Hamilton Jr. Battles Burr in Court
Long after the fatal duel at Weehawken, the names Hamilton and Burr would meet again, this time, not on a dueling ground, but in a courtroom. In this episode of History Shorts, we unravel the astonishing legal battle between Alexander Hamilton Jr., son of the slain Founding Father, and Aaron Burr, the man who killed him. At the heart of the story is Eliza Jumel, a woman of ambition and wealth who married Burr late in life, and quickly came to regret it. When Burr's financial schemes came to light, she hired Hamilton Jr. as her divorce attorney, setting the stage for a surreal and symbolic…
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