Aaron Burr: 1805-1836G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1925 |
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... Mississippi and an outlet at its mouth were a necessity . But the secret commercial diplomacy of France and Spain - under their Bourbon kings - saw these matters in a different light . At the close of the Revolutionary War , whatever ...
... Mississippi and an outlet at its mouth were a necessity . But the secret commercial diplomacy of France and Spain - under their Bourbon kings - saw these matters in a different light . At the close of the Revolutionary War , whatever ...
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... Mississippi again temporarily , and the tangle of plots was for a while unravelled . Evidently a dangerous gentleman , this General Wilkinson - a handsome , intelligent , plausible and somewhat verbose person , consumed with avarice ...
... Mississippi again temporarily , and the tangle of plots was for a while unravelled . Evidently a dangerous gentleman , this General Wilkinson - a handsome , intelligent , plausible and somewhat verbose person , consumed with avarice ...
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... Mississippi again ; the Southwest was in a turmoil , and enlisting twelve regiments , ostensibly for the French war but really for the Spanish one for which the whole region was confidently praying ; and Don Francisco de Miranda was ...
... Mississippi again ; the Southwest was in a turmoil , and enlisting twelve regiments , ostensibly for the French war but really for the Spanish one for which the whole region was confidently praying ; and Don Francisco de Miranda was ...
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... Mississippi ; England the control of the Isthmus , the West Indies and cer- tain exclusive commercial privileges ; and General Miranda , presumably , an emancipated continent . Owing to the lethargy and debility of the Spanish giant ...
... Mississippi ; England the control of the Isthmus , the West Indies and cer- tain exclusive commercial privileges ; and General Miranda , presumably , an emancipated continent . Owing to the lethargy and debility of the Spanish giant ...
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... was pos- sessed of wide popular approval throughout the Mississippi Valley ; and that the project of a glori- fied filibustering expedition enjoyed the sanction , and was to profit by the leadership , of so prominent THE CONSPIRATOR 13.
... was pos- sessed of wide popular approval throughout the Mississippi Valley ; and that the project of a glori- fied filibustering expedition enjoyed the sanction , and was to profit by the leadership , of so prominent THE CONSPIRATOR 13.
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Page 42 - Possessing himself of a beautiful island in the Ohio, he rears upon it a palace, and decorates it with every romantic embellishment of fancy. A shrubbery, that Shenstone might have envied, blooms around him. Music, that might have charmed Calypso and her nymphs, is his. An extensive library spreads its treasures before him. A philosophical apparatus offers to him all the secrets and mysteries of nature. Peace, tranquility, and innocence shed their mingled delights around him.
Page 145 - On the contrary, if war be actually levied, that is, if a body of men be actually assembled for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose, all those who perform any part, however minute, or however remote from the scene of action, and who are actually leagued in the general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors.
Page 73 - In a short time the whole man is changed, and every object of his former delight is relinquished. No more he enjoys the tranquil scene ; it has become flat and insipid to his taste. His books are abandoned. His retort and crucible are thrown aside. His shrubbery blooms and breathes its fragrance upon the air in vain ; he likes it not. His ear no longer drinks the rich melody of music ; it longs for the trumpet's clangour and the cannon's roar.
Page 65 - That the President and Vice President of the United States, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, the Postmaster General, the Attorney General, the Chief Justice, and the Commissioner of the Patent Office of the United States, and the Mayor of the city of Washington, during the time for which they shall hold their respective offices, and such other persons as they may elect honorary members...
Page 77 - You know the rest. You are not a man to despair, or even despond, especially when such prospects offer in another quarter. Are you ready? Are your numerous associates ready ? Wealth and glory — Louisiana and Mexico.
Page 213 - But if he has no choice in the case; if there is no alternative presented to him but a dereliction of duty, or the opprobrium of those who are denominated the world, he merits the contempt as well as the indignation of his country, who can hesitate which to embrace.
Page 129 - General, and beware of an attack as well from your own country as Spain. I fear there is something rotten in the state of Denmark. You have enemies within your own city that may try to subvert your Government, and try to separate it from the Union.
Page 149 - Yet this unfortunate man, thus deluded from his interest and his happiness, thus seduced from the paths of innocence and peace, thus confounded in the toils...
Page 73 - ... beyond her sex and graced with every accomplishment that can render it irresistible, had blessed him with her love and made him the father of several children.
Page 217 - We of the jury say that Aaron Burr is not proved to be guilty under this indictment by any evidence submitted to us. We therefore find him not guilty.