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The volume examines the political course and controversies of the second presidential administration: domestic proposals for internal improvements, debt redemption, the Two-Million Act, Indian policy, and disputes over federal authority; shifting cabinet alliances and partisan schisms led by figures like John Randolph; foreign affairs dominated by tensions between France and England, the Berlin Decree, Monroe’s diplomatic mission and the rejection of his treaty; and the rise and collapse of Aaron Burr’s schemes culminating in his trial. Chapters interweave legislative sessions, diplomatic maneuvers, and legal proceedings to trace how policy, personality, and crisis shaped the era.

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[1] Diary of J. Q. Adams (March 4, 1805), i. 373.

[2] Jefferson’s Writings (Ford), viii. 341.

[3] Gallatin’s Writings, i. 227.

[4] Jefferson to General Heath, Dec. 13, 1804; Jefferson MSS.

[5] Jefferson to Robert Smith, Jan. 3, 1805; Jefferson MSS.

[6] Crowninshield to Jefferson, Jan. 29, 1805; Jefferson MSS. State Department Archives.

[7] Dearborn to Robertson, March 20, 1805; State Papers, vol. v.; Indian Affairs, i. 700.

[8] Message of Jan. 30, 1808; State Papers, vol. v.; Indian Affairs, i. 752.

[9] Jefferson to Gallatin, May 29, 1805; Gallatin’s Writings, 232.

[10] Monroe and Pinckney to Cevallos, Jan. 28, 1805; State Papers, ii. 636.

[11] Cevallos to Monroe and Pinckney, Jan. 31, 1805; State Papers, ii. 636.

[12] Monroe and Pinckney to Madison, May 23, 1805; State Papers, ii. 667.

[13] Pinckney and Monroe to Cevallos, Feb. 5, 1805; State Papers, ii. 640.

[14] Cevallos to Monroe and Pinckney, Feb. 10, 1805; State Papers, ii. 541.

[15] Cevallos to Monroe and Pinckney, Feb. 16, 1806; State Papers, ii. 643.

[16] Cevallos to Monroe and Pinckney, Feb. 24, 1805; State Papers, ii. 644.

[17] Monroe and Pinckney to Cevallos, Feb. 26, 1805; State Papers, ii. 646.

[18] Monroe’s diary at Aranjuez, March 16, 1805; Monroe MSS.

[19] Monroe to Armstrong, March 1, 1805; MSS. State Department Archives.

[20] Armstrong to Monroe, March 12 and 18, 1805; State Papers, ii. 636.

[21] Pinckney and Monroe to Cevallos, March 30, 1805; State Papers, ii. 657.

[22] Monroe and Pinckney to Cevallos, April 9, 1805; State Papers, ii. 658.

[23] Monroe and Pinckney to Cevallos, April 12, 1805; State Papers, ii. 660.

[24] Cevallos to Pinckney and Monroe, April 13, 1805; State Papers, ii. 660.

[25] Monroe and Pinckney to Cevallos, April 20, 1805; State Papers, ii. 662.

[26] Monroe and Pinckney to Madison, 23 May, 1805; State Papers, ii. 668.

[27] Pinckney and Monroe to Cevallos, May 12, 1805; State Papers, ii. 665.

[28] Cevallos to Monroe and Pinckney, May 15, 1805; State Papers, ii. 666.

[29] Erving to Madison, Dec. 7, 1805; MSS. State Department Archives.

[30] Armstrong to Monroe, May 4, 1805; MSS. State Department Archives.

[31] Armstrong to Madison, July 3, 1805; MSS. State Department Archives.

[32] Cf. Correspondance de Napoleon, xxxii. 321.

[33] Monroe to Madison, June 30, 1805; MSS. State Department Archives.

[34] Monroe to Madison, Oct. 18, 1805; State Papers, iii. 106.

[35] Monroe to Madison, June 3, 1805; State Papers, iii. 93.

[36] Act of April 10, 1805; Instructions of June 29, 1805; Orders of Aug. 3, 1805.

[37] See First Administration, ii. 400.

[38] Speech of Sir John Nicholl (Advocate-General), Feb. 11, 1805; Cobbett’s Debates, iii. 407.

[39] Monroe to Madison, Aug. 16, 1805; State Papers, iii. 103.

[40] Monroe to Madison, Aug. 20, 1805; State Papers, iii. 105.

