Insurrection of Aaron Burr | Gathering Forces | 2
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Burr's Journey West
Just days after stepping down from the vice presidency of the united states burr was conspiring to divide that very nation into In and Out. He hoped to meet wealthy and influential westerners along the route and wanted to gauge their sentiment toward the union. But before he left philadelphia burr had some other important business to attend to First he joined a plan to dig a canal in indiana at the falls of the ohio river. Next he arranged to meet with british ambassador anthony mary The previous august through a friend burr had offered his services to mary to affect a separation of the western part of the united state. This time burr told mary himself that the
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