Albert Triplett Burnley was born in Hanover County, Virginia, in 1800. At the age of twenty-two, Burnley migrated to Frankfort, Kentucky, and studied law under George M. Bibb. He found this type of work uninteresting. He gave up law to buy coal mines with his Uncle Robert, near Owensboro, Kentucky. Around this time, Burnley became interested in the Republic of Texas. He was commissioned, in 1832, to negotiate a loan for the Republic. He was unable to accomplish this task. The loan action was later withdrawn by Texas, only to be reinstated in 1839. He was unable to secure a loan from England, France, or Spain. Burnley returned to Kentucky in 1842 but remained in business in New Orleans and Texas. He spent his winters going between the two places. He continued in this vain until he developed tuberculosis. He died in May of 1861.
From the description of A.T. Burnley papers : business and personal letters, 1849- 1858. (Kentucky Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36995948
