Documents concerning the Burr conspiracy, 1806-1808.

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Documents concerning the Burr conspiracy, 1806-1808.

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The collection includes a letter from George Morgan to General Presley Neville, 1806 September 2, requesting a meeting to discuss what he knows about "a most nefarious scheme against our country," into which Burr tried to draw Morgan and his sons, endorsed by Pennsylvania Chief Justice William Tilghman. A memorandum by Tilghman concerns his findings at the meeting with Morgan, 1806 November 18. The collection also contains a letter from Burr's lawyer, John Wickham, to George Carter concerning legal matters, 1808 July 9; an undated letter from Margaret Blennerhasset to Dudley Woods ordering supplies from Marietta; and an 1855 clipping with a Burr biography.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836

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Aaron Burr Jr. (February 6, 1756 – September 14, 1836) was an American politician and lawyer. A Founding Father, he served as the third vice president of the United States during President Thomas Jefferson's first term from 1801 to 1805. His role in helping form the nation, however, would be overshadowed when he killed fellow Founding Father Alexander Hamilton in an 1804 duel. The duel led to the collapse of Burr's political career and tarnished his legacy in American history. Burr was born t...

Tilghman, William, 1756-1827

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Pennsylvania jurist. From the description of ALS : Chester Town, Md., to Andrew Kennedy, 1789 May 25. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122591732 From the description of ALS : Chester Town, Md., to Andrew Kennedy, 1792 July 23. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122489387 Student at the College of Philadelphia, 1772; member of the Maryland House of Delegates, 1788-1790; state senator of Maryland, 1791-1793; Chief Justice of the...

Wood, Dudley,

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Blennerhasset, Margaret,

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Carter, George, fl. 1808,

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Neville, Presley, 1756-1818,

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Presley Neville, soldier and merchant, was born in Pittsburgh in 1756. Neville fought in the Revolutionary War and returned to Pittsburgh following the war. Between 1792 and 1818 he was a merchant in Pittsburgh and was also involved in the Allegheny County militia. Neville died in Fairview, Ohio in 1818. From the description of Letter : Pittsburg to his excellency Thomas Mifflin Esqr., Governor of Pennsylvania, 1792 Aug. 3. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record...

Wickham, John, 1763-1839

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Richmond, Va., lawyer, defender of Aaron Burr. From the description of Letter to J.T. Mason [manuscript], 1798 February 22. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647816529 Williamsburg and Richmond, Va., lawyer. From the description of Letter to William Wirt [manuscript], 1809 January 4. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647807875 From the description of Letter to William Wirt, 1809 January 4. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record...

Morgan, George, 1743-1810

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Indian agent and land speculator. From the description of George Morgan papers, 1776-1786. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981775 Born at Philadelphia, 1743. Junior partner of Baynton, Warton and Morgan and engaged in extensive trade on upper Mississippi after British conquest of Canada. 25 years later, ruined, he embarked on a project of founding a principality in Spanish Louisiana, opposite the mouth of the Ohio. Died 1810. MMQ (from Savelle. "George Morgan Colony Builder...