[41] Monroe to Madison, Oct. 18, 1805; State Papers, iii. 106. Monroe to Colonel Taylor, Sept. 10, 1810; Monroe MSS., State Department Archives.

[42] New Reasons for abolishing the Slave-Trade, 1807.

[43] War in Disguise, pp. 131–133.

[44] Bosanquet, Causes of the Depreciation, etc. p. 42.

[45] Jefferson to Madison, March 23, 1805; Madison MSS.

[46] Madison to Jefferson, March 27, 1805; Jefferson MSS.

[47] Jefferson’s Writings (Ford), viii. 350.

[48] See p. 8.

[49] Madison to Jefferson, Aug. 2, 1805; Jefferson MSS.

[50] Jefferson’s Writings (Ford), viii. 374.

[51] Jefferson to Madison, Aug. 7, 1805; Works, iv. 583.

[52] Jefferson to Madison, Aug. 17, 1805; Jefferson MSS.

[53] Madison to Jefferson, Aug. 20, 1805; Jefferson MSS.

[54] Jefferson to Madison, Aug. 27, 1805; Works iv. 585.

[55] Madison to Jefferson, Sept. 1, 1805; Jefferson MSS.

[56] Gallatin to Madison, Aug. 6, 1805; Gallatin’s Writings, i. 237.

[57] Madison to Jefferson, Sept. 1, 1805; Jefferson MSS.

[58] Gallatin to Jefferson, Sept. 12, 1805; Gallatin’s Writings, i. 241.

[59] Gallatin to Jefferson, May 30, 1805; Gallatin’s Writings, i. 233.

[60] Robert Smith to Jefferson, Sept. 10, 1805; Jefferson MSS.

[61] Jefferson to Madison, Sept. 16, 1805; Works, iv. 587.

[62] Madison to Jefferson, Sept. 30, 1805; Jefferson MSS.

[63] Jefferson to Madison, Sept. 18, 1805; Jefferson MSS.

[64] Jefferson’s Writings (Ford), viii. 380.

[65] Madison to Jefferson, Oct. 16, 1805; Jefferson MSS.

[66] Madison to Jefferson, Sept. 14, 1805; Jefferson MSS.

[67] Jefferson’s Writings (Ford), viii. 380.

[68] Jefferson’s Writings (Ford), viii. 381.

[69] Madison to Jefferson, Sept. 30, 1805; Jefferson MSS.

[70] Cabinet Memoranda; Jefferson’s Writings (Ford), i. 308.

[71] Turreau to Madison, 26 Thermidor, An xiii. (Aug. 14, 1805); MSS. State Department Archives.

[72] Jefferson to Madison, Aug. 25, 1805; Works, iv. 584.

[73] Madison to Jefferson, Sept. 1, 1805; Jefferson MSS.

[74] Turreau to Talleyrand, 20 Messidor, An xiii. (July 9, 1805); Archives des Aff. Étr., MSS.

[75] Turreau to Talleyrand, 30 Germinal, An xiii. (April 20, 1805); Archives des Aff. Étr., MSS.

[76] State Papers, ii. 728.

[77] Napoleon to Talleyrand, 22 Thermidor, An xiii. (Aug. 10, 1805); Correspondance, xi. 73.

[78] Talleyrand to Armstrong, 29 Thermidor, An xiii. (Aug. 16, 1805); State Papers, ii. 726.

[79] Turreau to Madison, Jan. 3, 1806; State Papers, ii. 726.

[80] State Papers, ii. 682–695.

[81] Fragments of Voyages and Travels, by Captain Basil Hall, R. N., F. R. S., London, 1856.

[82] Gallatin to Jefferson, April 16, 1807; Works, i. 335.

[83] Merry to Mulgrave, Sept. 2, 1805; MSS. British Archives.

[84] Merry to Mulgrave, Sept. 30, 1805; MSS. British Archives.

[85] Ibid.

[86] Merry to Mulgrave, Nov. 3, 1805; MSS. British Archives.

[87] Merry to Mulgrave, Nov. 3, 1805: MSS. British Archives.

[88] Merry to Mulgrave, Nov. 3, 1805; MSS. British Archives.

[89] Jefferson to Madison, Aug. 27, 1805; Writings, iv. 585.

[90] Armstrong to Madison, Sept. 10, 1805; MSS. State Department Archives.

[91] Cabinet Memoranda; Jefferson’s Writings (Ford), i. 309.

