When biographer Amanda Vaill read Ron Chernow’s Alexander Hamilton (2004), her first thought, she said in a recent interview, ...

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 ...

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 ...

July 11 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1804, U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr killed longtime political foe Alexander Hamilton, the first treasury secretary, in a duel at Weehawken, N.J. Distant ...

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 ...

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The "Hamilton" writer shared stories of his life and work with 5,000 members of the Hamilton College community.

WEEHAWKEN, N.J. -- To use a term that the most financially savvy of the Founding Fathers would have appreciated, the market is bullish these days for anything related to Alexander Hamilton. As this ...

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 ...

Between its bright salmon exterior, direct views of New York City and proximity to the site of the historic Hamilton-Burr duel that inspired the musical "Hamilton," the home at 31-33 Hamilton Ave. in ...