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Somewhere below this site, on a wooded ledge twenty feet above the Hudson River, lay the dueling grounds where many known and unknown duelists fought. Among them were Governor of New York DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828), Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804), Vice-President Aaron Burr (1756-1836), and U.S. Navy Commodore Oliver Perry (1785-1819). All came to Weehawken to defend their honor, according to the custom of the day.
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