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Aaron Burr entered adulthood with a bright future. Like Hamilton, he had been orphaned—both of Burr’s parents died before his second birthday. But unlike the impoverished Hamilton, who worked ...

Aaron Burr, born into a prestigious New Jersey family in 1756, was also intellectually gifted, and he graduated from the College of New Jersey (later Princeton) at the age of 17. He joined the ...

The Burr–Hamilton duel took place in Weehawken, New Jersey, between Aaron Burr, the Vice President of the United States, and Alexander Hamilton, the first and former Secretary of the Treasury, on the morning of July 11, 1804.

Burr was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1756, the scion of a distinguished colonial family. His maternal grandfather was the famous evangelist Jonathan Edwards, and both he and Burr's father, Aaron Burr, Sr. ascended to the presidency of the College of New Jersey, the institution that eventually became Princeton University. But even in such an ...

Burr: [biographical name] Aaron 1756–1836 3rd vice president of the U.S. (1801–05).

Aaron Burr had traveled West just six months before to carve out his own empire. Now, he would return East to stand trial for treason. Nearly 200 years later, the exact details of what became ...

On the morning of July 7, 1804, it ended when Burr shot Hamilton to death. Though the public cried murder, Burr was let off and was able to complete his vice-presidential term. In 1807, he was brought to trial on charges of conspiracy for leading a military charge against Spanish Territory and for trying to separate territories from the United ...

Aaron Burr (Illustrative). (credit: Wikimedia Commons) Mr. Burr, sir. The two factions considerably opposed one another, with a major part of the conflict being sparked by Burr, who in 1791 won ...