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The Burr-Hamilton duel was a duel between two prominent American politicians, the former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton and sitting Vice President Aaron Burr, on July 11, 1804.[1] Burr shot and mortally wounded Hamilton. Hamilton was carried to the home of William Bayard who lived on the Manhattan shore. Alexander Hamilton died there at 2:00 PM the following day, 12 July 1804.