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________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ (261).

________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ (338).

Arriving home hours later and hearing from my housekeeper

of your agent’s departure, I took off at a gallop to intercept

her before the British sentries discovered her message. I was

stopped and searched by sentries twice before finding her.

________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ (339).

________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ (342).

I myself then was stopped a third time, and searched at

length while she made her departure. _____________________

___________________________________________________ (259).

The sentries, sensing some agitation in me, refused me passage;

your agent made her journey alone. I had no rest until I learned,

four days later, of her safe return to ___________________ (331).

________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ (343).

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Most sincerely yours,

the agent known as

___________________________________________________ (320)

The following commendation, in cipher, was placed in the

archives of the Continental Congress, passing into the hands of

the Central Intelligence Agency, shortly after its founding in 1947.

________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________ (30).

The Conspiracy of the Golden

Circle: 1805–1875

This conspiracy begins in the years of Thomas Jefferson’s

presidency, not long after the Revolutionary War. It continues

in the decades leading to the Civil War (1860–1864) and sur-

vives into the decade following the war.

January 4, 1805

General James Wilkinson

Governor Appointee, Louisiana Territory

Dear General and Governor Appointee Wilkinson,

It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the little

arrangement that we have established._____________________

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________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________ (8).

________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________ (47).

All of this is of no consequence to me, of course. It merely

proves to me that you have the ___________________________

________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________ (214).

We can make a part of this continent _________________ (291).

________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ (183).

I would rather __________________________________________

________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________ (86),

________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ (115).

What say you? __________________________________________

________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________ (6).

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Sincerely,

Aaron Burr

Vice President of the United States of America

June 17, 1805

The Man of Green

Lexington, Kentucky

Dear Green,

________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ (241).

On the larger question: I agree that our arrangement must

become _________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ (149).

________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________ (62).

________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ (243).

________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ (213).

We carry on.

As always,

Aaron Burr

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August 5, 1807

__________________ (336):

________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________ (96).

________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________ (49).

________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________ (22).

Burr

Burr was acquitted from his federal ________________________

________ (182) because of lack of verifiable evidence.

July 3, 1826

Green:

___________________________________________________ (215).

________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ (151).

________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________ (118).

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