Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-698) and index.
Contents:
So many stories : the circulation of information in the early republic -- 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 -- 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 -- The arrest of Arron Burr -- Richmond, Virginia : March through October 1807 -- Who is Blennerhassett? : the narrative of William Wirt -- The conflict over Burr's followers -- A "rising" in Baltimore -- Final accounts of the Burr conspiracy -- Conclusion.
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