William H.H. Wilcox's grandfather's brother, George Eacker, was the guy who shot Alexander Hamilton's son, Philip in a duel. Well, according to this site, the pistols used by Philip, and later used by his father, Alexander Hamilton, in the famous duel against Aaron Burr were donated to a NY bank that eventually merged with Chase Manhattan Bank. Sadly it doesn't appear that they are on display but you can at least see a picture of them at that website. A real irony is that the the bank the pistols were donated to was originally founded by Burr.
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