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Duel at Weehawken
- When
- July 11, 1804
- Where
- Heights of Weehawken
Burr and Hamilton met at dawn on July 11, 1804, at the Heights of Weehawken, New Jersey, a known dueling ground on the Hudson River.
The two men departed Manhattan by separate boats and rowed across the Hudson River to a rocky ledge in Weehawken. This site was a popular dueling ground, having hosted eighteen known duels between 1700 and 1845. The location was near where Hamilton's son Philip had been killed in 1801.
Sources
- Burr–Hamilton duel Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-25
- Alexander Hamilton Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-20
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