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The Trial of Col. Aaron Burr on an Indictment for Treason: before the Circuit Court of the United States, held in Richmond, Virginia, May Term, 1807: Including the Arguments and Decisions on All the Motions Made during the Examination and Trial, and on the Motion for an Attachment against Gen. Wilkinson. Washington City: Printed by Westcott & Co., 1807-08.
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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 were at Peace. Philadelphia: Published by Hopkins and Earle, 1808.
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In 1807 Aaron Burr, former vice president and the man who killed Alexander Hamilton during a duel in 1804, was arrested on orders from President Thomas Jefferson and indicted for treason. Burr had journeyed West after his term as vice-president. His accusers claimed he wanted to steal parts of the Louisiana Territory and Spanish lands to form a new independent nation. One of his partners, General James Wilkinson, sent a letter to Thomas Jefferson claiming that Burr intended to entice Western states to leave the Union and had the backing of England. This resulted in his arrest and subsequent trial, which was presided over by Chief Justice John Marshall. Burr was acquitted due to lack of evidence, as John Marshall did not view conspiracy without actions as sufficient.