Biographies of Theodosia Burr
Theodosia Burr Alston: Portrait of a Prodigy
By Richard N. Côté
Theodosia, the First Gentlewoman of Her Time
By C.M. Clark
Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary, Volume 1 (entry for Burr, Theodosia)
Encyclopedia of Women in American History (entry for Alston, Theodosia Burr)
Biographies of Aaron Burr
Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr
By Nancy Isenberg
American Emperor: Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson's America
By David O. Stewart
Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of America
By Thomas J. Fleming
For further information regarding Theodosia’s family:
This website provides a treasure-trove of information about the Burr-Hamilton duel and the Burr Conspiracy:
The American Experience: The Duel
Further information regarding Theodosia’s parents from the Hermitage Museum:
Theodosia Prevost and Aaron Burr
For more information about Theodosia’s disappearance and purported sitings of her ghost, check-out:
History: Disappearance of Theodosia Burr a source of speculation for 200 years (article from Coastal Observer newspaper)
Photographs of the Alston family memorial
Information concerning the Nag’s Head portrait and other paintings of Theodosia:
Portrait of Nag’s Head (article from Antique Trader magazine)
Old Painting Gives Clews to the Fate of Theodosia Burr Alston (article from San Francisco Call, June 1906)
Gibbes Museum’s entry for 1811 portrait of Theodosia
Blogpost of John Wesley Jarvis’ portrait of Theodosia
Theodosia’s has also been featured in historical fiction novels and, most recently, a broadway musical:
My Theodosia
By Anya Seton
Burr
By Gore Vidal
Hamilton (links to the cast recording for the broadway musical)
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