Letter : New Orleans to Stephen Minor, 1806 Dec. 6.

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Letter : New Orleans to Stephen Minor, 1806 Dec. 6.

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Letter deals principally with the purchase of two islands by Power and his associates. One passage regarding a "mad dog" may refer to Wilkinson, who is also mentioned on p. [4] in a postscript.

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Everett D. Graff Collection of Western Americana

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Power, Thomas, 1757-1825.

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A witness in the trial of Aaron Burr. Power had been a Spanish agent and was alleged to have paid James Wilkinson $9000 on behalf of Governor Carondelet. From the description of Letter : New Orleans to Stephen Minor, 1806 Dec. 6. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 54366531 ...

Minor, Stephen

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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...