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Burr again :)

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The way Burr called himself ‘Gamp’ after his grandson’s best efforts at ‘Grandpa’. It’s like being a granddad was his entire identity. And then his grandson died :(

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Small storytime: I got back to my university last night, but I was actually supposed to get in the night before. My connecting flight from Washington D.C got delayed by 3+ hours due to engine failure, and I decided I didn't want to get back here at 3 a.m because there was NO way I was ubering that late, so instead I spent half a day in DC! I went to the Capitol and Library of Congress as they're two of the few prominent places I have left to go inside in the city.

So, I wanted to share some photos I took while I was there for a few hours: Firstly, the Capitol!

It was kind of a miserable day weather wise but I didn't let that stop me from adventuring, also the architecture has Jefferson's name all over it 😭

This absolutely piqued my interest. Election of 1800 mentioned!

A couple amrev related things

I found it interesting how much DC has grown since it first became the capital.

The Jackson/Clay art is something I feel like I'd see on Tumblr

And then Jefferson's inaugural address!

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About Reu

"So then,"

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Name: Reuben (or Reu)

Pronouns: He/They

Age: 19

Timezone: EST (UTC-05:00)

Welcome to my blog! I mostly post art and my history shenanigans on here, but I hope to start posting historical research, rants, and whatnot. I mostly draw amrev stuff but you'll see my other interests sprinkled around here and there as well.

Most common tags: #reu's art (my art), #amrev (my main interest), #Aaron Burr

A little bit about me...

I am a full time undergraduate majoring history, and double minoring studio art + historic preservation. I'm also a university guide and love rambling about our university's past – I focus on our 19th century history.

I've researched the founding era of the US for almost 6 years now, and I've extensively researched Aaron Burr and Thomas Jefferson (note, I hate Thomas Jefferson. I hate him because of my extensive knowledge on him, not in spite of it).

I also focus my research on:

John Marshall

James Madison

Luther Martin

Richard Montgomery

Thomas Paine

Marquis de Lafayette

The Hemings and others enslaved at Monticello and UVA

Virginia regional history

History of enslaved people

And goodness, so, so much more. You'll notice that I draw Burr the most though. He's my go-to person to draw. Many say that I am quite normal about Burr (I am not).

Academic interests: 1770's-1810's U.S history (special interest), astronomy, abnormal psychology, developmental psychology, theoretical physics, biology, religious philosophy, and more 📖

My favorite amrev media: 1776 The Musical, HBO: John Adams, TURN: Washington's Spies, I Made America (Does anyone know what IMA is... Anyone..please..), and more

Other interests: Witchcraft/paganism (I am pagan), ttrpgs, Project Sekai, Vocaloid (Kikuo, Iyowa, Maretu, etc), Arcane, Spiderverse, Bojack Horseman, J-Pop (Ado, Tatsuya Kitani, etc), BBC Ghosts, Will Wood, Mitski, MLP, Steven Universe, Good Omens, The Owl House, animation, Hadestown, Falsettos, singing, and more

My user is reueslee pretty much everywhere, if you'd like to find me elsewhere. I'm most active on here and Instagram.

Heigh-Ho! 💁🏽

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"we'll be okay."

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Considering doing an about me post hmmmm

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For @writandwit, I hope you like it :)

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How do we feel about the dorm collection of amrev books...... The special interest is fine and great I promise 🙂‍↕️

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A couple Burr drawings where he's just being happy and radiating with calm because I think Burr deserved so many more calm moments in life :(

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To our union! 🥂

Close-ups •

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TRUEEE

vampires would get really annoyed by the no original research flag on wikipedia i think

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Luther Martin! He was a member of the Constitutional Convention and was a close friend of Burr's :)

I gave him black hair because that's my best guess to his hair color 🤷🏽

Additional doodles of him + 1807 stuff

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Does anyone have any amrev/historical resources they've wanted to access but are behind a paywall?

I'd like to help some folk out – my university has extensive access to many academic and research websites, and I'd like to help historians/researchers/fans/whatnot in their endeavors. Spreading the knowledge 👍🏼! Can't guarantee that I can find every document or resource but I'll do my best :)

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° Your soiled divine.

I don't know what to say about this one. Very Tumblr esque post - Burr in feminine clothes

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I had an absolutely wonderful time at the Lafayette Bicentennial celebration at University of Virginia's Rotunda! Felt quite shy at first but I ended up meeting so many wonderful folk.

I tried to fix the lighting for these ones, but alas the rotunda lights did not like us 😵‍💫 Me with Lafayette, Jefferson, and Madison!

All of them were so lovely and nice to meet (and remeet, such as Bill Barker who I saw a couple weeks ago baha), but I especially was honored to talk to Bryan Austin, the one reenacting Madison! We ended up bumping into each other on my way back home and we walked through a flood of Model UN students together 😭

Just wanted to post here since this blog is so history focused :)

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It’s the middle of the night .

This is Hamburr so I put the tag on.) The man on the right is a made-up Burrite character& Hamilton’s on the left’s