Letter from Alexander Hamilton to Aaron Burr, 1786

After the Revolutionary War, New York City attorneys Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr began a decades-long rivalry that ended in 1804 when Burr mortally wounded Hamilton during a duel. In the 1780s, Hamilton represented Jewish merchant Solomon Simson in a case against Ebenezer Jones, a Revolutionary War-era privateer represented by Burr. In this letter, Hamilton informed Burr of the time and place of the trial.