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Description: Duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton Identifier: ourgreatercountr00nort (find matches) Title: Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time .. Year: 1901 (1900s) Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909 Subjects: Publisher: Philadelphia, National pub co. Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: CAPTAIN (afterward COMMODORE) BAIXBRIDGE AND THE DEY OF ALGIERS. in a small schooner named the Intrepid.**Placing his vessel alongside of the Phila-delphia by night, he boarded the frigate aSshe lay under the guns of the castle and the 5o6 FROM THE REVOLUTION TO THE CIVH. WAR. Tripolitan fleet, drove the Turkish crew intothe sea, set fire to the frigate in every part,and retreated from the harbor without theloss of a man. During the year 1804 the American fleetrepeatedly bombarded Tripoli, and did con-siderable damage to it. The war went onuntil the summer of 1805, when the bey of In the fall of 1C04 Mr. Jefiferson waselected president for a second term, but thistime Colonel Burr was dropped by his party,who nominated and elected George Clinton,of New York, vice-president in his place.Burr had at last experienced the reward ofhis insincerity : both parties had come todistrust him. After his defeat for the vice Text Appearing After Image: DUICL BETWEEN BURR AND HAMILTON. Tripoli asked for peace, and a treaty wasmade by which the Tripolitan pirates sur-rendered their captives on payment of aransom, and agreed to refrain from aggres-sions upon the commerce of the UnitedStates in future without payment of furthertribute. For some years the American ves-sels were safe from the outrages of theBarbary pirates. presidency he had been nominated by hi?party as their candidate for governor of NewYork. He was warmly opposed by Alex-ander Hamilton, who was mainly instrumental in bringing about his deteat. Bunnever forgave Hamilton for his course in thiselection, and took advantage of the firstopportunity to challenge him to a duel.They met at Weehawken, on the banks of ADMINISTRATIONS OF ADAMS AND JEFFERSON. 507 foe Hudson, opposite New York, on theeleventh of July, 1804. Hamilton, who had accepted the challengein opposition to his better judgment, andwho had expressed his intention not to fireat Burr, was mortally wounded, and di Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: Duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton
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