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 ...

Stoddert, Louisiana Territory, captured the fugitive Aaron Burr on a February ... just months before Burr killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel. Vice President Burr's political hopes in the East ...