Shocking Disappearance of Theodosia Burr AlstonFor more than two centuries, America’s officials struggled to solve the case of Theodosia Burr Alston. If you had seen the musical Hamilton, you might have remembered the song Dear Theodosia from Act I, where Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton’s rival, expressed his love for his daughter by saying, “You have my eyes / You have your mother’s name / When you came into the world, you cried, and it broke my heart.” However, his daughter was lost, raising questions such as: What happened to Theodosia Burr Alston? Was her ship lost in a terrible storm, or w…