15+ Aaron Burr Alexander Hamilton Play Images. Alexander hamilton meets aaron burr, and when they go to get a drink together, they meet john laurens, hercules mulligan, and the marquis de lafayette at the tavern. Tensions between hamilton and burr had been simmering for years.
Illustration of alexander hamilton and aaron burr preparing to duel.
The duel between aaron burr and alexander hamilton. These three men would play major roles in the revolutionary war and became close personal friends with hamilton. The charges were dropped thanks to his meanwhile, burr, who actually did hold progressive views on equality and immigration, was vilified in the play as merely the man who killed alexander. Burr too had been a revolutionary war hero, but whether or not he had been an able shot during the war, there was evidence that he had been practicing his pistol marksmanship at richmond.
