. Historical collections of the state of New Jersey: past and present:. year of his age, and left him in the posses-sion of a handsome estate. While under the care of Dr. Shippen of Phila-delphia, when but about four years old, having some difficulty with his pre-ceptor, he ran away, and was not found until the third or fourth day after-ward : thus indicating, at this early age, a fearlessness of mind, and reli-ance on himself, which characterized the subsequent acts of his life. Atthe age of ten he ran away from his uncle, Timothy Edwards, for the pur-pose of going to sea. He entered Princeto
. Historical collections of the state of New Jersey: past and present:. year of his age, and left him in the posses-sion of a handsome estate. While under the care of Dr. Shippen of Phila-delphia, when but about four years old, having some difficulty with his pre-ceptor, he ran away, and was not found until the third or fourth day after-ward : thus indicating, at this early age, a fearlessness of mind, and reli-ance on himself, which characterized the subsequent acts of his life. Atthe age of ten he ran away from his uncle, Timothy Edwards, for the pur-pose of going to sea. He entered Princeton College, and graduated at theage of sixteen years, receiving the highest academic honors of tlie institu-tion, though his moral character at this period could not be considered ofthe highest order. On the breaking out of the revolution, Col. Burr, im-pelled by military honor, joined the American army, and was a volunteerin Arnolds celebrated expedition through the wilderness to Quebec. Hewas afterward ft)r a short period in the family of Washington, but becom I i;. ^^Mi^ m fc ;i!i| ;ffiiliiHllliiili;!!ilillli!!i/II MilllllWllllll MERCER COUNTY. 281 ing somewhat dissatisfied with that great man, he became aid to Gen. Put-nam, and was afterward appointed lieutenant-colonel. Col. Burr next turn-ed his attention to the study of law, was admitted to the bar in 1782,and commenced practice in Albany. In 1791, he was appointed a Senatorof the United States, and in 1801, Vice-President. In the autumn of 1806, a project was detected, at the head of which wasCol. Burr, said to be for revolutionizing the territory west of the Alle-ghanies, and for establishing an independent empire there, of which NewOrleans was to be the capital, and himself the chief. Burr was appre-hended, and brought to trial Aug. 1807; no overt act being proved againsthim, he was acquitted. Col. Burr died at Staten Island, N. Y., September14th, 1836. It is truly surprising, says his biographer, how any indi-vidual c
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