Aaron Burr Jr. was an American politician and lawyer who served as the third vice president of the United States from 1801 to 1805. Burr's legacy is defined by his famous personal conflict with ...

A man of promising parts -- To concert with my brother officers -- Such are the letters I love -- An unprejudiced mind -- A certain little senator -- The statesman and the soldier -- The ruin of the ...

Aaron Burr, who was serving as President Thomas Jefferson's vice president, mortally wounded Alexander Hamilton, the first secretary of the Treasury, in a pistol duel on this day in history, July 11, ...

We take a deep dive into the man, the myths, and the mysteries surrounding his life in and around Westchester County. It is just after midnight under a moonless sky during the brutal winter of 1779. A ...

Pretty much from the start of his association with the musical “Hamilton,” Josh Tower wanted to be the guy who wanted to be in “the room where it happened.” But first he had to deal with the Father of ...

One of two things was going to happen. A man was going to be forever remembered for getting vengeance on behalf of the founding fathers, or he was going to go down in history as another man shot and ...

On April 17, 1809, a branch of the Bank of Manhattan Company opened on the southeast corner of Market and Cannon streets in today’s city of Poughkeepsie. In doing so, it became the first bank to ...

Leslie Odom Jr., one of the original cast members of the mega-hit Broadway musical “Hamilton,” is coming back for another shot, a role he says “gave me life.” Odom, who played Aaron Burr opposite ...

IT is delightful to have at last a thorough, exhaustive, authentic narrative of a life so far-reaching and so picturesque as that of Burr. Parton’s Biography is completely out of date, and the still ...