The Duel (The Parallel lives of Alexander Hamilton & Aaron Burr)
MaKayley Smallwood.
Publisher: Judith St. George.
# of pages: 86 (not including the Epilogue)
Early on the morning of July 11,1804, two men met on the dueling grounds of Weehawken ,New Jersey. When the duel was over, one man was dead, the other a fugitive.
This book is about the lives of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. Both men were prominent figures in the life of the new nation. Alexander Hamilton had been the first Secretary of the Treasury under President George Washington. Aaron Burr was President Thomas Jefferson's vice president.
Both Hamilton and Burr had events in their lives that had unfolded along curiously parallel lines. Both were orphaned at an early age; …show more content…
She grew sicker and weaker by the day. On February 19,1768, Rachel died on the family's only bed, side by side with greif stricken twelve year old Alex, who had been laid low by fever too. With their father out of the picture and their mother dead , Alex and James were now orphans. Alex and James situation didn’t improve when the courts named their cousin, Peter Lytton, to be their gaurdian. Peter had little money, certainly no money to spend on his young cousins. In July Alex was dealt another blow when Peter Lytton committed suicide. A month later, Uncle James Lytton died too. Alex and James were left alone and homeless.
Unlike Alexander Hamilton's humble arrival into the world Aaron Burr's birth on February 6, 1756 in Newmark, New Jersey, was celebrated by a large and distinguished family that had arrived in America more than a hundred years before.
Burr's mother , Esther, was one of the eleven children of the famous clergyman, the Reverend Johnathan Edwards. Aaron's father, Aaron Burr Sr., was the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Newark and president of the college of New Jersey, later known as Princeton University as Judith St. George states on
MaKayley Smallwood.
Publisher: Judith St. George.
# of pages: 86 (not including the Epilogue)
Early on the morning of July 11,1804, two men met on the dueling grounds of Weehawken ,New Jersey. When the duel was over, one man was dead, the other a fugitive.
This book is about the lives of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. Both men were prominent figures in the life of the new nation. Alexander Hamilton had been the first Secretary of the Treasury under President George Washington. Aaron Burr was President Thomas Jefferson's vice president.
Both Hamilton and Burr had events in their lives that had unfolded along curiously parallel lines. Both were orphaned at an early age; …show more content…
She grew sicker and weaker by the day. On February 19,1768, Rachel died on the family's only bed, side by side with greif stricken twelve year old Alex, who had been laid low by fever too. With their father out of the picture and their mother dead , Alex and James were now orphans. Alex and James situation didn’t improve when the courts named their cousin, Peter Lytton, to be their gaurdian. Peter had little money, certainly no money to spend on his young cousins. In July Alex was dealt another blow when Peter Lytton committed suicide. A month later, Uncle James Lytton died too. Alex and James were left alone and homeless.
Unlike Alexander Hamilton's humble arrival into the world Aaron Burr's birth on February 6, 1756 in Newmark, New Jersey, was celebrated by a large and distinguished family that had arrived in America more than a hundred years before.
Burr's mother , Esther, was one of the eleven children of the famous clergyman, the Reverend Johnathan Edwards. Aaron's father, Aaron Burr Sr., was the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Newark and president of the college of New Jersey, later known as Princeton University as Judith St. George states on