On July 11, 1804, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr met on the dueling grounds at Weehawken, New Jersey, to fight the final skirmish of a long-lived political and personal battle. When the duel ...

The soldiers from Ft. Stoddert, Louisiana Territory, captured the fugitive Aaron Burr on a February morning in 1807, on a muddy road near the hamlet of Wakefield. Burr's fall from grace seemed total.

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Since Aaron Burr’s trial for treason supposedly occurred on the island, Deputy United States Marshal of Virginia, Thomas Drew was sent to Wood County to summon a jury for the trial. The Richmond ...