10 Legacy

CHAPTER 10 Legacy The entire Hamilton family was heartbroken after Philip's death. For months Alexander couldn't think about anything else. But slowly he went back to work as a lawyer. Aaron Burr was still vice president. He did not think he would be reelected, so instead he ran for governor of New York in 1804. Of course, Alexander still considered Burr to be a dishonest man. He supported Burr's opponent in the election, Morgan Lewis. When Aaron Burr lost the race for governor, he put some of the blame on Alexander. In March 1804, Alexander went to dinner at the house of a friend, John Tayler. Over dinner, the men talked about many things, including Aaron Burr. Afterward, another of the dinner guests—Dr. Charles Cooper—wrote a letter to

菲利普去世后，汉密尔顿全家都伤心欲绝。 几个月来，亚历山大什么也不能想。 但慢慢地，他又回去当律师了。 亚伦·伯尔仍然是副总裁。 他没有想到他会再次当选，所以他在1804年竞选纽约州州长。 当然，亚历山大仍然认为伯尔是一个不诚实的人。 他在选举中支持伯尔的对手摩根·刘易斯。 当亚伦·伯尔在州长竞选中失败时，他把部分责任归咎于亚历山大。 1804年3月，亚历山大去朋友约翰·泰勒家里吃饭。 晚餐时，他们谈论了很多事情，包括亚伦·伯尔。 之后，晚宴上的另一位客人——dr。 查尔斯·库珀写了一封信给

his brother telling him all about his dinner with the great Alexander Hamilton. In the letter, he mentioned that Alexander had called Aaron Burr untrustworthy. Somehow this letter got into the hands of a newspaper publisher who immediately printed it in his paper for the whole city to read. Many people said they didn't believe Alexander would say such a thing. But Dr. Cooper said it was all true. In fact, he said that he knew an even more "despicable" thing that Alexander had said. He was hinting that Alexander had said even worse things about Aaron Burr that night!

他的哥哥告诉他他与伟大的亚历山大·汉密尔顿共进晚餐的一切。 在信中，他提到亚历山大曾说亚伦·伯尔不值得信任。 不知怎么的，这封信落入了一位报纸出版商的手中，他立即将其刊登在报纸上，供全城的人阅读。 许多人说，他们不相信亚历山大会说出这样的话。 但库珀博士说这都是真的。 事实上，他说他知道亚历山大说过的一件更“卑鄙”的事。 他是在暗示亚历山大那天晚上对亚伦·伯尔说了更恶毒的话！

Aaron Burr demanded an apology. Alexander refused. Their two friends, Nathaniel Pendleton and William P. Van Ness, tried to work out a peace between the two men, but they couldn't. Alexander and Burr decided to fight a duel. Alexander did not tell his family about the duel. He quietly finished up all the law cases he was working on so that his business would be settled and his clients would not need him for anything. He told a few close friends that he

艾伦·伯尔要求道歉。 亚历山大拒绝了。他们的两个朋友，纳撒尼尔·彭德尔顿和威廉·P。 范·内斯试图在两人之间达成和平，但他们做不到。 亚历山大和伯尔决定决斗。 亚历山大没有把决斗的事告诉他的家人。 他悄悄地完成了他正在处理的所有法律案件，这样他的生意就能解决，他的客户也不需要他做任何事情。 他告诉几个好朋友他

planned to not shoot at Aaron Burr. Since his son Philip's death, he just couldn't bring himself to shoot at another man. He wrote goodbye letters to his family in case he didn't survive the duel. On July 11, 1804, Alexander and his second, Nathaniel Pendleton, rowed across the river to Weehawken, New Jersey. This was the same spot where Philip had been killed three years earlier. The duel was set for seven o'clock in the morning. The only other person there beside the two men and their seconds was Dr. David Hosack. Alexander chose to stand on the north

打算不向艾伦·伯尔开枪 自从他儿子菲利普死后，他就再也不敢朝别人开枪了。 他给家人写了告别信，以防他在决斗中失败。 1804年7月11日，亚历山大和他的副手纳撒尼尔·彭德尔顿划船过河，来到新泽西州的威霍肯。 这就是三年前菲利普被杀的地方。 决斗定在早晨七点钟。 除了这两个人和他们的副手之外，在场的只有一个人。 大卫Hosack。亚历山大选择站在北方

side of the clearing, facing the sun. Each man had a flintlock pistol—the same type Philip used in his duel—that had been borrowed from Alexander's brother-in-law John Church.

在空地的一边，面朝太阳。 每个人都有一把燧发手枪——菲利普在决斗中使用的就是这种手枪——是从亚历山大的妹夫约翰·丘奇那里借来的。

The two men raised their guns and fired. Alexander's shot, as he planned, landed nowhere near Aaron Burr. It hit a tree. Burr shot Alexander above the hip. He fell to the ground. Nathaniel Pendleton and Dr. Hosack carried Alexander to the boat and rushed him back across the river to the city. William P. Van Ness hurried Aaron Burr away from the scene so that he wouldn't be arrested.

那两个人举起枪开了枪。 亚历山大的一枪，正如他计划的那样，没有落在亚伦·伯尔附近。 它撞到了一棵树上。伯尔射中了亚历山大的臀部上方。 他倒在地上。纳撒尼尔·彭德尔顿博士。 霍萨克把亚历山大抬到船上，匆匆把他送到河对岸的城里。 威廉·p·凡·内斯催促亚伦·伯尔离开现场，以免他被捕。