Washington's Time Traveler Revisited

By J. Howard Brown

My prior book, Washington’s Time Traveler, was about an American officer who while in a Humvee in Afghanistan was transported back in time due to a roadside explosive device. Captain Andrew McKay would spend two years with General George Washington and the Continental Army. During the two years with Washington, McKay would become valuable in assisting Washington’s army during their many escapes from losing battles. Washington’s successful retreats from battles that were lost are legionary. Maybe Washington had a fully armed Humvee to assist in these retreats. Washington realized that by McKay’s existence, the United States had prevailed. However, he also realized that the path to McKay’s time cannot be altered. So Washington had to keep in check McKay’s desire to inform him of upcoming events. In my second book, Washington’s Time Traveler Revisited, Andrew McKay’s sister joins him in 1777. As to how she arrives there is due to Alexander Hamilton becoming a time traveler. Hamilton would become a conduit between Andrew McKay and his sister, Elizabeth. To complicate matters, James Wilson (who works with Elizabeth) would also be traveling back to 1777. Wilson would become valuable as a spy for Washington. Martha Washington would become quite fond and close to Elizabeth. This book is much more complex than the original. Due to the new characters involved. Would the three time travelers get back? How it will all work out will be for the reader to discover.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Nov 13, 2020
• ISBN: 9781644247020

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Washington's Time Traveler Revisited

J. Howard Brown

Copyright © 2018 J. Howard Brown

All rights reserved

First Edition

PAGE PUBLISHING, INC.

New York, NY

First originally published by Page Publishing, Inc. 2018

ISBN 978-1-64424-701-3 (Paperback)

ISBN 978-1-64424-704-4 (Hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-64424-702-0 (Digital)

Printed in the United States of America

Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

To Kimberly and Melissa, our loving daughters.

Introduction

Time travel has been and is a most interesting topic. Many people I feel would like to believe in time travel. However, the reality of time travel has always been in question.

What needs to be understood is that historical events cannot be changed by a time traveler. But what is not in the history books is the unrecorded daily life that is not part of some historical events. A time traveler can live in this area without changing history. (How unique!)

In my books Washington’s Time Traveler and the sequel, Washington’s Time Traveler Revisited, the characters live in the unrecorded history area. When a recorded history event comes their way, they avoid actions that could completely change the historical event.

My second book is much more complicated than the first book. However, I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did inventing and writing it.

Chapter 1

Weehawken, New Jersey

By the summer of 1804, Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton had been political enemies for some time. Alexander Hamilton wanted a large federal government which would hold most of the power. While he was secretary of the treasury, he arranged for each state to turn over the debt they incurred during the fight for independence to the federal government. This placed a large debt on the federal government that existed until the second term of Andrew Jackson although by then some of the debt also included money borrowed during the war of 1812. Hamilton also created the National Bank, which Jackson ended by vetoing the charter.

Both Aaron Burr and Hamilton served in the Revolutionary War. Both rose to the rank of colonel. Hamilton was on Washington’s staff for most of the war. Believing that the war was over after the Battle of Yorktown, Hamilton resigned his commission and returned to New York in order to resume his law career.

Aaron Burr in 1804 was Thomas Jefferson’s vice president. At that time, Jefferson and Burr did not run on the same ticket. The vice president was the man who finished second in the electoral college voting. Burr and Jefferson finished in a tie for the 1800 presidential election. The election went to the house, and after many votes and some political wrangling, Jefferson was president with Burr as vice president.

Aaron Burr was born into an aristocratic type of lifestyle unlike Hamilton who was born in the West Indies as an illegitimate son of a scotch shop owner who never married his French mother. Hamilton always felt the need to impress others due to his inferior complex. Burr did not have any such inflection as he always had and showed confidence.

After Jefferson became president, Hamilton became critical of him and published articles in newspapers opposing him and his policies. Burr took offense to this.

Jefferson after becoming president changed his thinking and moved to the middle in policies. He no longer thought that the federal government should have limited power. He did, however, feel that any money borrowed to fight a war should be paid back by the generation that borrowed it. He felt that no debt should be passed on the future generations.

In 1804, Aaron Burr felt that the Jefferson ticket would not include him the reelection bid. Burr decided to run for governor of New York. Hamilton supported Morgan Lewis who beat Burr by a large margin. Burr felt that Hamilton was the cause of his bad luck and defeat.

What began now was an exchange of letters between Hamilton and Burr that escalated into a war of words between the two. Burr felt that Hamilton did not respond respectively to his letters, therefore he challenged him to a duel and sent his seconds to work out the details. Dueling was illegal in both New York and New Jersey, but that did not stop Burr from the challenge.

Hamilton was not eager to accept the duel at first because it was against his religious beliefs. He thought of his family, and how they needed him; so against his better judgment, he finally accepted. The time was set for early morning on July 11, 1804 on the shore of Weehawken, New Jersey. The area was quite deserted so there would be no interruptions. Each man arrived with their seconds around 6:30 a.m.

Hamilton was under the impression that to satisfy the honor of both men that they each fire into the air, at least this was his intent, but Burr had no such notions! So when both men faced off and took the ten steps, Hamilton planned to fire in the air. When they did turn and face each other, Hamilton fired into the air. Burr, however, took aim and fired at Hamilton striking him in the head.

Burr seeing Hamilton fall, left in his boat with his seconds. Hamilton laid on the ground bleeding from his head wound. He thought to himself, Is this the end of Alexander Hamilton? He thought of his wife and children as he passed into unconsciousness from which he did not know if he would wake from.

Chapter 2

The Awakening

With a gasp of air, Hamilton’s eyes opened. He was lying on the ground, face up looking at the trees and sky. He thought, Am I alive or dead? His head hurt, and he felt the area where the bullet struck his head, but when he removed his hand from the wounded area, there was no blood on it. He thought, My wound must have stopped bleeding.

Slowly he sat up and looked around. His head still hurting. Where is everyone, he thought, and why did they leave me here alone? He didn’t understand; Am I dead or alive? He pinched his arm and yelled, Ouch! I guess, I’m alive, but where is everyone? Where are my seconds, my doctor, and most of all that despicable Burr? In his mind, he thought that he and Burr would just face off and then each would fire in the air; but Aaron Burr was not thinking that way and fired directly at Hamilton.

Slowly Hamilton got up from the ground, and now his head hurt more. He walked to a nearby stream, knelt down so he could see his reflection in the water. He could now see the wound on the left side of his head. Dried blood covered most of the left side of his face. He took a handkerchief from his pocket, soaked it with the cold stream water, and washed the blood from his forehead, eye, and cheek as best he could.

He was confused and thought to himself that he must get moving and find out where everyone went to. His head still throbbing. There was a small trail through the woods, and he staggered to it and slowly followed it. But to where? he thought.

After a short time, Hamilton came to a clearing and what appeared to be some type of road. It was not the usual dirt road. There was some type of hard, black, sticky substance on it.

As he got closer to inspect the strange road, a black vehicle flew by him so close that it startled him.