Primary sourceNewspaper article31 July 1804

Report of General Hamilton's Death, Georgia Republican

Georgia Republican & State Intelligencer · 31 July 1804

A newspaper report from Savannah, Georgia, from July 1804, reporting the duel and death of Alexander Hamilton.

This newspaper reports the death of Hamilton after his duel with Aaron Burr, as news spread nationwide.

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Scan of the Georgia Republican & State Intelligencer newspaper, Savannah, dated July 31, 1804, with its masthead, and four columns of text below reporting the death of General Hamilton from a duel with Colonel Burr. The text is small and partly cut-and-pasted from the original layout. — Georgia Republican & State Intelligencer, Savannah, Georgia, 31 July 1804.

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This is a page from the Georgia Republican & State Intelligencer, a newspaper published in Savannah, Georgia, dated 31 July 1804. It reports the death of Alexander Hamilton following his duel with Aaron Burr.

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Published about three weeks after the duel, this report shows how news of Hamilton's death traveled across the United States, reaching far from New York where the duel occurred. It is a primary record of public reaction to the event.

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