The house was occupied by General David Van Ness , a Continental Army officer during the Revolutionary War and later Brigardier General of the Dutchess County Militia , state assemblyman and senator who was the first supervisor of the Town of Red Hook . It is not known if house was built prior to his ownership ; he sold the property shortly before his death in the 1810s . Aaron Burr hid there for a while shortly after killing Alexander Hamilton in a duel
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Burr–Hamilton duel
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