On July 11, 1804, Aaron Burr, the sitting vice president, shot one of the nation’s founding fathers in a duel. Burr and Alexander Hamilton had a longstanding personal dispute that ended in Hamilton’s death.
A new book by John Sedgwick called “War of Two“ retraces the root of the conflict, and uncovers a personal correspondence that Sedgwick’s ancestor had with Hamilton before the fateful day. Sedgwick spoke with Here & Now’s Meghna Chakrabarti on Radio Boston.
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- John Sedgwick, author of “War of Two: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Duel that Stunned the Nation.” He tweets @_JohnSedgwick.
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