1700's - 1840's
Somewhere below this site, on a wooded ledge twenty feet above the Hudson River, lay the dueling grounds. Among the many known and unknown duelists who fought here were Governor of New York, DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828), Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804), Vice-President Aaron Burr (1756-1836) and U.S. Navy Commodore Oliver Perry (1785-1819). All came to Weehawken to defend their honor, according to the custom of the day.HM Number | HM4IC |
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Year Placed | 2004 |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Sunday, September 28th, 2014 at 10:43am PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18T E 582942 N 4513689 |
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Decimal Degrees | 40.77000000, -74.01720000 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 40° 46.2', W 74° 1.032' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 40° 46' 12.00" N, 74° 1' 1.92" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 201, 551, 908, 973 |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 24-96 Hamilton Ave, Weehawken NJ 07086, US |
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