[92] Merry to Mulgrave, Dec. 2, 1805; MSS. British Archives.

[93] Jefferson to Judge Cooper, Feb. 18, 1806; Jefferson MSS.

[94] Gallatin to Jefferson, Nov. 21, 1805; Gallatin’s Writings, i. 261.

[95] Jefferson to Gallatin, Nov. 24, 1805; Gallatin’s Writings, i. 264.

[96] Jefferson to Gallatin: Spanish Resolutions, 1805; Gallatin’s Writings, i. 277.

[97] Gallatin to Jefferson, Dec. 3, 1805; Gallatin’s Writings, i. 278.

[98] Jefferson to Gallatin, Dec. 4, 1805; Gallatin’s Writings, i. 281.

[99] Jefferson to Bidwell, July 5, 1806; Writings, v. 14.

[100] Adams’s Randolph, p. 161.

[101] Turreau to Talleyrand, Jan. 20, 1806; Archives des Aff. Étr., MSS.

[102] Diary of J. Q. Adams (March 8, 1806), i. 419.

[103] Columbian Centinel, Dec. 21, 1805.

[104] Cabinet Memoranda; Jefferson’s Writings (Ford), i. 308.

[105] Diary of J. Q. Adams (Nov. 30, 1805), i. 376.

[106] Jefferson to Monroe, May 4, 1806; Writings (Ford), viii. 447.

[107] State Papers, ii. 613.

[108] First Letter of Decius, in the “Richmond Enquirer,” August, 1806.

[109] Nicholson to Gallatin, Dec. 8, 1805; Gallatin MSS.

[110] Decius, No. 1; Randolph’s speech of April 5, 1806; Annals of Congress, 1805–1806, pp. 984–985.

[111] Decius, No. 1.

[112] Madison to Armstrong and Bowdoin, March 13, 1806; State Papers, iii. 539.

[113] Diary of J. Q. Adams (Feb. 8, 1806), i. 405.

[114] Diary of J. Q. Adams (Jan. 15, 1806), i. 383.

[115] Act of Feb. 28, 1806; Annals of Congress, 1805–1806, p. 1228.

[116] Ames to Pickering; Ames’s Works, i. 342. Cf. Lodge’s Cabot, p. 315.

[117] Boston Memorial; Annals of Congress, 1806–1809, Appendix, p. 890.

[118] Message of Jan. 17, 1806; State Papers, ii. 727.

[119] Annals of Congress, 1793–1795, p. 155.

[120] Diary of J. Q. Adams (Feb. 13, 1806), i. 408.

[121] Randolph’s Speech of March 5, 1805; Annals of Congress, 1805–1806, p. 571.

[122] Merry to Mulgrave, Feb. 2, 1806; MSS. British Archives.

[123] Diary of J. Q. Adams (March 13, 1806), i. 420.

[124] Adams’s Randolph, p. 203.

[125] Diary of J. Q. Adams (Feb. 1, 1806), i. 395.

[126] Jefferson to Monroe, March 10, 1808; Works, v. 253.

[127] Annals of Congress, 1805–1806, p. 555.

[128] Annals of Congress, 1805–1806, p. 961.

[129] Jefferson to Monroe, March 16, 1806; Jefferson MSS.

[130] Jefferson to Monroe, March 18, 1806; Jefferson MSS.

[131] Adams’s Randolph, p. 199–202.

[132] Jefferson’s Writings (Ford), viii. 439.

[133] Samuel Smith to W. C. Nicholas, April 1, 1806; Nicholas MSS.

[134] Cf. Jefferson to W. C. Nicholas, March 24 and April 13, 1806. Writings (Ford), viii. 434.

[135] W. C. Nicholas to Jefferson, April 2, 1806; Jefferson MSS.

[136] Annals of Congress, 1805–1806, p. 1107.

[137] Annals of Congress, March 26, 1806, p. 851.

[138] Diary of J. Q. Adams (Feb. 15, 1806), i. 410.

[139] Diary of J. Q. Adams (Feb. 20, 1806), i. 414.

[140] Miranda to Madison, Jan. 22, 1806; Madison MSS.

[141] Yrujo to Cevallos, Feb. 12, 1806; MSS. Spanish Archives.

[142] Yrujo to Turreau, Feb. 4, 1806; MSS. Spanish Archives.

[143] Turreau to Yrujo, Feb. 7, 1806; MSS. Spanish Archives.

[144] See p. 111.

