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10 Things You Need to Know About the Hamilton-Burr Duel, According to Hamilton’s Burr: Media

Does Hamilton’s Aaron Burr come clean about his duel with Alexander Hamilton?

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Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton, colour mezzotint.
Frost & Reed, Ltd./Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-DIG-pga-03160)
Richmond Hill estate
The New York Public Library. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton, chromolithograph.
The Knapp Co./Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-DIG-ppmsca-17523)
Face-off: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr
Artist's depiction of the 1804 duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton.
Beacon Lights of History, Vol. XI, by John Lord, 1902
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton.
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Aaron Burr
The Private Journal of Aaron Burr, 1901
Hamilton-Burr duel
Statues of Alexander Hamilton (foreground) and Aaron Burr with dueling pistols, Museum...
© Terese Loeb Kreuzer/Alamy
Hamilton musical marquee
© Eq Roy/Dreamstime.com