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Reports of the Trials of Colonel Aaron Burr, (Late Vice President.
Erscheinungsdatum: 1808
Anbieter: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., ABAA ILAB, Clark, NJ, USA
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Early Report of the Trial of Aaron Burr [Trial]. Burr, Aaron [1756-1836], et al., Defendants. Robertson, David, Reporter. 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, In the Circuit Court of the United States, Held in the City of Richmond, In the District of Virginia, In the Summer Term of the Year 1807. To Which is Added an Appendix, Containing the Arguments and Evidence in Support and Defense of the Motion Afterwards Made by the Counsel for the United States, to Commit A. Burr, H. Blannerhassett and I. Smith, To be Sent for Trial to the State of Kentucky, For Treason and Misdemeanor, Alleged to be Committed There. Taken in Short Hand. Philadelphia: Published by Hopkins and Earle, 1808. Two volumes. [viii], 596; [iv], 539 pp. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Later cloth, gilt fillets and calf lettering pieces to spines, endpapers renewed. Light fading to spines and sections of boards, owner bookplate to front pastedowns, small library stamps to title pages. Moderate toning to interiors, light foxing and faint dampstaining in places. $250. * Only edition. This is one of the most detailed and well-reported accounts of the Burr trial and the trials of his associates. Burr was accused of leading a conspiracy to steal land from Mexico and the Louisiana Purchase in order to establish a nation under his rule. Burr was arrested in 1807 and brought to trial on charges of treason, for which he was acquitted. Israel Smith [1759-1810] served in the Vermont legislature and both houses of the United States Congress. He went on to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Vermont and the Governor of that state. Harman Blannerhassett [1765-1831], a wealthy Irish immigrant, owned the island where Burr's troops assembled. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 14090.
