Editing Aaron Burr (section)

===Burr's daughter Theodosia===
{{main article|Theodosia Burr Alston}}
[[File:Aaron and Theodosia Burr.jpg|thumb|Burr and his daughter Theodosia]]
Theodosia Burr Alston was born in 1783 and was named after her mother. She was the only child of Burr's marriage to Theodosia Bartow Prevost who survived to adulthood. A second daughter, Sally, lived to the age of three.{{sfn|James|1971|p=270}} Two unnamed stillborns arrived later, with the first son in February 1787 and the second on July 9, 1788.

Burr was a devoted and attentive father to Theodosia.{{sfn|James|1971|p=270}} Believing that a young woman should have an education equal to that of a young man, he prescribed a rigorous course of studies for her which included the classics, French, horsemanship and music.{{sfn|James|1971|p=270}} Their surviving correspondence indicates that he affectionately treated his daughter as a close friend and confidante as long as she lived. Theodosia was devoted to her father as well, once having wrote to him "...you appear to me so superior, so elevated above all other men..."<ref name=unsolvedtheodosia>{{Cite web|title=The Unsolved Mystery of Aaron Burr's Daughter|url=https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2019/01/the-unsolved-mystery-of-aaron-burrs-daughter/|date=January 22, 2019|access-date=February 28, 2025|website=Library of Congress}}</ref>

Theodosia became widely known for her education and accomplishments. In 1801, she married [[Joseph Alston]] of South Carolina.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=861}} They had a son together, Aaron Burr Alston, in 1802.<ref>{{cite web |last1=MacLean |first1=Maggie |title=Theodosia Burr Alston |website=History of American Women |url=http://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2012/11/theodosia-burr-alston.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810154501/http://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2012/11/theodosia-burr-alston.html |archive-date=August 10, 2016 }}</ref> In 1812, the young boy died of [[malaria]] at age ten. Following her son's death, Theodosia sent a letter to her father, stating, "...there is no more joy for me, the world is a blank. I have lost my boy. My child is gone forever. He expired on the 30th of June."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Theodosia|url=https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc5300/sc5339/000046/000000/000001/unrestricted/theodosia.htm|access-date=March 19, 2025|via=[[Maryland State Archives]]}}</ref>

[[File:Theodosia Burr Alston walks plank.jpg|thumb|[[The San Francisco Call]]'s cartoon about Theodosia's possible fate.]] During the winter of 1812–1813, Theodosia was lost at sea with the [[schooner]] ''Patriot'' off the Carolinas. Although it is unknown what truly happened to Theodosia and the other passengers, the most common theories are that they were either murdered by pirates or shipwrecked in a storm. Burr and Mr. Alston personally chose to believe the theory that she had died in a storm, not wanting to think their beloved had been murdered.<ref name=unsolvedtheodosia/>

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