Letter : Nashville, [Tenn.], to Henry Izard, 1807 March 25.

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Letter : Nashville, [Tenn.], to Henry Izard, 1807 March 25.

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Middleton's letter to his brother-in-law Henry Izard in Charleston (S.C.) describes a visit with General [Andrew] Jackson and a conversation regarding Aaron Burr and his supposed intention to separate "the Western from the Atlantic states, or to possess himself of New Orleans," and the belief of some that "Wilkinson and himself were connected in a scheme to attack the Floridas and other Spanish possessions." Letter also discusses a bill to suspend the writ of habeas corpus and other political matters. Rutledge mentions that he will have to spend a week or so "a la bivouac, " and informs Izard of "the fate of old Arnold, " who embarked on a canoe trip up the [Tennessee River] "with two Indians and his dog" and soon afterwards died.

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