<sod>The '''Burr–Hamilton duel''' was a [[duel]] between two prominent [[Politics of the United States|American politicians]] – [[Aaron Burr]], the sitting [[Vice President of the United States]], and [[Alexander Hamilton]], the former [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]] – at [[Weehawken, New Jersey]] on July 11, 1804.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jul11.html |title=Today in History: July 11 |publisher=Library of Congress |accessdate=April 23, 2007}}</ref> The duel was the culmination of a long and bitter rivalry between the two men. Burr shot and mortally wounded Hamilton who was carried to the home of [[William Bayard Jr.|William Bayard]] on the [[Manhattan]] shore where he died the next day with his wife and sister-in-law at his side.<eod>
<sod>The '''Burr–Hamilton duel''' was a [[duel]] between two prominent [[Politics of the United States|American politicians]] – [[Aaron Burr]], the sitting [[Vice President of the United States]], and [[Alexander Hamilton]], the former [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]] – at [[Weehawken, New Jersey]] on July 11, 1804.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jul11.html |title=Today in History: July 11 |publisher=Library of Congress |accessdate=April 23, 2007}}</ref> The duel was the culmination of a long and bitter rivalry between the two men. Burr shot and mortally wounded Hamilton who was carried to the home of [[William Bayard Jr.|William Bayard]] on the [[Manhattan]] shore where he died the next day with his wife and sister-in-law at his side<eod>