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.
On this date in 1807 former US Vice President Aaron Burr was arrested in Washington County in what would become the state of ...
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 ...
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The Presidential election in 1800 was a bit of a mess. In the first two elections in 1789 and 1792, George Washington was ...
1846 – The formal transfer of government between Texas and the United States took place. Texas had officially become a state on December 29, 1845. 1856 – The tintype camera was patented by Professor ...
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President George Washington signed into law the Postal Service Act, establishing the U.S. Post Office Department.
On Feb. 17, 1801, the U.S. House of Representatives broke an electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, electing Jefferson president; Burr became vice president.