Aaron Burr, who was serving as President Thomas Jefferson's vice president, mortally wounded Alexander Hamilton, the first secretary of the Treasury, in a pistol duel on this day in history, July ...

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 ...

Alexander Hamilton vs. Aaron Burr. The two men despised each other. The last two times in these pages, I outlined the grinding, seething, and acrimonious disgust that the two political parties ...

Examines the rivalry between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, whose infamous duel left the Founding Father dead and turned a sitting vice-president into a fugitive. Date 2015 1801-1809 Type Books ...

Did you know that July 11th, 1804 was the day of their infamous duel. At dawn on the morning of July 11, 1804, political antagonists and personal enemies Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr met on the ...

Distant relatives of Aaron Burr, the former vice president, and Alexander Hamilton, a Constitution signer, met for the first time in two centuries. WEEHAWKEN, N.J. -- The bitter grudge between ...

It was 215 years ago that longtime rivals Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton met for the final time in Weehawken, New Jersey for a duel that would go in the history books, and eventually make its ...

On July 11, 1804, U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr killed longtime political foe Alexander Hamilton, the first treasury secretary, in a duel at Weehawken, N.J.

On its 200th anniversary the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr was re-enacted at its site in Weehawken, New Jersey. A panel of authors discussed the event and the men involved.

Object Details author Sedgwick, John 1954- Subject Hamilton, Alexander 1757-1804 Burr, Aaron 1756-1836 Contents Part I. The roots of hatred -- In the hands of an angry God -- Contentment -- Platonic ...