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Date: 1807United States v. Burr  

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  • One of the earliest cases of treason in the United States was brought by the administration of President Thomas Jefferson against Aaron Burr. Burr, a lawyer and politician from New York, was best known for having killed former secretary of the treasury, Alexander Hamilton, in a duel in 1804. [Source: Encyclopedia of the Fourth Amendment; United States v. Burr]

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  • Date: 1807

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-Z2C4P1SW-7

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