On July 11, 1804, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr met on the dueling ... It was the New York governor's race of 1804, however, that pushed the two men to violence. In that election, Burr turned ...

Alexander Hamilton is born on the British island of Nevis in the West Indies, the second of two boys. His father James is a Scottish trader of noble ancestry. His mother Rachel Faucett ...

Thomas Jefferson (seated left), Alexander Hamilton (standing ... defeated Hamilton’s father-in-law Philip Schuyler in a race for the New York Senate. Unexpectedly, Hamilton wrote a series ...