[145] Merry to Lord Mulgrave, March 19, 1806; MSS. British Archives.

[146] Jefferson’s Writings (Ford), viii. 451.

[147] Merry to C. J. Fox, May 4, 1806; MSS. British Archives.

[148] Turreau to Talleyrand, Jan. 15, 1806; Archives des Aff. Étr., MSS.

[149] Turreau to Talleyrand, May 10, 1806; Archives des Aff. Étr., MSS.

[150] Jefferson to Bidwell, July 5, 1806; Works, v. 14; Jefferson MSS.

[151] Pickering to Gouverneur Morris, Oct. 21, 1814; Lodge’s Cabot, p. 535.

[152] Deposition of Matthew Lyon; Wilkinson’s Memoirs, ii. Appendix, lxviii.

[153] Adair to Wilkinson, Jan. 27, 1806; Wilkinson’s Memoirs, ii. Appendix, lxxvii.

[154] Wilkinson’s Memoirs, ii. 283.

[155] Daniel Clark to Wilkinson, Sept. 7, 1805; Wilkinson’s Memoirs, ii. Appendix, xxxiii.

[156] Wilkinson to Clark, Oct. 12, 1807; Clark’s Proofs, p. 154.

[157] Wilkinson’s Memoirs, ii. Appendix, lxxxvi.

[158] Merry to Mulgrave, Aug. 4, 1805; MSS. British Archives.

[159] Turreau to Talleyrand, Feb. 13, 1806; Archives des Aff. Étr., MSS.

[160] Wilkinson’s Evidence, Burr’s Trial; Annals of Congress, 1807–1808, p. 611.

[161] Wilkinson’s Memoirs, ii. 303.

[162] Merry to Lord Mulgrave, Nov. 25, 1805; MSS. British Archives.

[163] Yrujo to Cevallos, Dec. 5, 1805; MSS. Spanish Archives.

[164] Yrujo to Cevallos, Jan. 1, 1806; MSS. Spanish Archives.

[165] Deposition of General Eaton; Life of William Eaton, p. 396.

[166] Burr to Wilkinson, Dec. 12, 1806; Wilkinson’s Memoirs, ii. Appendix, lxxxiv.

[167] Evidence of Major Bruff, Burr’s Trial; Annals of Congress, 1807–1808, p. 597.

[168] Evidence of William Eaton, Burr’s Trial; Annals of Congress, 1807–1808, pp. 511, 512.

[169] Deposition of Jan. 26, 1807; Life of Eaton, p. 401.

[170] Wilkinson’s Memoirs, ii. Appendix, lxxxiii.

[171] Yrujo to Cevallos, May 14, 1806; MSS. Spanish Archives.

[172] Yrujo to Cevallos, June 9, 1806; MSS. Spanish Archives.

[173] Cevallos to Casa Yrujo, March 28, 1806; MSS. Spanish Archives.

[174] Cevallos to Casa Yrujo, July 12, 1806; MSS. Spanish Archives.

[175] Merry to C. J. Fox, June 1, 1806; MSS. British Archives.

[176] Blennerhassett Papers, p. 351.

[177] Blennerhassett Papers, p. 333; Blennerhassett to Allston, March 2, 1811.

[178] Blennerhassett Papers, pp. 397, 535.

[179] Yrujo to Cevallos, Nov. 10, 1806; MSS. Spanish Archives.

[180] Yrujo to Cevallos, Dec. 16, 1806; MSS. Spanish Archives.

[181] Merry to C. J. Fox, Nov. 2, 1806; MSS. British Archives.

[182] Gayarré’s Louisiana; Spanish Domination, pp. 192–199.

[183] See History of First Administration, p. 240.

[184] Marshall’s History of Kentucky, ii. 376–384.

[185] Daveiss to Jefferson, Jan. 10, 1806; View of the President’s Conduct, by J. H. Daveiss, 1807. Clark’s Proofs, pp. 177–179.

[186] Daveiss to Jefferson, Feb. 10, 1806; View, etc. Cf. Marshall’s History of Kentucky, ii. 401.

[187] See p. 278.

[188] Jefferson to Daveiss, Feb. 15, 1806; View, etc. Clark’s Proofs, p. 179.

[189] Burr to John Smith, Oct. 26, 1806; Senate Report, p. 33.

[190] Marshall’s History of Kentucky, ii. 396.

