Oct 26

David O. Stewart: What was Aaron Burr supposed to do?

Aaron Burr (Wikimedia Commons from the New York Historical Society)


Posted 1 year, 6 months ago.

By David O. Stewart

When Vice President Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton fought their legendary duel in Weehawken, New Jersey, both lost: Hamilton, the former Secretary of the Treasury, his life; Burr his future.

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