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Excerpt from The Tragedy of the Deserted Isle a Chronicle of the Burr and Blennerhassett Conspiracy Much has been written regarding what is sometimes known as the Burr and Blennerhassett Conspiracy. For the greater part of a century this episode has been a favorite theme for both novelist and historian, and there is already extant quite an extensive literature on the subject. However, no apology is made for offering an additional volume. Not because the author can lay claim - as the manner of some is - to having unearthed any forgotten manuscript or discovered any new material relating to the matter, worthy of mention. But, since boyhood, this drama of the wilderness has appealed to us with a strange romantic interest; and we have here tried to deal with the characters, events and scenes connected with the tragedy - for it is nothing less - in the spirit that the theme and its setting would seem to warrant. In attempting this, many intricate mazes have been traversed, and many tangled skeins unraveled, that what is set down may be found trustworthy. One other thing. We have endeavored to be just toward Aaron Burr, the prime mover and dominating genius of the whole affair, who has had hard measure at the hand of friend as well as enemy. When there has been room for reasonable doubt, he has been given the benefit; this, and nothing more. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.