Hosack was the family doctor of Alexander Hamilton and his family , and is perhaps best known as the doctor present during Hamilton 's duel with Aaron Burr in Weehawken , New Jersey on July 11 , 1804 . Hosack , who was a friend to both Hamilton and Burr , treated Hamilton after Burr fired , and accompanied him across the river to the dockside home of William Bayard Jr. , where Hamilton died the next day . Hosack had also treated Hamilton 's son Philip after he was fatally shot by George Eacker in a duel at the same location in 1801 . At Alexander Hamilton 's funeral , Hosack was one of the pallbearers
Hamilton 's duel
Burr–Hamilton duel
David Hosack