| Description |
viii, 715 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-698) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- So many stories : the circulation of information in the early republic -- A crisis in the Cabinet -- Lexington and Frankfort, Kentucky : July through December 1806 -- Guilt beyond question : the narrative of Thomas Jefferson -- The threat to the Union -- The crime on Blennerhassett Island -- The enterprise commenced : the cipher letter as a narrative -- New Orleans, Orleans Territory : November 1806 through May 1807 -- The threat to the Republic -- The arrest of Arron Burr -- Richmond, Virginia : March through October 1807 -- Who is Blennerhassett? : the narrative of William Wirt -- The conflict over Burr's followers -- A "rising" in Baltimore -- Final accounts of the Burr conspiracy -- Conclusion. |
| Subject |
Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836.
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Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807.
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| ISBN |
9780691177168 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
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0691177163 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
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