The Trial of Aaron Burr for High Treason, in the Circuit Court...
Coombs, J.J. The Trial of Aaron Burr for High Treason, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Virginia, Summer Term, 1807: Comprising all the Evidence and the Opinions of the Court Upon all Motions Made in the Various Stages of the Case, with Abstracts of Arguments of Counsel: Compiled from Authentic Reports Made During the Progress of the Trial: to Which is Added an Account of the Subsequent Proceedings Against Burr, Blennerhassett, and Smith, in the Same Court, with Notes by the Compiler on the Law of Treason, as Applicable to the Existing Rebellion: Prefaced by a Brief Historical Sketch of Burr's Western Expedition of 1806. Washington, DC: W.H. & O.H. Morrison, 1864. lii, 392 pp. Publisher's original patterned brown cloth, oxidized gilt title to spine. Light rubbing, moderate shelfwear, front joint mostly cracked, rear joint starting, fading to spine, spine ends chipped, hinges cracked but secure, light foxing to first and final few leaves, internally clean. $85. * 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. He was arrested and tried in 1807 on charges of treason, but was acquitted.
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