wrote to his son-in-law, 'In New York I am to be disenfranchised and in New Jersey hanged', Vice Presidents. Founded in 1887 to gain a 'Monopoly' on...
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Aaron Burr Speaks | The forgotten founder, in his own words.  Not one to defend himself publicly, he remains much maligned and little understood. Our agenda: ... He wrote of his situation to his son-in-law Joseph Alston: In New York I am to be disenfranchised, and in New Jersey hanged. You will...
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Henry Clay by Harlow Giles Unger | What Would The Founders Think?  Sep 30, 2015 ... Born in Virginia in 1777 after independence, he began life with no birthright, no property, ... Despite the gravity of his situation, Burr wrote to his son-in-law: In New York I am to be disenfranchised and in New Jersey hanged.
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The Daily Dose | A Spoonful of History from Applewood Books  The local Baptist preacher John Leland had just announced from his pulpit that .... The marching wouldn't be easy  federal law prohibited men of color from joining the army. ... He wrote to General Strong and asked that the 54th might lead the next .... In New York I am to be disenfranchised, and in New Jersey hanged.
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July | 2014 | The Daily Dose | Page 2 - Applewood Books  President William Howard Taft finished his lunch a little after two, and ... rushed in to embrace her son, and then she beamed with pride as he climbed out of his craft and ... In New York I am to be disenfranchised, and in New Jersey hanged. .... His name is written more than once on the map of Florida, for Jackson County,...
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Business | Jfk Jr. Calls Kin `Poster Boys For Bad Behavior' | Seattle ...  Aug 11, 1997 ... In the September issue of the magazine he founded and edits, Kennedy speculates that his cousin Michael Kennedy, accused ... Joseph Kennedy's ex-wife has said the congressman asked for annulment of their marriage for political reasons. John Kennedy calls both cousins "poster boys for bad behavior.
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Jimmy Carter Commutes the Sentences of Puerto Rican Nationalists ...  Sep 10, 2012 ... Oscar Collazo was the Puerto Rican independence activist who attempted to assassinate President Harry S. Truman on ... In 1952, Collazo was sentenced to death, but President Truman commuted his sentence to life imprisonment. ... Collazo's sentence was commuted to time served by President Jimmy...
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Retracing a Ride to a Fatal Duel - The New York Times  Jul 10, 2011 ... A New York Waterway ferry trip to Weehawken, N.J., called a ... including the one that left Alexander Hamilton dying and Aaron Burr's reputation in tatters. ... by a statue of Hamilton that overlooks new town houses and apartments. ... hated Hamilton; he just wasn't able to get him to a duel, Mr. Stewart said.
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William Magear "Boss" Tweed (1823 - 1878) - Genealogy - Geni  Dec 29, 2015 ... Birthplace: 1 Cherry Street, New York, New York, New York, USA ... Husband of Mary Jane C Tweed ... Apr 12 1878 - Ludlow Street Jail, Ludlow Street, Manhattan, New York, New York .... Party political machine that played a major role in the politics of 19th century New ... He died in the Ludlow Street Jail.
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The Bixby Letter | American Civil War Forums - Civil War Talk  Jan 8, 2014 ... She was held to have lost all 5 of her sons in the war, attracting attention upwards ... The widow's granddaughter told a journalist that Mrs. Bixby "was secretly in ... I said I would and told her to send him to the ladies [waiting] room in the Albany Station at a certain time. ...... (another classic of American prose).
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Inmate File #17400 - New Jersey Department of State  He was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death on 13 February. ... the execution by electric chair at the State Prison to the evening of 3 April 1936. ... Warrant for execution of sentence and judgment, The State of New Jersey vs. Bruno ... 17400, Bruno Richard Hauptmann, New Jersey State Prison, Trenton,...
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New York Pressed to Pardon Lenny Bruce - Free Republic  May 27, 2003 ... Pataki would have to sign off on a Bruce pardon, and a gubernatorial ... New York state has never granted a posthumous pardon, although nine other ... The obscenity trials of this genius forerunner of comedians like George Carlin, ... things, and used four letter words, the blue-noses wanted him silenced.
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Thomas More - Wikipedia  After refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy, he was convicted of treason and beheaded. Ahead of his execution, he was reported saying his famous words: "I...
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Grisly Look at Prison Life of Yesteryear By PETER KERR - NYTimes ...  Mar 12, 1990 ... Mr. Baranyi, founder of the New Jersey Corrections Museum, describes ... state prison in Trenton, but for the fact that in disposing of the diggings, he backed up the toilets. ... On display on the seat of the chair lies a letter dated April 6, 1936, from ... by lethal injection, though so far no one has been executed.
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DeWitt Clinton | American politician | Britannica.com  DeWitt Clinton was the nephew of Governor George Clinton of New York. ... As mayor of New York City, he advocated free and widespread public ... under Martin Van Buren and Tammany Hall, Clinton refused to run for a third term in 1822. .... Indian lawyer, politician, social activist, and writer who became the leader of the...
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From Staten Island to a 9/11 Memorial, a Bus Ride Becomes a Ritual ...  Sep 11, 2016 ... Some wore T-shirts with the faces and names of husbands and daughters. ... One of Ms. Matuza's sons, Walter, is a blind stand-up comedian; Nicholas ... Jason Christopher DeFazio, a bond broker for Cantor Fitzgerald, was killed. ... He wedged roses he brought with him into a letter of each of their names.
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Mario Cuomo, former New York governor, dead at 82 - NY Daily News  Jan 2, 2015 ... Ever-eloquent son of Queens who rode his rhetorical gifts to three terms as New York governor died Thursday. ... An Italian Catholic kid from Queens, born to immigrant parents, Mario paired his faith in God and faith in...
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John Brown Abolitionist 1800 1859 - American Civil War  Ralph Waldo Emerson said that Brown's death would "make the gallows as ... This image shows a heroic Brown being adored by a slave mother and child as he walks to his execution on December 2, 1859. ... It is every man's, but how few there are to help. ... and treason against the state and sentenced to death by hanging.
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Benedict Arnold's 1780 treason and the execution of John Andre ...  John Andre, aide-de-camp of the British commander in chief, Sir Henry Clinton, was General Benedict Arnold's contact. Andre was taken by the American forces and hanged as a spy in Tappan, New York, on October 2, 1780. ... propriety. . . . after the execution, it was asked if Major Andre's request to be shot could not have...
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Lucid Decapitation  Damn Interesting  Jul 10, 2008 ... Beheading has been discontinued as a form of execution in much of the world ..... Sometimes the victim's family stops the execution at the final moments ... that guys nameit was called the reign of terror I think.well anyway, .... The thinking is Well he's not suffering in replacement of He's being killed.
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New Jersey dad pens touching letter after autistic son says he has ...  Sep 23, 2016 ... A New Jersey dad's heartbreaking appeal to parents of his autistic son's ... And because he's had no friends....there was no one to invite. ... For those of you who don't know, my youngest son, Christopher, is on the ..... lives, there is alot to give our children, and alot of love and we may learn a thing or two.