[191] Cabinet Memoranda; Writings (Ford), i. 318.

[192] National Intelligencer, Jan. 12, 1807.

[193] Dearborn to Wilkinson, Nov. 27, 1806; Report of Committee, Feb. 26, 1811; 3 Sess. 11 Cong. p. 408.

[194] See Cabinet Memoranda of October 22, p. 278.

[195] Proclamation of Nov. 27, 1806; Wilkinson’s Memoirs, ii. Appendix, xcvii.

[196] Jackson to Claiborne, Nov. 12, 1806; Burr’s Trial. Annals of Congress, 1807–1808, p. 571.

[197] Letters of General Adair and General Jackson, 1817.

[198] Parton’s Burr, ii. 87.

[199] Parton’s Jackson, i. 322.

[200] Bissell to Andrew Jackson, Jan. 5, 1807; Annals of Congress, 1806–1807, p. 1017.

[201] Jefferson to Wilkinson, Jan. 3, 1807; Burr’s Trial. Annals of Congress, 1807–1808, p. 580.

[202] Report of the Select Committee to the Kentucky Legislature, Dec. 2, 1806; National Intelligencer, Jan. 7, 1807.

[203] Wilkinson’s Evidence, Burr’s Trial; Annals of Congress, 1807–1808, p. 515.

[204] Wilkinson to Daniel Clark, Oct. 5, 1807; Clark’s Proofs, p. 154.

[205] Laussat to Decrès, 18 Germinal, An xii. (April 8, 1804); Archives de la Marine, MSS. Gayarré’s Louisiana, iii. 10.

[206] Gayarré, Spanish Domination, p. 627.

[207] Laussat to Decrès, 18 Germinal, An xii. (April 8, 1804); Archives de la Marine, MSS.

[208] Gayarré’s Louisiana, iii. 35.

[209] Gayarré’s Louisiana, iii. 161.

[210] Report of the Committee to inquire into the Conduct of General Wilkinson, Feb. 26, 1811; 3 Sess. 11 Cong. p. 320.

[211] Gayarré’s Louisiana, iii. 151.

[212] Gayarré’s Louisiana, iii. 153.

[213] Gayarré’s Louisiana, iii. 154.

[214] Clark’s Proofs, p. 145.

[215] Clark to Wilkinson, Oct. 2, 1806; Clark’s Proofs, p. 157.

[216] Wilkinson’s Evidence, Burr’s Trial; Annals of Congress, 1807–1808, p. 518. Evidence of Lieutenant Spence, Report of House Committee, Feb. 26, 1811; 3 Sess. 11 Cong., p. 312.

[217] Wilkinson to Smith, Sept. 28, 1806; Senate Report, Dec. 31, 1807, p. 41.

[218] See p. 253.

[219] Wilkinson to Jefferson, Oct. 20 and 21, 1806; Wilkinson’s Memoirs, ii. Appendix, xcv.

[220] Wilkinson to Freeman, Oct. 23, 1806; Wilkinson’s Memoirs, ii. Appendix, ci.

[221] Wilkinson’s Evidence, Burr’s Trial; Annals of Congress, 1807–1808, p. 541.

[222] Wilkinson to Cushing, Nov. 7, 1806; Memoirs, ii. Appendix, xcix.

[223] Ibid.

[224] Ibid.

[225] Wilkinson to Jefferson, Nov. 12, 1806; Memoirs, ii. Appendix, c.

[226] Wilkinson to Claiborne, Nov. 12, 1806; Memoirs, ii. 328.

[227] Jackson to Claiborne, Nov. 12, 1806; Burr’s Trial. Annals of Congress, 1807–1808, p. 571.

[228] Gayarré’s Louisiana, iii. 163.

[229] President’s Message of Jan· 22, 1807. Annals of Congress, 1806–1807, p. 43.

[230] Wilkinson to Daniel Clark, Dec. 10, 1806; Clark’s Proofs, p. 150.

[231] Clark’s Proofs, p. 151.

[232] Wilkinson to Daniel Clark, March 20, 1807; Clark’s Proofs, p. 151.

[233] Wilkinson to Daniel Clark, Oct. 5, 1807; Clark’s Proofs, p. 154.

[234] Deposition of John Shaw, Burr’s Trial; Annals of Congress, 1807–1808, p. 573.

[235] Evidence of Lieutenant Jacob Jackson, Burr’s Trial; Annals of Congress, 1807–1808, p. 683.

