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The Burr–Hamilton duel took place in Weehawken, New Jersey, between Aaron Burr, the third U.S. vice president at the time, and Alexander Hamilton, the first and former Secretary of the Treasury, at dawn on July 11, 1804.
Aaron Burr Jr. (February 6, 1756 – September 14, 1836) was an American politician, ... In The Jack Benny Program episode "The Alexander Hamilton Show" ...
Top left: Alexander Hamilton circa 1790; Bottom left: the Auburn Mansion, designed by Levi Weeks and now a National Historic Landmark; Right: Aaron Burr at the Weeks trial (Getty, James Butters ...
An additional partisan irritant to Hamilton was the 1791 United States Senate election in New York, which resulted in the election of Democratic-Republican candidate Aaron Burr over Federalist candidate Philip Schuyler, the incumbent and Hamilton's father-in-law. Hamilton blamed Burr personally for this outcome, and negative characterizations ...
Hamilton narrates Alexander Hamilton's life in two acts, and details among other things his involvement in the American Revolutionary War as an aide-de-camp to George Washington, his marriage to Eliza Schuyler Hamilton, his career as a lawyer and Secretary of the Treasury, and his interactions with Aaron Burr (the main narrator for most of the ...
The musical relates the life of Alexander Hamilton and his relationships with his family and Aaron Burr. The book, music, and lyrics of the musical, including this song, were composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda. [1] The song describes the Compromise of 1790 from Burr's perspective.
An artistic interpretation of the duel. The song begins in Burr's perspective. Burr states ten facts about the duel (particularly facts that made it clear that Hamilton had the advantage) as a reprise of "Ten Duel Commandments" plays, noting that the duel is taking place in the same spot where Hamilton's son was killed in a duel.
These pistols were used in the infamous Burr-Hamilton duel. Burr killed former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton and entered a period of political exile, ending the careers of two of New York's most prominent politicians. Blaming Hamilton for his defeats in both 1801 and 1804, Burr charged Hamilton with a smear campaign through ...