The Burr conspiracy : uncovering the story of an early American crisis

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The Burr conspiracy : uncovering the story of an early American crisis

Title remainder

uncovering the story of an early American crisis

Statement of responsibility

James E. Lewis Jr

Creator

• Lewis, James E., 1964-

Author

• Lewis, James E., 1964-

Subject

• Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807
• Burr, Aaron, (1756-1836) -- Procès
• Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836
• Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836
• Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836
• Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836
• Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836 -- Trials, litigation, etc
• Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836 -- Trials, litigation, etc
• 1805-1807
• Burr, Conspiration de, 1805-1807
• Nonfiction
• Trials
• Trials, litigation, etc
• Verschwörung
• États-Unis -- 1789-1809 (Période constitutionnelle)
• Burr, Conspiration de (1805-1807)
• Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807

Genre

• Trials, litigation, etc
• Nonfiction

Language

eng

Summary

• A multifaceted portrait of the early American republic as examined through the lens of the Burr Conspiracy explores the political and cultural forces that influenced public perception and how in spite of vague and conflicting evidence, the former Vice President was arrested and tried for treason. --Publisher
• "In 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. [This book] 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."--Jacket

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DLC

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography