The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . eft him to be-come aid to General Putnam. This was the causeof a break in Washingtons friendship; Burr affectedto despise the military ability of the commander-in-chief, and Washingtons impressions of Burr ripenedinto distrust. In July, 1777, Burr became lieutenant-colonel, with the command of his regiment, andjoined the main army when it was about to go into-winter quarters at Valley Forge. He distinguishedhimself at the head of a brigade in the battle ofMonmouth, June 28, 1778. For a short time hecommande
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . eft him to be-come aid to General Putnam. This was the causeof a break in Washingtons friendship; Burr affectedto despise the military ability of the commander-in-chief, and Washingtons impressions of Burr ripenedinto distrust. In July, 1777, Burr became lieutenant-colonel, with the command of his regiment, andjoined the main army when it was about to go into-winter quarters at Valley Forge. He distinguishedhimself at the head of a brigade in the battle ofMonmouth, June 28, 1778. For a short time hecommanded at West Point, but in March, 1779, re-signed on account of impaired health. He thenstudied law with Judge Patterson of New Jersey, andafterward with TJiomas Smith of Haverstraw, NewYork, and was admitted to the bar in Albany in i July of that year he married Theodosia, widow otAugustine Prevost, a British ofilicer, and when theAmericans regained [jossession of New York City,settled at Richmond Hill. In 1784 he was a mem-ber of the state assembly, and in 1789 was a|)i)ointed. -^ AARON BIRR. 656 BURR .attorney-general of New York, which office he heldtwo years. After the adoption of the constitution in1788, he was a candidate of the Anti-Federal gathered many ambitious young men aroundhim as satellites, and they were known as BurrsLittle Band. In 1791 he was elected to the UnitedStates Senate over General Philip Schuyler, andserved for six years, acting with the Republicanparty, as the Anti-Federalists were called. In 1797the Federal party gained control again, and Burrwas made a member of the New York threw himself with great zeal into the Presidentialcontest of 1800, and his talent for political manipu-lation came into full play. The Republicans were^victorious, but there was a tie between the , and Burr, who had been supported forthe Vice-Presidency, began intriguing to supplantJefferson for the higher office, but was defeated in
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