In fact, I fear I am a jack-of-all-trades.

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Hamilton’s Affairs of Honor

publius-esquire

It’s no secret Hamilton was hypersensitive, and out of the Founders by far had the most challenges under his belt. He only ever saw the dueling field twice (once as Laurens’s second in his duel with Charles Lee, and then as the principal against Burr).

Here’s a list of the people he challenged and for what reason:

Reverend William Gordon (1779) - Accused of wanting to overthrow the government

Aedanus Burke (1790) - Accused of lying

John Francis Mercer (1792-93) -Accused of buying government debt at inflated prices to help speculators

James Nicholson (1795) - Accused of being corrupt and a coward

Republican Party (1795) - Bad day

Maturin Livingston (1795 and 1796) - Accepted above challenge

James Monroe (1797) - Accused of speculation and slander

John Adams (1800) - Accused of everything, but specifically of being a member of a British faction

Ebenezer Purdy/George Clinton (1804) - Accused of plotting to put a son of George III on an American throne in exchange for Canada

Aaron Burr (1804) - Accused of character defamation through libel. Only instance where Hamilton did not initiate the challenge.

whatagrump

Order of events on July 18th, 1795:

  1. Hamilton tries to stop a fight between James Nicholson and another Federalist
  2. Of course it goes terribly
  3. Nicholson accuses Hamilton of being a coward who dodges duels
  4. Hamilton fails utterly as a peacekeeper and says, “I’ll show you who dodges duels, prepare to fucking duel”
  5. Leaves angry
  6. Runs into a group of Republicans
  7. He’s on a roll, he challenges them too
  8. All of them.
  9. Maturin Livingston takes him up on it
  10. Hamilton: “Well, I can’t today, I already made plans with Nicholson”
my reaction to the top list goes lol lol lol lol lololol lol lol lol lol :(((((((((((( stupid successful duel but man wasn't july 18th 1795 a wild day?
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turakamu

I wonder if that’s a subtle ‘Fuck You’ to the racist fanboys.

sonoanthony

Yep

holzmantweed

Not so subtle.

The subtle is not strong with this one.

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