Reports of the trials of Colonel Aaron Burr, (late vice president of the United States,) for treason, and for a misdemeanor, in preparing the means of a military expedition against Mexico, a territory of the King of Spain, with whom the United States...
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First edition. 8vo. 2 volumes: (8), 596; (4), 539 pp. With the half-title to volume two (half-title wanting in volume one). At this trial Burr was acquitted of the charges of treason arising from revelations of a conspiracy involving the western states passed to President Jefferson by General James Wilkinson who had been involved; Burr (1756-1836), Jefferson's vice-president, 1801-1805, had been dropped from the 1804 ticket and had killed Alexander Hamilton in a dual in 1805, moving west in an attempt to revive his fortunes, then, following the trial, to Europe for a period of four years, returning to New York for a somewhat quieter life before his death. Sabin 9434. Howes B-1013. American Imprints 16050. Some light foxing, but very good in the serviceable binding. Later black buckram, gilt spine titles. (11233).