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Philip Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton s eldest son, had been killed in a duel three years prior at the same location where Alexander was later fatally shot with the same pair of pistols.

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Philip Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton’s eldest son, had been killed in a duel three years prior at the same location where Alexander was later fatally shot with the same pair of pistols.

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