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The Burr Conspiracy - Uncovering the Story of an Early American Crisis (Hardcover)
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The Burr Conspiracy - Uncovering the Story of an Early American Crisis (Hardcover)
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A multifaceted portrait of the early American republic as seen
through the lens of the Burr Conspiracy 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 celebre 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.
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