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Most of the books I’ve seen and websites I’ve visited report Aaron Burr’s birth date as 06 Feb 1756 in Newark, New Jersey and this “fact” seems to be uncontested. His date of death, however, is a different matter (at least from one pretty credible source). I realize even his weathered headstone at Princeton Cemetery states his date of death as 14 Sept 1836.

In my research, I happened across an obituary published within a few days of his death that states he died the previous afternoon Tuesday, September 13, 1836, not Wednesday the 14th. The newspaper citing his death as Tuesday the 13th was a prominent national/international publication in Baltimore, the 'Niles Weekly Register'.

Link to Obit: http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/obits/burr.html

From the context of the obit, this discrepancy does not seem to be a simple typo but, for me, calls into question whether his headstone and virtually every other reference using Wednesday the 14th is correct or if Colonel Burr actually died the previous afternoon, Tuesday September 13th. I have not seen any “Official” source/reference (like a death certificate issued by Staten Island etc.) and this Niles Weekly Register obit is closer in time to his death than even his headstone. Thoughts?

Terry L. Page TL.Page (talk) 06:09, 10 December 2011 (UTC)