The Burr conspiracy
Subtitle: uncovering the story of an early American crisis
By: James E. Lewis Jr
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 715
ISBN-13: 9780691177168
Subjects: Trials, litigation; Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807
Description: viii, 715 pages : 25 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-698) and index.
Table of contents: title: So many stories : the circulation of information in the early republic; title: A crisis in the Cabinet; title: Lexington and Frankfort, Kentucky : July through December 1806; title: Guilt beyond question : the narrative of Thomas Jefferson; title: The threat to the union; title: The crime on Blennerhassett Island; title: The enterprise commenced : the cipher letter as a narrative; title: New Orleans, Orleans Territory : November 1806 through May 1807; title: The threat to the republic; title: The arrest of Arron Burr; title: Richmond, Virginia : March through October 1807; title: Who is Blennerhassett? : the narrative of William Wirt; title: The conflict over Burr's followers; title: A "rising" in Baltimore; title: Final accounts of the Burr conspiracy; title: Conclusion.