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The National Intelligencer And Washington Advertiser
Washington, District Of Columbia
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A quarrel at a New York theater on the 20th inst. between George I. Eacker, Philip Hamilton (son of Alexander Hamilton), and Mr. Price led to two duels: Price vs. Eacker with four shots exchanged but no injuries; Hamilton vs. Eacker on the ensuing Monday, where Hamilton was fatally shot and died the next morning at age 20.
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On the ensuing Monday Mr. Eacker and Mr. Hamilton met in consequence of a challenge given by the latter, occasioned by the above quarrel, when Hamilton received a shot through the body the first discharge, and fell without firing. He languished til the next morning, when he died of his wounds in the 20th year of his age.
The accounts of the several prints of New-York materially vary as to the degree of culpability incurred by the parties; but all concur in the above statement of facts.
The dispute arose from some severe remarks made by Mr. Hamilton on an oration lately pronounced by Mr. Eacker.
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New York
Event Date
20th Inst.; Ensuing Monday
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philip hamilton shot through the body and died the next morning at age 20; duel between price and eacker ended after four shots with no reported injuries.
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Quarrel originated at the theater between George I. Eacker, Philip Hamilton, and Mr. Price, leading to duel between Price and Eacker (four shots exchanged, terminated by seconds) and subsequent duel between Eacker and Hamilton (Hamilton wounded first shot, died next day). Dispute from Hamilton's remarks on Eacker's oration. New-York prints vary on culpability but agree on facts.