ALS, 1807 July 4 : Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to Gouverneur Morris.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

ALS, 1807 July 4 : Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to Gouverneur Morris.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/18782329

On June 25, 1807, Jonathan Dayton was indicted for high treason and misdemeanor by the grand jury in Richmond, Virginia, which was considering charges against Aaron Burr and his accomplices. Dayton here relates the circumstances surrounding the indictment to his old friend and mentor, Gouverneur Morris.

1-2/3 p. ; 31 x 20 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6952735

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

Dayton, Jonathan, 1760-1824

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pp9xst (person)

Jonathan Dayton (October 16, 1760 – October 9, 1824) was an American politician from the U.S. state of New Jersey. He was the youngest person to sign the United States Constitution and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, serving as its third Speaker, and later in the U.S. Senate. Dayton was arrested in 1807 for treason in connection with Aaron Burr's conspiracy. He was never tried, but his national political career never recovered. Dayton was born in Elizabethtown (now known as Eli...

Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6330n0n (person)

Gouverneur Morris (January 31, 1752 – November 6, 1816) was an American statesman, a Founding Father of the United States, and a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution. He wrote the Preamble to the United States Constitution and has been called the "Penman of the Constitution." In an era when most Americans thought of themselves as citizens of their respective states, Morris advanced the idea of being a citizen of a single union of states. He was also one o...