Aaron Burr

Gore Vidal's book about Aaron Burr is fascinating. I have learned that Martin Van Buren (8th president) may have been Burr's son. Also that Jefferson favored democracy only for small farmers with slaves, not for Indians, or women, and certainly not for slaves. And he died a pauper. Washington was an imperious, pompous fat man during his presidency, always poor and his first act in office as president was to ask for an advance on his salary.