Open AccessAaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton’s Duel: A Brief Note on Underutilized Sources
Author(s) -
Maxine N. Lurie
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
new jersey studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2374-0647
DOI - 10.14713/njs.v2i1.21
Subject(s) - treasury , history , event (particle physics) , classics , law , political science , physics , quantum mechanics
In 2015, fueled by a wildly successful Broadway musical produced 211 years after his death, Alexander Hamilton is having a revival. This provides an appropriate moment to look back at the duel between Hamilton (former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury) and Aaron Burr (vice-president of the United States), and to share several documents from that extraordinary event.