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Aaron Burr’s Daughter Aaron Burr was a noted figure in the United States early in its history. He was a noted lawyer and an ambitious and able man. He quarreled with Alexander Hamilton and killed him in a duel in . Afterward Burr plotted against the government of the United States and was tried for treason. He was acquitted, but left the country and visited Europe. Burr had but one child, a daughter. She was talented like her father, and very beautiful. She lived with her husband, a Mr. Alston, in Charleston, South Carolina. Her father, after a long visit to Europe, decided to return to America. He wrote to his daughter and asked her to meet him in New York. At that time there were no railroads. The only way to reach New York from Charleston was by stage or by ships. Burr’s daughter decided to go by ship. Her husband did not accompany her. She took passage in a schooner for New York. She took with her her own portrait which she intended to present to her father, and a small dog. After she embarked at Charleston, she was never seen by her friends again. It was a long time before it was discovered what had become of her. It is now known that pirates captured the schooner in which she was, and murdered the crew and passengers by throwing them overboard. After robbing the vessel the pirates set it adrift and it was wrecked on the coast near Nags Head, North Carolina. Before the vessel went down, the people who lived on the coast rescued the picture and the dog. The picture is still preserved as a valuable relic of Aaron Burr and the tragic fate of his beautiful daughter.  ...

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