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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hamilton, Alexander 1757- (search)
e of dishonorable conduct, nor relate to his private character; and in relation to any other language or conversation of General Hamilton which Colonel Burr will specify, a prompt and frank avowal or denial will be given. This was all an honorable man could ask. But Burr seemed to thirst for Hamilton's life, and he pressed him to fight a duel in a manner which, in the public opinion which then prevailed concerning the code of honor, Hamilton could not decline. They fought at Weehawken, July 11, 1804, on the west side of the Hudson River, and Hamilton, who would not discharge his pistol at Burr, for he did not wish to hurt him, was mortally wounded, and died the next day. The public excitement, without regard to party, was intense. Burr fled from New York and became for a while a fugitive from justice. He was politically dead, and bore the burden of scorn and remorse for more than thirty years. Report on the coinage.—On Jan. 28, 1791, Secretary Hamilton sent the following report
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
isiana Purchase divided into the territory of New Orleans and the District of Louisiana......March 26, 1804 First session adjourns......March 27, 1804 Capt. Meriwether Lewis, of the 1st Infantry, and Lieut. William Clark, appointed to explore the Missouri River and seek water communication with the Pacific coast, enter the Missouri River......May 14, 1804 Burr, Vice-President, mortally wounds Alexander Hamilton in a duel at Weehawken, N. J., Hamilton having fired in the air......July 11, 1804 Twelfth Amendment being accepted by two-thirds of the States—Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Delaware only dissenting—is declared ratified......Sept. 25, 1804 Second session convenes......Nov. 4, 1804 Fifth Presidential election......Nov. 13, 1804 Territory of Michigan formed from Indiana......Jan. 11, 1805 Electoral vote counted......Feb. 13, 1805 Twenty-five gunboats ordered for the protection of ports and harbors......March 2, 1805 [This measure was urged by Presi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New York, (search)
ly wounded......1802 Military Academy established at West Point by Congress......1802 Burr's Democratic friends resolve to support him for governor against any regular nominee......1804 Morgan Lewis elected as the regular Democratic candidate ......1804 Burr proposed as Federalist candidate in coalition with his faction; the plan defeated by Alexander Hamilton......1804 This opposition of Hamilton to Burr culminates in a duel at Hoboken, in which Burr kills Hamilton......July 11, 1804 New York Historical Society founded......1804 Philip Schuyler dies at Albany, aged seventy-three......Nov. 18, 1804 Legislature appropriates the proceeds of the remaining State lands, over a million acres, for the school fund......1805 Corner-stone of the old State capitol laid at Albany......April 23, 1806 Robert Fulton's steamboat, the Clermont, makes first trip, New York to Albany; average speed, 5 miles an hour......Aug. 7, 1807 Daniel D. Tompkins elected governor..