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Jul 10, 2018 · In the aftermath of the duel, Alexander Hamilton was lionized for his achievements, while Aaron Burr lived in his foe’s shadow, enmeshed in a series of scandals that ended his...
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.
The climax of the musical, as it was to Hamilton’s life, is his 1804 duel with longtime political rival Aaron Burr, then the U.S. vice president. In the musical, Burr announces (in “The World Was Wide Enough”) that there are “10 things you need to know about the duel,” though actually he cites plenty more. Let’s see if Burr is a reliable narrator.
Alexander Hamilton, former secretary of the treasury, and Aaron Burr, sitting vice president of the United States, had feuded publicly for years. Their long-standing enmity came to a head in the spring of 1804.
Jan 26, 2002 · The Duel Between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton. [June 18–October 23, 1804] Introductory Note. The document printed below contains the first mention in this volume of the events relating to the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr.
During his last year as vice president, Burr engaged in the duel in which he fatally shot Alexander Hamilton, the former Secretary of the Treasury and his political rival, near where Hamilton's son Philip Hamilton had died in a duel three years prior.
In the early morning hours of July 11, 1804, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr gathered along the banks of Weehawken, New Jersey. Both would fire their pistols. Hamilton would not survive the encounter, passing away the next day from a mortal gunshot wound, while Burr was left, physically, unharmed.
