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Insurrection of Aaron Burr | The Severance of the Union | 3

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Burr's Experiment in the West

Jefferson's agent John Graham set off for the Ohio State Capitol of Chilacati, 100 miles east of Marietta. He hoped to petition the governor for military aid and thwarting Burr's plot. Meanwhile, despite his unnerving meeting with Graham, Blenderhasset continued making preparations for the expedition south. But as Graham brought news of Burr's plot to the Ohio governor, information even more damaging to Burr reached Washington, D.C.

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