Aaron Burr
Aaron Burr was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1756. He was a powerful advocate in the cause of freedom and exemplified his precepts by feats of noble daring in the battle field. He was aid to the brave Putnam and rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.At the close of the Revolution he stood on a lofty eminence and commanded the admiration of the populace. His towering genius was fast ascending to high meridian in refulgent glory. He was elected to the United States Senate where his giant intellect became more conspicuous that his thirst for power more prominent. He was next elected Vice President and made a desperate attempt to supplant Thomas Jefferson as President. He made an unsuccessful Cataline grasp at the presidential chair which blotted out his political sun for ever.
Alexander Hamilton made some prophetic remarks upon the prospective danger shadowed by his reaching demonstrations and ulterior designs. He planned and consummated the death of that illustrious statesman. The commingled clouds of wild ambition, consuming malice and fell revenge eclipsed the sunbeams of his genius. A blacker cloud spread its ebony mantle over these. The charge of TREASON veiled the bright morning of Aaron Burr in darkness impenetrable and paralyzed his day-spring of usefulness. He died on Staten Island on September 14, 1836.
It is known locally that Aaron Burr was held in the Warthen jail overnight his during transport to Richmond for his 1807 trial for treason. A granite-and-bronze marker was placed at the site by the Governor Jared Irwin Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.
Source: The Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson
" Captain Dearborn described his adventure under the leadership of Colonel Benedict Arnold. Colonel Arnold's personal aide, Colonel Aaron Burr and James Wilkinson who, like Captain Dearborn, had given up his medical practice to fight for liberty did not join the expedition until spring.
The attack began before daylight and Dearborn's troops, detached from the main body, lost their way in the snow and darkness. Dearborn was nervous when the troop came upon some soldiers at dawn; when he saw that they were plainly dressed, one of them asked who Dearborn was. He answered "a friend". "A friend to what? " "To liberty." The person, cursing, raised himself partly above the pickets whereupon Dearborn clasp his piece charged with a ball and ten short, and gave the stranger his due.But the gun did not go off. He primed and flushed to try again, but none of the troop members could get off a shot, as the guns were too wet. They found themselves out-numbered, six to one. Dearborn surrendered after being promised good quarters abd tender usuage...Dearborn and his officers were carried to the main guard-house for a good dinner and wine. Dearborn was confined by the British for several months and was frequently taunted with the threat that in the spring he would be sent to England and hanged as a rebel. On May 16, 1776 he arranged to return home on parole, as most of his companions were confined till the close of war. After a long sea voyage, during which he was "treated with the usual twenty-six ontumely and hatred of English officers, he finally reached Portsmouth on July 16. The following spring Dearborn was relieved of his parole through an exchange of prisoners and given the job of Major of the Third New Hampshire Regiment which was set ouyt for Ticonderoga early in May."