Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in a duel in Weehawken, New Jersey. Political rivals for some time, Hamilton helped Thomas Jefferson prevail over Burr during the 1800 presidential election and worked against Burr as he sought the New York governorship.
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