[236] Blennerhassett Papers, p. 426.

[237] Blennerhassett Papers, p. 206.

[238] Robert Smith to Jefferson, Dec. 22, 1806; Jefferson MSS.

[239] Jefferson’s Writings (Ford), viii. 504.

[240] Randolph to Monroe, Jan. 2, 1807; Monroe MSS.

[241] Samuel Smith to W. C. Nicholas, Jan. 9, 1807; Nicholas MSS.

[242] Wilkinson to Jefferson, Dec. 14, 1806; Annals of Congress, 1806–1807, p. 1009.

[243] Diary of J. Q. Adams (Jan. 23, 1807), i. 445.

[244] Diary of J. Q. Adams (Feb. 21, 1807), i. 459.

[245] Yrujo to Cevallos, Jan. 28, 1807: MSS. Spanish Archives.

[246] Clark’s Proofs against Wilkinson, 1809.

[247] Jefferson’s Writings (Ford), viii. 502.

[248] Adams’s Randolph, p. 206.

[249] Adams’s Randolph, p. 208.

[250] Annals of Congress, 1806–1807, p. 389.

[251] Annals of Congress, 1806–1807, p. 598.

[252] Annals of Congress, 1806–1807, p. 610.

[253] Annals of Congress, 1806–1807, p. 398.

[254] Annals of Congress, 1806–1807, p. 400.

[255] Annals of Congress, 1806–1807, p. 168.

[256] Annals of Congress, 1806–1807, p. 183.

[257] Annals of Congress, 1806–1807, p. 238.

[258] Annals of Congress, 1806–1807, p. 267.

[259] Annals of Congress, 1806–1807, p. 477.

[260] Annals of Congress, 1806–1807, p. 626.

[261] Annals of Congress, 1806–1807, p. 635.

[262] Annals of Congress, 1806–1807, p. 635.

[263] Diary of J. Q. Adams, i. 464.

[264] Thiers, Consulat et Empire, vi. 30.

[265] Armstrong to Madison, Feb. 17, 1806; MSS. State Department Archives.

[266] Armstrong to Madison, March 9, 1806; MSS. State Department Archives.

[267] Madison to Armstrong and Bowdoin, March 13, 1806; MSS. State Department Archives.

[268] Armstrong to Madison (private), May 4, 1806; MSS. State Department Archives.

[269] Bowdoin to Jefferson, May 20, 1806; Jefferson MSS.

[270] Bowdoin to Jefferson, Oct. 20, 1806; Jefferson MSS.

[271] Armstrong to Madison, Oct. 10, 1806; MSS. State Department Archives.

[272] Talleyrand to Vandeul, May 21, 1806; Archives, des Aff. Étr., MSS.

[273] Vandeul to Talleyrand, June 19, 1806; Archives des Aff. Étr., MSS.

[274] Vandeul to Talleyrand, June 23, 1806; Archives des Aff. Étr., MSS.

[275] Armstrong to Madison, Oct. 10, 1806; MSS. State Department Archives.

[276] Talleyrand to Vandeul, July 3, 1806; Archives des Aff. Étr., MSS.

[277] Talleyrand to Vandeul, July 12, 1806; Archives des Aff. Étr., MSS.

[278] Talleyrand to Turreau, July 31, 1806; Archives des Aff. Étr., MSS.

[279] Armstrong to Madison, Dec. 24, 1806; State Papers ii. 805.

[280] Monroe to Madison, Feb. 12, 1806; MSS. State Department Archives.

[281] Monroe to Madison, April 3, 1806; State Papers, iii. 115.

[282] Monroe to Madison, April 18, 1806; State Papers, iii. 116.

[283] Monroe to Madison, May 17, 1806; State Papers, iii. 124.

[284] Madison to Monroe and Pinkney, May 17, 1806; State Papers, iii. 119.

[285] Jefferson to Monroe, May 4, 1806; Works, v. 12.

[286] Memoirs of Lord Holland, ii. 98–103.

[287] Oil without Vinegar, Medford, London, 1807.

[288] Monroe and Pinkney to Madison, Jan. 3, 1807; State Papers, iii. 145.

[289] American State Papers, iii. 151.

[290] Monroe to Colonel Taylor, 10 Sept., 1810; Monroe MSS., State Department Archives.

[291] Order in Council, of Jan. 7, 1807; American State Papers, iii. 267.

