. A junior class history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States .. . recaptured or <hvtio\ed, Lieu-teiKint (.iftet Commodoie)Decatur undertook the a few brave comrades, he entered the harbor on thenight of the 15th of February, 1804, boarded the Phila-delphia, killed or drove into the sea tlie Tripolitans incharge of her, and after setting the vessel on fire, escapedwithout losing a man. A short time afterward, a treaty ofpeace was made with the Bashaw. 12. Duel between Hamilton and Burr.—In 1804,oc
. A junior class history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States .. . recaptured or <hvtio\ed, Lieu-teiKint (.iftet Commodoie)Decatur undertook the a few brave comrades, he entered the harbor on thenight of the 15th of February, 1804, boarded the Phila-delphia, killed or drove into the sea tlie Tripolitans incharge of her, and after setting the vessel on fire, escapedwithout losing a man. A short time afterward, a treaty ofpeace was made with the Bashaw. 12. Duel between Hamilton and Burr.—In 1804,occurred the unfortunate duel between the Vice-President,- 11. How recaptured and destroyed ? What occurred soon after this ? 12. Whatfluel occurred in J804 ? What \y/is its cause ? Who fell ? The result of the duel ? 196 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES [1806. ALEXANUEi: Burr,* and Alexander Hamilton,! which was broughtabout by a political quarrel. It was fought at Wee- hawken, on the west bankof the Hudson, oppositeXew York, and Hauiiltonfell at the first fire. Thedeath of a man so distin-guished and so highly es-teemed, and in so sad amanner, occasioned verygreat excitement. Burrlost all his political influ-ence by the event, andfell into almost Trial of Burr for Treason.—Two years afterward,he became engaged in organizing a secret expedition atthe West, which was suspected of being of a treasonablecharacter. Tliough acquitted, on the trial, of the chargeof treason, it was generally believed that he was guilty of * Aaron Burr was born in New Jersey, in 1756, and graduated at Princeton accompanied Arnold in tiie expedition against Canada, and distinguished himselfin the battles of Quebec and Monmouth. He died at Staten Island, N. Y., in was a man of extraordinary genius and ability
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