1Extract of a Letter from James Wilkinson, 14 December 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor to inclose you a copy of my last letter by Mr. Donaldson, to which I hope you may be pleased to consider this an appendage so closely connected, in order and relation, as to render their disjunction perplexing and improper. The very extraordinary occurrence which produced my first trespass on your attention will, I trust, excuse the narrative of incidents which sprung out of...
2Extract of a Letter from James Wilkinson, 18 December 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
Since my last of the 14th inst. writs of habeas corpus have issued for the bodies of Bollman, Swartwout and Ogden: the two latter by judge Workman, who is strongly suspected of being connected with Burr in this conspiracy. I have proof this man declared some time since, that “the republican who possessed power, and did not employ it to establish a despotism, was a fool.” His writ for Ogden was...
3Extract of a Letter from James Wilkinson, 25 December 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
“I now beg leave explicitly to state, that having offered to judge Hall and judge Mathews, the 12th or 13th inst. all the testimony which I possessed against Burr and Bollman, to the end that the former might be proclaimed for apprehension throughout the United States, and the latter might be committed to close confinement, to secure his testimony and prevent his correspondence and...
4Extract of a Letter from James Wilkinson, 26 December 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
“This is transmitted by lieut. Sevier, and will cover a duplicate deposition respecting Swartwout, Alexander and Ogden, the agents and emissaries of Burr. Against Alexander and others, more important testimony will be offered in a short time. The prisoners should be kept apart, and deprived all communication except with their keepers; they will find many friends and powerful patronage, and are...
5Extract of a Letter from James Wilkinson, 2 January 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
“I am still without orders, or an answer to my communication made to you from Natchitoches, by lieutenant Smith, which, combined to the circumstances by which I am encompassed, deeply affect my repose, and rend my bosom with doubts and perplexity: yet believing that I cannot err whilst my means and exertions are steadily directed to the preservation of the sovereign interests of my country,...
6Extract of a Letter from James Wilkinson, 9 January 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
“Having discovered that judge Workman had been promoting some enterprise of moment, I put in motion a couple of “adroit intrigants” to develope his projects. One of them soon discovered that he had proposed to three persons of distinction, the idea of establishing the independence of this territory, and afterwards revolutionizing Mexico; but they were all bound to secrecy, and I found, after...
7Extract of a Letter from James Wilkinson, 18 January 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
“I, a few minutes since, received the interesting information which you will find in the deposition under cover, and I despatch this letter in hope it may find a prompt passage from the Balize. You will perceive how dangerous it is, in the impending crisis, to rest the safety of this garrison (the only stay you have here against revolution) on the tardy inefficient operations of the law; for...