[292] Cobbett’s Debates, viii. 632.

[293] Cobbett’s Debates, viii. 635.

[294] Howick to Erskine, Jan. 8, 1807; Cobbett’s Debates, x. 558. Erskine to Madison, March 12, 1807; American State Papers, iii. 158.

[295] Edinburgh Review, xxii. 485.

[296] T. P. Courtney’s Additional Observations on the American Treaty, London, 1808, p. 89.

[297] Madison to Monroe and Pinkney, Feb. 3, 1807; State Papers, iii. 153.

[298] Turreau to Talleyrand, Dec. 12, 1806; Archives des Aff. Étr., MSS.

[299] Turreau to Talleyrand, Jan. 12, 1807; Archives des Aff. Étr., MSS.

[300] Turreau to Talleyrand, Feb. 23, 1807; Archives des Aff. Étr., MSS.

[301] Turreau to Talleyrand, April 1, 1807; Archives des Aff. Étr., MSS.

[302] Turreau to Talleyrand, May 15, 1807; Archives des Aff. Étr., MSS.

[303] Erskine to Howick, March 6, 1807; MSS. British Archives.

[304] Diary of J. Q. Adams, i. 495.

[305] S. Smith to W. C. Nicholas, March 4, 1807; Nicholas MSS.

[306] S. Smith to W. C. Nicholas, March 4, 1807; Nicholas MSS.

[307] Madison to Erskine, March 20, 1807; State Papers, iii. 158.

[308] Same to same, March 29, 1807; Ibid., 159.

[309] Jefferson to Monroe, March 21, 1807; Works, v. 52.

[310] Jefferson to Bowdoin, April 2, 1807; Works, v. 63.

[311] Madison to Jefferson, April 20, 1807; Jefferson MSS.

[312] Madison to Jefferson, April 24, 1807; Jefferson MSS.

[313] Jefferson to Madison, April 21, 1807; Works, v. 69.

[314] Jefferson to Madison, April 21, 1807; Works, v. 74.

[315] Jefferson to W. B. Giles, April 20, 1807; Works, v. 65.

[316] Jefferson to Hay, June 20, 1807; Works, v. 102.

[317] U. S. vs. Kendall, Cranch’s Circuit Court Reports, v. 385.

[318] Jefferson to William Short, June 12, 1807; Works, v. 93. Cf. Jefferson MSS.

[319] Jefferson to Hay, June 19, 1807; Works, v. 98.

[320] Jefferson to Rodney, June 19, 1807; Jefferson MSS.

[321] Major Bruff’s Testimony, Burr’s Trial; Annals of Congress, 1807–1808, pp. 598–600.

[322] Jefferson to Wilkinson, June 21, 1807; Works, v. 109.

[323] Wilkinson’s Memoirs, ii. 6.

[324] Randolph to Nicholson, June 28, 1807; Nicholson MSS.

[325] Randolph to Nicholson, June 25, 1807; Nicholson MSS.

[326] Annals of Congress, Jan. 11, 1808; Session of 1807–1808, p. 1397.

[327] Report of the Committee appointed to inquire into the Conduct of General Wilkinson, Feb. 26, 1811, pp. 281, 298. Cf. National Intelligencer, Aug. 3, 1807.

[328] Parton’s Life of Burr, ii. 107.

[329] Hay to Jefferson, June 14, 1807; Jefferson MSS.

[330] Randolph to Nicholson, June 25, 1807; Adams’s Randolph, p. 221.

[331] Hay to Jefferson, Aug. 11, 1807; Jefferson MSS.

[332] Blennerhassett Papers, p. 315.

[333] Blennerhassett Papers, p. 397.

[334] Blennerhassett Papers, p. 422.

[335] Blennerhassett Papers, p. 373.

[336] Blennerhassett Papers, p. 343.

[337] Jefferson to Hay, Aug. 20. 1807; Works, v. 174.

[338] Blennerhassett Papers, p. 356.

[339] Grigsby’s Tazewell, p. 73.

[340] Burr’s Trial, ii. 193.

[341] Burr’s Trial, ii. 238.

[342] Burr’s Trial, ii. 369.

[343] Hay to Jefferson, Sept. 1, 1807; Jefferson MSS.

[344] Jefferson to Hay, Sept. 4, 1807; Works, v. 187. Cf. Jefferson MSS.

[345] Hay to Jefferson, Oct. 15, 1807; Jefferson MSS.