Alexander Hamilton vs. Aaron Burr. The two men despised each other. The last two times in these pages, I outlined the grinding, seething, and acrimonious disgust that the two political ...

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 was ...

It was 215 years ago that longtime rivals Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton met for the final time in Weehawken, New Jersey for a duel that would go in the history books, and eventually make its way ...

WEEHAWKEN, N.J. - The bitter grudge between their ancestors has long faded, but on Sunday descendants of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr marked their paces with pistols in hand. Antonio Burr, a ...

Part I. The roots of hatred -- In the hands of an angry God -- Contentment -- Platonic love is arrant nonsense -- The prodictious glare of almost perpetual lightning -- Refinement -- In the roseate ...

On this day, April 1, in 1800, the original legal Dream Team, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, won an acquittal in the infamous Manhattan Well Murder Mystery. Before the men fired shots in America’s ...

Boasting drop-dead, direct views of the Manhattan skyline, this waterfront Victorian stands right near the site where Vice President Aaron Burr shot and killed Alexander Hamilton, first secretary of ...

“What’s your name, man? Alexander Hamilton.” Whether you’re a history buff or a musical lover, it’s likely you know a thing or two about Alexander Hamilton—one of America’s most influential founding ...

The musical is still a standout piece of well-crafted, history-minded, socially conscious entertainment that doesn’t feel out of touch since it debuted a decade ago.

Significant figures in the social and political circles that shaped revolutionary America, the Schuyler sisters found ways to ...