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Theodosia Burr Alston (June 21, 1783 – January 2 or 3, 1813) was an American socialite and the daughter of the third U.S. Vice President, Aaron Burr, and Theodosia Bartow Prevost. Her husband, Joseph Alston, was governor of South Carolina during the War of 1812. She was lost at sea at age 29.
Mar 9, 2022 · In 1800, Theodosia became deeply enamored with Joseph Alston, a wealthy planter from South Carolina. “My father laughs at my impatience to hear from you,” Theodosia wrote teasingly to Joseph...
Jan 22, 2019 · Theodosia Burr Alston, the beloved daughter of disgraced vice president Aaron Burr, left the port of Georgetown, South Carolina on the schooner Patriot in 1812 and was never seen again.
Jul 4, 2022 · The daughter of third U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr, Theodosia Burr Alston boarded the "Patriot" ship in 1812 to reunite with her father. But she never made it. Theories ranged from privateers sinking the ship to Burr's daughter being forced to walk the plank.
Jul 11, 2016 · The boat disappeared, taking 29-year-old Theodosia Burr Alston with it . To this day, the fate of the Patriot remains a mystery, but the most popular theory is that the boat was overtaken by...
Jan 30, 2024 · The actual fate of Theodosia Burr Alston, daughter of Aaron Burr and wife of South Carolina governor, Joseph Alston, will for the most part remain one of North Carolina’s iconic mysteries.
Apr 17, 2023 · That daughter, Theodosia Burr Alston, never actually appears in the musical, and she isn't mentioned when Burr laments what he envisions as his ignominious place in history — "I survived, but I paid for it" — after fatally shooting Hamilton in a July 1804 duel near the end of Act II.
Oct 3, 2014 · Theodosia Burr Alston, an intelligent and highly educated young woman, disappeared mysteriously on board the schooner Patriot around January 3, 1813.
Jun 21, 2020 · Two hundred years after her death, Theodosia Burr Alston’s name found itself revived in the most unexpected of places – inside a Broadway theater.
Oct 4, 2023 · On New Year’s Eve 1812, Theodosia Burr Alston, the daughter of the vice-president of the United States, boarded the schooner Patriot in South Carolina headed for New York to see her father. She never made it. The Theodosia Burr disappearance has baffled historians for over two centuries.
