Born in 1757, died in 1804; a pamphleteer in the agitation
preceding the Revolution; a captain of artillery in 1776; on
Washington's staff in 1777-81: won distinction at Yorktown
in 1781; member of the Continental Congress in 1782; member
of the Constitutional Convention of 1787; Secretary of the
Treasury in 1789; Commander-in-chief of the army in 1799;
killed in a duel by Aaron Burr in 1804.
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