AMERICAN MINUTE with Bill Federer July 11th He intentionally fired into the air, but his political rival, Aaron Burr, took deadly aim and fatally shot him in a duel this day, July 11, 1804. Born in the West Indies, he fought in the Revolution and served as aide-de-camp to General Washington. He helped write the Constitution and convinced the states to ratify it by writing The Federalist Papers. His name was Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury. He wrote: “Let an association be formed … ‘The Christian Constitutional Society,’ its object … first: The support of Christian religion; second: The support of the United States.” Federer, B. (2003). American minute. St. Louis, MO: Amerisearch, Inc.
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