Two ambitious men. Two loaded pistols. Two witnesses. If you would have been on the west bank of the Hudson River near Weehawken, New Jersey on the afternoon of July 11, 1804, that’s what you would have seen.
Holding one pistol was Aaron Burr, the Vice President of the United States, serving with President Thomas Jefferson. Standing [...]
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Burr: I Thought He Was a Duck
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