Aaron Burr Archives - Harlem World Magazine

Joseph Alston, Governor Of South Carolina And Claremont Inn Owner Harlem 1779−1816

Joseph Alston, November 10, 1779−September 10, 1816, was the 44th Governor of South Carolina from 1812 to 1814, and owner of the Claremont Inn in Harlem, NY.Continue reading

Daniel Breaker Talks “Hamilton” At Build

Daniel Breaker is currently starring as Aaron Burr in Broadway’s Hamilton. He is a staple in the Broadway community and one of his most recognizable roles was Donkey in the original Broadway production of "Shrek the Musical." Continue reading

Hamilton Heights’ Alexander Hamilton’s ‘The Grange’ Was His Last Home Before the Duel

Like other well-to-do New Yorkers in the late 1700s, Alexander Hamilton and his family moved to Harlem Heights in Upper Manhattan, a rural area with cool breezes that also provided an escape from the yellow fever threat in Lower Manhattan, according to the National Park Service (NPS).Continue reading

‘Hamilton,’ Original Broadway Cast Recording, 2016

"Hamilton" - which transferred to Broadway following a sold-out run at The Public Theater in NYC - is the acclaimed new musical about the scrappy young immigrant Alexander Hamilton, the $10 Founding Father who forever changed America with his revolutionary ideas and actions. Continue reading

Alexander Hamilton’s Hamilton Grange Harlem New York 1893

"The Grange" was commissioned by Alexander Hamilton who selected architect John McComb Jr. to design a country home on Hamilton's 32 acres estate in Hamilton Heights, New York, ca 1893.Continue reading

“The Remarkable Rise Of Eliza Jumel,” In Harlem Heights

The NY Times writes George Washington slept there, but, oh, to have been a fly on the wall of that mansion in Harlem Heights, Manhattan’s oldest surviving house, a few decades later, when Eliza Bowen moved uptown from what became Reade Street to live there with her husbands, Stephen Jumel and (again) Aaron Burr. (One at a time, of course.)Continue reading

Washington Heights Eliza Jumel (Burr), 1775 – 1865

Eliza Jumel Burr was born Eliza Bowen in Providence, Rhode Island to a working-class Irish Catholic family. Eliza's mother, Phebe Kelley Bowen, was a domestic servant in a boarding house.Continue reading