[Clark, Daniel]:
DEPOSITION OF DANIEL CLARK, THE DELEGATE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES...FROM THE TERRITORY OF ORLEANS, IN RELATION TO THE CONDUCT OF GENERAL JAMES WILKINSON
Washington: A. & G. Way, Printers, 1808.. 8pp. Antique-style three-quarter calf and marbled boards. Very light foxing. Very good. Clark's testimony against Gen. Wilkinson at the Burr trial, followed the next year by his publication of PROOFS OF THE CORRUPTION OF GEN. JAMES WILKINSON..., claiming that the General was being paid by the Spanish government, and that he was actively involved in the Burr conspiracy and plots for the Southwest to separate from the Union. The Streeter copy sold for $700! STREETER SALE 1688. TOMPKINS 27.
[Bookseller: William Reese Company - Americana]
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