July 11, 2019 | SuzyQ
On July 11, 1804 former Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, and Vice-President Aaron Burr, fought a pistol duel at Weehawken, New Jersey. The culmination of long-standing personal bitterness between the two men, the duel resulted in Hamilton's death, and the end of Burr's political career. This year marks the 215th anniversary of that shocking event.
A fatal friendship : Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr by Arnold A Rogow
War of two : Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the duel that stunned the nation by 1954- John Sedgwick
