Records of the Adjutant General's Office. 1762 - 1984. General James Wilkinson's Order Book

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Records of the Adjutant General's Office. 1762 - 1984. General James Wilkinson's Order Book

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National Archives at Washington, D.C

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Wilkinson, James, 1757-1825

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James Wilkinson was born in Maryland and served as an officer in the American Revolution. In 1783 he settled in Kentucky, where he engaged in politics, land speculation, and trade. In 1805 he was appointed governor of Upper Louisiana. Wilkinson's activities in the West implicated him in the Spanish Conspiracy and the Burr Conspiracy; he was acquitted by a court of inquiry during the Burr investigation and by a court martial in 1811. He served as a military commander in the West during the War of...