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Governor Joseph Alston’s Record in the War of 1812

Jul 13, 2014

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Joseph Alston was born in 1779 to a wealthy family in South Carolina. He attended the College of New Jersey, which was later renamed Princeton, but he never graduated. He studied law and was admitted to the bar, but he never practiced. He was a planter by trade and one of the wealthiest men…

Theodosia Burr Alston’s Letters on Behalf of Burr in Exile

Jun 24, 2013

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Aya Katz

in American History, general history

Aaron Burr went into exile in Europe in 1808 following his acquittal in the trial for treason. At first he had high hopes of procuring funding for his interrupted Mexican expedition, but those were soon crushed when Spain and England became allies. Burr was forced to leave England, and with this began a lonely journey…

Aaron Burr as a Father

Jun 15, 2013

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Aya Katz

in general history

People do not usually remember Aaron Burr as a father. They remember perhaps that he was the third vice president of the United States. They remember, if anything, that he killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel. They remember that he was later tried for treason, though most have forgotten that he was acquitted.. But he…

The Courtship of Theodosia Bartow Prevost and Aaron Burr

Jun 8, 2013

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Aya Katz

in American History, general history

She was the posthumous only child of Theodosius Bartow and Anne Stillwell Bartow. Named after her father, she bequeathed her given name, which she got from a father she never met, to a daughter that she left an orphan at the age of eleven. Known for her intelligence, wit and good character, Theodosia Bartow Burr…

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Governor Joseph Alston’s Record in the War of 1812

Theodosia Burr Alston’s Letters on Behalf of Burr in Exile

Aaron Burr as a Father

The Courtship of Theodosia Bartow Prevost and Aaron Burr