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Article: A missed shot at treason: Aaron Burr is known for killing Alexander Hamilton during their infamous duel, but it is not so well known that Burr also aimed to foment a revolution against the United States.(HISTORY--PAST AND PERSPECTIVE)
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- The New American
- Article date:
- April 30, 2007
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It was a cold February night in 1807, in the village of Wakefield, Alabama. Two young men--Nicholas Perkins, a lawyer, and Thomas Malone, clerk of the court--were absorbed in a game of backgammon beside the fireplace when the sound of horses approaching the cabin caught their attention. It was past 10:00 p.m., an odd hour for travelers to be out in this sparsely populated region near the West Florida border.
Two strangers rode up to the cabin and one of them asked directions to Colonel John Hinson's farm. Perkins pointed the way, explaining it was some seven miles distant, over a rain-swollen creek and rugged terrain. As the travelers rode off, Perkins raced to ...