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The Eulogy
BUST OF GOUVERNEUR MORRIS
What would your best friend say at your funeral? Would he or she delve into those …
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Hamilton’s Funeral
THE FUNERAL OF GENERAL ALEXANDER HAMILTON
“THE CORPSE WITH PALL BEARERS”
ILLUSTRATION FROM THE NEW YORK EVENING POST, JULY 13, 1804
With the usual…
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Hamilton’s Faith and Death
BISHOP BENJAMIN MOORE
As an illegitimate son of a “fallen” woman, Alexander Hamilton must have been sensitive to the chill of pious …
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The Duel
(From HAMILTON’S CHOICE by Jack Casey © 2020, All Rights Reserved)
As Van Ness starts back down the path from the ledge, he sees Hamilton and Pendleton…
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Hamilton on the Eve of the Duel
On Saturday, July 7, 1804, General Alexander Hamilton and his wife Eliza hosted a lavish gathering at their new home, the Grange. They invited 70 notables to …
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The Progressive Mr. Burr
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT
(1759-1797)
Aaron Burr is known as a villain and surely he was that. He lured Alexander Hamilton into a duel over some unspecified…
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Hamilton, Burr and Origins of the Duel
On the frontier, “fastest gun in the West” was a coveted title young men risked their lives to win. Wild Bill Hickok catapulted to fame by killing Davis…
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Cincinnatus Society & Hamilton’s Last 4th of July
On two occasions Cincinnatus left his farm to protect his beloved Rome. Each time, the Roman Senate sent emissaries to his farm to call him away from his…
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The June 18 Letter
GENERAL PHILIP SCHUYLER
NEW YORK, JUNE 18, 1804 – Somehow a published letter landed on Aaron Burr’s desk
seven weeks after he suffered a 16-point…
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‘Covid’ In The Time Of Hamilton, And How Burr Used It To Found A Bank Part 2
PART II – PROFITEERING?
In 1799, the year George Washington died, Aaron Burr served in Albany as an Assemblyman. Since 1795, yellow fever had killed…