Hamilton and Burr were certainly not the first, nor the last, to duel in Weehawken. They knew exactly where the challenge would take place. While dueling was illegal in both New York and New Jersey, resourceful gentlemen found a great spot to conduct the affair hidden from view and with a convenient escape back to their homes. About twenty feet above the shore of the Hudson River was a grassy ledge about 60 by 100 feet in area. The steep slopes of the Palisades sheltered it from view. DUELS AT WEEHAWKEN Aaron Burr and John B. Church…………………….....Sept. 2nd 1799. Geo. I. Eacker and Price……………………………......Nov. 22nd 1801. Geo. I. Eacker and Phillip Hamilton……………………Nov. 23rd 1801. John Langstaff and Oliver Waldron…………………..Dec. 25th 1801. Agustus Smith and Archibald M. Cook……………….Dec. 25th 1801. De Witt Clinton and John Swartout…………………..July 30th 1802. Richard Ricker and Robert Swartout………………….Nov. 21st 1803. Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton…………………..July 11th 1804. Isaac Gouverneur and William H. Maxwell….………July 8th 1815. Benjamin Price and Major Green……...…………....May 12th 1816. Commodore Perry and Captain Heath……………..Oct. 19th 1818. William G. Graham and Mr. Barton………………..Nov. 28th 1827. Henry Aitken and Thomas Sherman……………...Oct. 19th 1835.
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