• Histories
  • Origins and Traditions of Dueling
  • Code Duello
  • A Brief Biography of Abiel Leonard
  • The Age of Political Duels
• Original Documents
  • Tharp Posting
  • 1822 Anti-dueling Statute
  • Leonard Sentence (and transcript)
  • Act for the relief of Abiel Leonard
  • Map of St. Louis, 1853 
  • Bloody Island Map
  • State of Missouri vs. Ira P. Nash (and transcript)
• Lesson Plan
  • Lesson Overview
  • Glossary of Terms
  • Worksheet: Learning from Primary Sources
  • Guided Discussion Questions
• For Educators:
  • Rationales
    • Show-Me Standards and Social Studies Strands Targeted by Crack of the Pistol: Dueling in 19^th Century Missouri
  • Resources
    • Annotated Bibliography
    • Sites of Interest

MISSOURI STATE ARCHIVES
Crack of the Pistol:
Dueling in 19^th Century Missouri

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Sites of Interest on Dueling

 

http://stlcin.missouri.org/history/histpeople.cfm

Mound City on the Mississippi/A St. Louis History

This St. Louis Historic Preservation site provides short narratives on the people, events, and structures important to St. Louis both past and present.

http://www.law.gwu.edu/

The George Washington University Law School

Within this website by searching for the topic of duels, the Jacob Burns Law Library may be accessed.  Several links are available on a variety of topics related to the history of dueling, the Code Duello, and famous American duels.

http://politicalgraveyard.com/special/duel-participants.html

The Political Graveyard/A Database of Historic Cemeteries

This website is a source of U.S. political biography that literally tells where the dead politicians are buried.  There are links to information on politicians who participated in duels and who died in duels.  A less than complete source, it provides insight into how widespread the practice of dueling was in the early history of the United States.