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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 4363646, member: 101855"]Arron Burr was "a piece of work." Years ago, I read about his activities in what was then the western states (now Tennessee and Kentucky). The allegation was that Burr was looking to conspire with Mexico to break off a portion of the United States and form independent country. One of his chief supporters was General James Wilkinson. It is now known that Wilkinson was on the take from the Mexican Government.</p><p><br /></p><p>The author of the book, which now escapes my memory, wrote it with the idea that Burr was innocent or at least there was not enough evidence to convict him. When I finished, I thought that he was guilty and should have been taken out and strung up for treason.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 4363646, member: 101855"]Arron Burr was "a piece of work." Years ago, I read about his activities in what was then the western states (now Tennessee and Kentucky). The allegation was that Burr was looking to conspire with Mexico to break off a portion of the United States and form independent country. One of his chief supporters was General James Wilkinson. It is now known that Wilkinson was on the take from the Mexican Government. The author of the book, which now escapes my memory, wrote it with the idea that Burr was innocent or at least there was not enough evidence to convict him. When I finished, I thought that he was guilty and should have been taken out and strung up for treason.[/QUOTE]
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