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To: frank ballenger

Duel! Duel I say! Like gentlemen, with engraved and gold inlayed black powder pistols, in an area shaded with oak trees.


18 posted on 01/06/2022 1:15:15 PM PST by Hardastarboard (Don't wish your enemy ill; plan it. )
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To: Hardastarboard

RE: Duel! Duel I say! Like gentlemen, with engraved and gold inlayed black powder pistols, in an area shaded with oak trees.
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I hope this can be settled before it comes to that juncture.

Remember the loss sustained when this happened:
The duel fought between U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, former secretary of the U.S. Treasury, on July 11, 1804, ....

No one else actually saw the duel, as others present turned their backs to maintain deniability about their involvement and later disagreed over who fired first and when. What is known is that Burr’s shot mortally wounded Hamilton, who was rowed back to New York and died 36 hours later.

A history documentary said Hamilton “wasted a shot” as proven by a hole in tree bark.

Look for a peaceful solution.


19 posted on 01/06/2022 1:23:33 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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