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 ...

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 ...

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 this day in history, July 11, 1804, Aaron Burr fatally shot Alexander Hamilton in their now famous duel. Burr was charged with murder after Hamilton died from his wound.

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 ...

John Sedgwick writes about the 1804 duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, and Shane White rescues Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street’s first black millionaire, from oblivion.

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 ...