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LEFT BTJRB 253 BURROUGHS appointed aide-de-camp to Montgomery, and was by the side of that officer when he fell. Subsequently, in 1776, he was received by General Washington as one of his military family, but was soon cast off in consequence of his debauchery. He never forgave Washington this act. Burr's military talents, however, secured for him the post of Lieutenant-Colonel, in 1777, which he retained until 1779, AARON BURR when he was obliged to relinquish it in consequence of ill health. Upon Burr's retirement from military life, he re- sumed the study of law, and commenced its practice in Albany, in 1782, but soon removed to New York, where he early acquired a prominent position as a great lawyer. In 1789 he was made attorney- general of New York. From 1791 to 1797, he was a member of the United States Senate, where he was distin- guished as a leader of the Republican party. In 1800 he was a candidate for the Presidency, and received the same number of votes as Thomas Jefferson (79), and the choice was thus left to the decision of Congress, which, on the 36th ballot, elected Jefferson as President and Burr as Vice-President. In 1804 was fought the famous duel between Alex- ander Hamilton and Burr, in which the 17— Vol. former was killed and the latter forever lost the public esteem. In 1807 he was apprehended, taken to Richmond, Va., and tried on a charge of a treasonable design upon Mexico; he was, however, after a long trial acquitted. His public life was now at an end, as his country had no faith in his integrity; he, how- ever, resumed the practice of law, but lived in comparative obscurity until his death on Staten Island, Sept. 14, 1836. BURR, GEORGE WASHINGTON, an American soldier, born in Tolono, 111., in 1865. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1888 and the same year was appointed first lieu- tenant of the artillery. He rose to vari- ous grades, reaching that of temporary brigadier-general in 1918. In the fol- lowing year he was appointed major- general. He served as instructor in sev- eral military colleges and in the Philip- pines, where for a time he was chief ordnance officer of the Philippines Di- vision. He vas appointed chief ordnance officer of the Central Department in 1911, serving until 1918. In the latter year, he became chief ordnance officer for the American forces in England. In October of that year he was appointed chief of the engineering division of the Ordnance Department, and later became assistant director of the purchase, stor- age, and traffic departments of the Gen- eral Staff. He was a member of the War Department Claims Board from January, 1919. BURRARD INLET, an inlet of Brit- ish Columbia, forming a fine harbor and having Vancouver, the terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway, on its south- ern shore. BURRILLVILLE, a town of Rhode Island, in Providence co., on the New York, New Haven, and Hartford rail- road. Its chief industry is the manu- facture of woolen goods. Wallum Lake, near the city, is a favorite summer re- sort. Pop. (1910) 7,878; (1920) 8,606. BURRITT, ELIHU, an American au- thor, called the "Learned Blacksmith," born in New Britain, Conn., Dec. 8, 1811. He was a blacksmith, linguist, lecturer, reformer and a noted advocate of peace. His books include "Sparks from the Anvil" (1848) "Olive Leaves" (1853); and "Chips from Many Blocks" (1878). See Charles Northend's "Life of Elihu Burritt" (New York, 1879). He died in New Britain, March 7, 1879. BURROUGHS, BRYSON, an American artist, born in Hyde Park, Mass., in 1869. He was educated in the public schools and studied art at the Art Stu- II — Cyc