WI: Hamiton and Burr both live

I think something like the events of OTL will play out even if both AH and Burr survive the duel.

And you would likely be correct (although I don't think Burr would come out nearly as badly as you predict, and Hamilton would doubtless slander and smart-mouth his way off of the sawbuck). However, the possibility of their union exists and is an interesting path on which to speculate, no?

As a matter of fact, I strongly believe in the probability of a failed duel at Weehawken resulting in at least reconciliation, at best an alliance. Incidentally, this is the direction on which I prefer to speculate.

Thank you for your responses, I think we need to read one another's books. I am an ardent Hamilton loather and Burr advocate. Literary recommendations?
 
As to the "AH = Papa Joe" thing, I think that's a very interesting idea. A Hamilton political dynasty dominating New York politics would no doubt lead to some interesting butterflies :)

Kind of neat, too, to fashion him like a Kennedy since I now tend to view Burr as Nixonesque.:)

What were Burr's views on slavery? It seems like, as with Hamilton (noted elsewhere in the threatd) Burr would sort of go with whatever would get him the most support.

As to Hamilton's desires for empire, I did read where he said once he'd like to have Floirda as a place with "no Republicans" or somesuch. But, that kind of rhetoric - while it can be overplayed - seems more to just indicate his extreme Federalism (as opposed tot he more moderate Adams wing) rather than any desire to really eliminate D-R followers or have some sort of empire where he could do that.

(Edit: Unfortunately, stuff's coming up that will delay this TL, though the answer will be read sometime on BUrr and slavery, though I think it sounds right. I need to spend less time on here anyway. At this pace I could be gone a month and the battle in "Grant at Gettysburg" still not that far along. :-( But I know it'll get done. My mind is just so I like to focus on one thing instead of a bunch of TLs when id o them; though I was writing a couple of my books at the same time.)
 
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If Theodosia doesn't die, perhaps even joining her in supporting Womens' Suffrage (which I see her being an early proponent of.) Burr not going through all he did doesn't necesasrily butterfly her death away, but it could.

Easily done! Her son had succumbed to a fever (malaria) and died on June 30 and the anguish involved nearly killed Theodosia. Wanting to see her father, she boarded a ship (the Patriot) and headed for New York City. The ship was never seen again and there are stories that it was captured by pirates or accidentally or deliberately wrecked on the Carolina banks. There is also another one about the Bermuda Triangle that I won't go into here........:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
So have her son avoid the malaria that eventually killed him and maybe she would have lived longer, although I have just read that due to complications of her childbirth (her son was her first and only child), she had become infertile and left her battling recurring bouts of physical agony. This might have ended her life somewhat earlier than normal (she was only 29 when she disappeared), probably before her fortieth birthday. So let's give her another ten years, what happens next? :confused::confused::confused:
 
Would Alexander Hamilton even want secession? In Ron Chernow's biography, I think he opposed many of the Federalists who were making noise about secession. If history goes roughly OTL (due to Alexander Hamilton being locked out of political influence) what would he think of the War of 1812 and the Hartford Convention?
 
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