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The most famous duel in American history took place on this date at the dueling grounds in Weehakken between political rivals General Alexander Hamilton and sitting Vice President of the United States Colonel Aaron Burr. Hamilton fell mortally wounded and died the next day in New York City. Hamilton’s son Philip had also died here in a duel in 1801.
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