What were some of my possum lookin, senator, alleged treason, swindled everyone for a bank, VP, Almost President bois favorite hobbies of activities ??
l didn't really know how to categorize this one, but Burr really loved going for walks. Like, he would walk full-length marathons in a single day.
He was very active up until his late 70s when he had a series of strokes (I think 1833 & 1834). He was able to recover from the 1st, but the 2nd left him bedridden, which ultimately caused his health to go downhill (he died in September 1836).
He was particularly partial to post-meal walks to aid in his digestion because he had chronic IBS-like symptoms that he seemed to struggle with for most of his adult life.
He loved to read; he was well-read on a variety of topics (social justice, religion, philosophy, law, geography, history, language, etc.) and enjoyed having spirited discussions or debates about them.
I recall seeing a post a several months back with a link to Burr's personal "check-out" record with the New York Public Library. I unfortunately can't find it right now, but it was an impressive list; I think he checked out between 60-80 books within a 3-year period.
In addition to renting out books from the library, he apparently had an impressive personal library at Richmond Hill (his home.)
Burr had bad teeth. The combination of his apparent addiction to black coffee, tobacco and opium--yes, opium--led Burr to losing most of his "good" teeth (which I assume means teeth essential for chewing, like molars and premolars) by the time he was in his late 50s.
We know this because Burr's journal while in Europe details this pretty extensively, as well as his visits to the dentists. I don't believe he mentions this within the journal itself, but he began seeking out dental implants and eventually wound up with a full set of dentures by the end of his life. Based on my research on this particular thing, he is apparently regarded by dentists at the time as having the first "modern" set of dentures in America.
Burr, being both broke and obscenely confident in himself, had proclaimed that he could use his new-found expertise to make dentures for others.
While not particularly gifted in any liberal arts himself, Burr was known to appreciate and (when he was able to) personally finance the occasional starving artist. John Vanderlyn is his most known
He was also a frequent enjoyer of plays, exhibits, galleries, and was even known to appreciate traditional and modern styles of architecture.
5. Masonry? (Stone/Brick Construction)
I forget the exact context of this but, similar to the dentistry debacle, something happened in Burr's life that made him all the sudden obscenely confident that he could make a living doing masonry while he was stranded in Europe.
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Those are the most substantial ones, I think. Burr picked up a lot of weird hobbies while stranded in Europe. I think another one had something to do with sheep? Shearing sheep or... something.
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