Alexander Hamilton was a favorite of General George Washington. Few remember that Hamilton was with Washington as he crossed the Delaware and captured the Hessian fighting force at Trenton in December, 1776. Hamilton actually lit the touchholes with the flames that fired the canon at the Hessian barracks that night. James Monroe, the future President, was in charge of the charge. You remember, they won that battle and much later went on the win the Revolutionary war.
Hamilton was appointed the secretary for General Washington, and later, the Secretary of the Treasury under President Washington. He was also the man behind the agreement that the U.S. would pay the debts of all the States due to the War. And he was the mastermind behind the Treasury Department of the United States.

What is not remembered was that Hamilton nearly dueled with James Monroe in 1797. That duel was interrupted by Aaron Burr, who stepped in to end the confrontation. But on July 11, 1804, then Vice President Aaron Burr himself killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel between themselves.

After that Aaron Burr was charged with murder in both New York and New Jersey. Neither case went to trial. Burr escaped for a time to South Carolina, but eventually returned to Washington, D.C. to finish his term as Vice President. Political history is full of strange events!