HENRY, PATRICK. Born at Studley, Hanover County, Virginia, May 20, 1736;
admitted to the bar, 1760; entered Virginia House of Burgesses, 1765;
member of Continental Congress, 1774; of Virginia Convention, 1775;
governor of Virginia, 1776-79 and 1784-86; died at Red Hill, Charlotte
County, Virginia, June 6, 1799.
HAMILTON, ALEXANDER. Born in the island of Nevis, West Indies, January
11, 1757; settled in New York, 1772; entered Continental service as
captain of artillery, 1776; on Washington's staff, 1777-81; member of
Continental Congress, 1782-83; of the Constitutional Convention, 1787;
secretary of the treasury, 1789-95; appointed commander-in-chief of the
army, 1799; mortally wounded in a duel with Aaron Burr, July 11, 1804,
and died the following day.
BURR, AARON. Born at Newark, New Jersey, February 6, 1756; served with
distinction in the Canada expedition in 1775 and at Monmouth in 1778;
began practice of law in New York, 1783; United States senator, 1791-97;
Vice-President, 1801-05; killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel, July 11,
1804; in 1805, conceived plan of conquering Texas and perhaps Mexico and
establishing a great empire in the South-west; arrested in Mississippi
Territory, January 14, 1807; indicted for treason at Richmond,
Virginia, May 22, and acquitted, September 1, 1807; died at Port
Richmond, Staten Island, September 14, 1836.
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