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Hamilton Vs. Burr: What Really Happened?

Beyond “Hamilton”: How the friends turned into political rivals, and finally into mortal enemies.

by Amelia Onorato via The Nib on April 27, 2018

Alexander Hamilton

The Many Alexander Hamiltons

An interview with a historian of Hamilton. That is, an “interview” in the modern sense of questions and answers and not in the Hamilton-Burr sense of pistols at dawn.

by Joanne B. Freeman via Humanities on January 1, 2018

Here's What Benjamin Franklin Scholars Think About Lin-Manuel Miranda's Ode to the Inventor

Fact-checking the lyrics of Miranda's new song.

by Olivia B. Waxman via TIME on December 15, 2017

Is Ron Chernow's Ulysses S. Grant biography "OK"?

On October 15th, a tweet by Bunk contributing editor Kevin Levin touched off this fascinating exchange between several historians on the subject of popular history. Among the topics it covered were novelty, craft, context... and the musical Hamilton.

by William Hogeland, Kevin M. Levin, Megan Kate Nelson, T. J. Stiles, Josh Feigenbaum, Meghan Roberts, Brooks Simpson via Twitter on October 16, 2017

The Dramatic Life and Mysterious Death of Theodosia Burr

The fate of Aaron Burr's daughter remains a topic of contention.

by Hadley Meares via Atlas Obscura on October 7, 2016

The Original Attack Dog

James Callender spread scurrilous rumors about Alexander Hamilton and John Adams. Then he turned on Thomas Jefferson, too.

by John Dickerson via Slate on August 9, 2016

On Memorial Day, Weaponizing the American Flag

As a young woman, civil rights pioneer Pauli Murray discovered that the flag could be used as a symbol of defiance.

by Jedediah Britton-Purdy via Scalawag on May 30, 2016

Forget Hamilton, Burr Is the Real Hero

We can learn more from him in today's political world.

by Carey Wallace via TIME on April 14, 2016

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