Aaron Burr was one of the most talented of our founding fathers, a Lieutenant Colonel in the Continental Army, an ...

Not long ago, people knew Aaron Burr only from a funny “Got Milk?” commercial. After Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 2015 musical phenomenon “Hamilton,” everyone knows of the famous duel on July 11, 1804, ...

The Burr conspiracy crisis brought their fears about both to the surface. Only 30 years after its birth, the United States, the world’s first constitutional republic, seemed threatened by ...

Introduction -- So many stories : the circulation of information in the early republic -- A crisis in the Cabinet -- Lexington and Frankfort, Kentucky : July through December 1806 -- Guilt beyond ...

Stage for conspiracy -- Beginnings of the conspiracy -- Threads of intrigue -- The interlude -- Burr on the Ohio -- Gathering clouds -- Trials in Kentucky -- The flight -- Pike's peek -- Wilkinson on ...