On July 11, 1804, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr met on the dueling grounds at Weehawken, New Jersey, to fight the final skirmish of a long-lived political and personal battle. When the duel ...
On July 11, 1804, former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton and long-time political rival Vice President Aaron Burr fought a duel of honor in Weehawken, New Jersey. Hamilton was mortally ...
Three years later, Alexander Hamilton’s children suffered a new loss when Alexander died in a duel with Aaron Burr. Alexander also dueled in Weehawken, and even used the same set of pistols as ...