TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lewis,James E.
TI  - The Burr Conspiracy: Uncovering the Story of an Early American Crisis 
SN  - 9780691177168
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - Princeton, NJ : 
PB  - Princeton University Press, 
KW  - Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807
KW  - Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836
KW  - HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Aaron Burr
KW  - Acquittal
KW  - Affidavit
KW  - American Conspiracies
KW  - Americans
KW  - Benedict Arnold
KW  - Benjamin Henry Latrobe
KW  - Blennerhassett Island
KW  - Burr (novel)
KW  - Burr conspiracy
KW  - Calculation
KW  - Censure
KW  - Central Kentucky
KW  - Citizens (Spanish political party)
KW  - Civil authority
KW  - Correspondent
KW  - Court-martial
KW  - Courtroom
KW  - Cover letter
KW  - Criticism
KW  - Deference
KW  - Deportation
KW  - Despotism
KW  - Dismemberment
KW  - District attorney
KW  - Editorial
KW  - Edward Livingston
KW  - Edward Tiffin
KW  - Eloquence
KW  - Explanation
KW  - Federal Union
KW  - Francisco de Miranda
KW  - Grand jury
KW  - Henry Dearborn
KW  - His Family
KW  - Historical society
KW  - Historiography
KW  - Hostility
KW  - Humphrey Marshall (politician)
KW  - Impeachment
KW  - Indictment
KW  - Informant
KW  - Interrogatories
KW  - James Parton
KW  - Joanne B. Freeman
KW  - Jonathan Dayton
KW  - Kentucky Gazette
KW  - Laborer
KW  - Lawyer
KW  - Legislator
KW  - Legislature
KW  - Louisiana Territory
KW  - Misdemeanor
KW  - Misprision of treason
KW  - Mr
KW  - Narrative
KW  - Nathaniel Saltonstall
KW  - National Intelligencer
KW  - Newspaper
KW  - Obstacle
KW  - Overt act
KW  - Pamphlet
KW  - Patriotism
KW  - Persecution
KW  - Politician
KW  - Politics
KW  - Postmaster General
KW  - Precedent
KW  - Presidential proclamation
KW  - Proclamation
KW  - Prosecutor
KW  - Publication
KW  - Publishing
KW  - Romanticism
KW  - Samuel Swartwout
KW  - Seminar
KW  - Separatism
KW  - Slavery
KW  - Special agent
KW  - Supporter
KW  - Tavern
KW  - Testimonial
KW  - The Juror
KW  - The Various
KW  - Thomas Cushing
KW  - Thomas Jefferson
KW  - Uncertainty
KW  - University of Virginia
KW  - Upstate New York
KW  - Veracity (Mark Lavorato novel)
KW  - Warfare
KW  - Wealth
KW  - West Florida
KW  - Western Pennsylvania
KW  - What Happened
KW  - William Branch Giles
KW  - William C. C. Claiborne
KW  - William Plumer
KW  - William Wirt (Attorney General)
KW  - Writing
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; So Many Stories: The Circulation of Information in the Early Republic --; First Interlude. A Crisis in the Cabinet --; Lexington and Frankfort, Kentucky: July through December 1806 --; Guilt beyond Question: The Narrative of Thomas Jefferson --; The Threat to the Union --; Second Interlude. The Crime on Blennerhassett Island --; The Enterprise Commenced: The Cipher Letter as a Narrative --; New Orleans, Orleans Territory: November 1806 through May 1807 --; The Threat to the Republic --; Third Interlude. The Arrest of Aaron Burr --; Richmond, Virginia: March through October 1807 --; “Who is Blennerhassett?” The Narrative of William Wirt --; The Conflict over Burr’s Followers --; Fourth Interlude. A “Rising” in Baltimore --; Final Accounts of the Burr Conspiracy --; Conclusion --; Acknowledgments --; Abbreviations --; Notes --; Primary Source Bibliography --; Secondary Source Bibliography --; Illustration Credits --; Index; restricted access
N2  - A multifaceted portrait of the early American republic as seen through the lens of the Burr ConspiracyIn 1805 and 1806, Aaron Burr, former vice president of the newly formed American republic, traveled through the Trans-Appalachian West gathering support for a mysterious enterprise, for which he was arrested and tried for treason in 1807. This book explores the political and cultural forces that shaped how Americans made sense of the uncertain rumors and reports about Burr’s intentions and movements, and examines what the resulting crisis reveals about their anxieties concerning the new nation’s fragile union and uncertain republic.Burr was said to have enticed some people with plans to liberate Spanish Mexico, others with promises of land in the Orleans Territory, still others with talk of building a new empire beyond the Appalachian Mountains. The Burr Conspiracy was a cause célèbre of the early republic—with Burr cast as the chief villain of the Founding Fathers—even as the evidence against him was vague and conflicting. Rather than trying to discover the real intentions of Burr or his accusers—Thomas Jefferson foremost among them—James E. Lewis Jr. looks at how differing understandings of the Burr Conspiracy were shaped by everything from partisan politics and biased newspapers to notions of honor and gentility. He also traces the enduring legacy of the stories that were told and accepted during this moment of uncertainty. The Burr Conspiracy offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of the United States at a time when it was far from clear to its people how long it would last
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400888825?locatt=mode:legacy
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