July 11 in American History
Vice President Aaron Burr shot former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton in a duel at Weehawken, New Jersey. Hamilton died the next day. The founding generation was closer to a street fight than the marble statues suggest.
In 1804: the Hamilton–Burr duel. Vice President Aaron Burr shot former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton in a duel at Weehawken, New Jersey.
Vice President Aaron Burr shot former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton in a duel at Weehawken, New Jersey. Hamilton died the next day. The founding generation was closer to a street fight than the marble statues suggest.
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