31To Thomas Jefferson from James Wilkinson, 15 September 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
I did intend to transmit you a Copy of Capt Pikes report by Governor Lewis, but have been too occupied to fulfil my purpose—I shall have the Honor to Hand it to you at the Seat of Government The disgraceful & dishonourable Scenes which have been passing in review here, are drawing to a close—Burr has just been acquited on the trial for Misdemeanor, and now a motion will be made for his...
32To Thomas Jefferson from James Wilkinson, 21 October 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
I find from a public print lately established in Kentucky, the main object of which is the ensuing presidential Election, That the cause of Easton, Case, Lucas, Hammond & other Mal Contents of Louisiana, has made a powerful acquisition in the Pen of John Wood, by whom I have “en passant” been bespattered with Obloquy, & slandered with a degree of virulence & indecency surpassing all example,...
33To Thomas Jefferson from James Wilkinson, 23 June 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
Your even Judgment will best direct the expediency & policy of noticing the inclosed, it has been dictated by a recent charge brought against me, on the point to which I have referance—I propose to stand before the Court Tomorrow. & will suffuse the Cheeks of some of my accusers—with perfect respect & attachment I am Sir Yr ob hu DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
34To Thomas Jefferson from James Wilkinson, 28 November 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
Claiborne appears to be properly impressed par le awful crisis which awaits us, and promises every support in his power. Les troops are behind moi 145.24 & la 195.4 321.14 a commencer. My difficulties are stupendous—my means to be provided—my time prompt unthriving and the occasion urgent and critical. Mais une good cause—the favour du ciel—religious and patriotic hearts 126.19 work wonders....
35To Thomas Jefferson from James Wilkinson, 3 April 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
By a singular concatenation of incidents, I have ascertained that Depestre mentioned to you in a former Letter, was the accredited Agent of Burr, who visited St. Louis in October last; and that Mr. Depestre bore a Letter from Burr to a Mr. Provenchere, giving Him assurances that a revolution of the Western States would take place on the 15th. Day of November & inviting Him to join in it. This...
36To Thomas Jefferson from James Wilkinson, 26 July 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
General Wilkinson transmits the inclosed to the President for his perusal, & will pay his respects to Him some time this forenoon, to offer such explanations touching Adairs Letter as may be deemed necessary— DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
37To Thomas Jefferson from James Wilkinson, 12 November 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
I again intrude upon you the subject of the duplicate under cover, which presents a spectacle of human depravity, to excite our sorrow, indignation and abhorrence. Many circumstances have intervened since my last, confirmatory of the information previously received, and demonstrative of a deep, dark and wicked conspiracy. My doubts have ceased, and it is my opinion, that nought but an...
38To Thomas Jefferson from James Wilkinson, 17 June 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
The Engagements, Soul & Body, which have occupied me since my Arrival here the 13th. Inst:, must be my Apology for not giving you this assurance sooner— I dreamt, not of the importance attached to my presence before I reached Hampton, & had directed my views more to the vindication of my own Fame, than the crimination of the abandoned wretch, who had dared to implicate it; for I had...
39To Thomas Jefferson from James Wilkinson, 26 February 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the Honor to transmit you a duplicate of my last, & to inform you, that Judge Sprigg having declined his voyage, after He had taken his passage; and the conveyance both by the Mail & by the Ocean, having become too in ence for the transmittal of original documents, I shall avail myself of the return of an officer on furlough who will leave this shortly, to transmit you the Letters you...
40To Thomas Jefferson from James Wilkinson, 1 September 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
Having not heard a Word, since you left Washington, of the account for souch service, which I had the Honor to render you, my wants must be my excuse, for again intruding the subject on Your attention, and for intreating that an order may be transmites me at this place, for one half or even a third of the sum, my necessities being extreme—necessities which have sprung out of my sufferings...
41To Thomas Jefferson from James Wilkinson, 23 January 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
“A moment of awful suspense has arrived. Mr. Burr’s letter to Mr. Mead, of the 12th instant, transmitted to the secretary of war, is not indicative of doubts, fears or despondence; and if he is able to put off Mr. Mead for four or five days from the present, we may expect unpleasant scenes to ensue. The friends of Mr. Burr and my enemies, labour at this moment to stamp on the public mind that...
42To Thomas Jefferson from James Wilkinson, 11 August 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
It is my purpose to advise you from time to time of our proceedings at this place, pending the passing scenes which Interest our Country in its most vital concerns; for this intrusion I shall offer you no apology, since my motive will be your Information and amusement. The trial of Burr commenced Yesterday, & his Exceptions for cause swept away forty four out of forty eight Jurors—preconceived...
43To Thomas Jefferson from James Wilkinson, 9 December 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
Accompanied by governor Claiborne, I, a few minutes since, met the merchants of the city, and in a short address, to which my sensibilities gave direction, I explained to them the causes which had produced the assembly of the troops at this place, and the preparations which were making to fortify the town; painted to them, in glowing colors, the impending dangers which menaced the city and...
44To Thomas Jefferson from James Wilkinson, 26 October 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
The following information appears to rest on such broad and explicit grounds, as to exclude all doubts of its authenticity: A numerous and powerful association, extending from New York through the western states to the territory bordering on the Mississippi, has been formed with the design to levy and rendezvous eight or ten thousand men in New Orleans at a very near period; and from thence,...
45To Thomas Jefferson from James Wilkinson, 15 April 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
I transmit you a duplicate of my last, in which you will perceive my ignorance of the Arrangement, you had made for the Territory of Louisiana; and also of the violent & uncharitable attacks, made on my Character & Conduct, in the publick prints & even on the floor of Congress.— Sunk by the severest domestic Calamity into a State of apathy & despondance, my Mind had fastened upon the “Luxury...
46To Thomas Jefferson from James Wilkinson, 29 March 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
Could I be so vain as to impute aught of personal regard, to the generous & paternal support which you have recently given to my official pretensions, I should not hesitate to implore you to forbear the indulge of every sympathy towards me, which might cause you one single Enemy, however undeserved or contemptible—Dispose of me Sir as your private Interests, or the National Service may...
47To Thomas Jefferson from James Wilkinson, 30 March 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
Bonaparte aims at universal Dominion to attain his views it is necessary to destroy all the present Dynastis of Europe and Establish his Own favourites on the Thrones of their present Monarchies, he will not rest so long as one of the Bourbon Family is on a Throne.— Poland is United of which he has made a Kingdom and one of his favourites placed on its throne. He has dethroned the King of...
48To Thomas Jefferson from James Wilkinson, 13 September 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
I tresspassed on you some time since by Doctr. Upshaw, a crude partial Sketch of our doings here, in which I believe I anticipated the result of Burrs trial for treason: I know little of Law & less of Judicial proceedings, but Common sense suggests that He has been hastily acquited, under certain refinements & subtilties of Sentiment, opposed to the claims of Justice, & apparently calculated...
49To Thomas Jefferson from James Wilkinson, 23 December 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
The opposition of a party of Kances Indians, to a small detachment destined up the Missouri, for the purpose of returning to their respective Nations, the Riccari & otto Chiefs, sent down last Spring by Captain Lewis, puts it in my Power to introduce the former to You. From observation & the limited Enquiry to which I am confined by an illiterate Interpreter, I think you may be able to derive...