Washington, George, 46, 47, 64 and Burr, 9, 10 Conway Cabal against, 10, 105 and Hamilton, 11 and Wilkinson, 106, 107 Washita lands, 27, 78, 185, 249, 250, 252, 262 Wayne, Anthony, 106, 107 Welch, Stephen S., 250 _Western World_, 22, 83, 113 Whiskey Rebellion, 206, 228 White House of Confederacy, 277 Wickham, Eliza, 55, 57 Wickham, John, 32, 34, 41, 44, 57–60 _passim_, 66, 89, 95, 167, 254 house built by, 276 motion proffered by, 188 defense of, 190–195, 197–198 Wickham, William, 66 Wilkinson, Ann, 105, 109 Wilkinson, James, 27, 38, 40, 42, 53, 62 and Bollman, 101, 116 Bruff’s accusation against, 118, 257, 258 and Burling, 115, 116 and Burr, 21, 23, 26, 28, 29, 41, 98, 170, 179 betrayal of, 112, 119, 163 first meeting with, 104 friendship with, 109, 110, 111 at Grand Jury hearing with, 102, 120–126 letter from, 36–38, 111, 123, 125, 150, 151, 152, 163 testimony at trial of, 253–254, 256, 257 visits to, 108, 109 Claiborne warned by, 115 in Conway Cabal, 105 extravagance of, 105, 106 Folch’s exoneration of, 118–119 Jackson’s view of, 82, 86 Jefferson’s support of, 107, 108, 109, 118, 126 letters to Jefferson, 112–114, 115, 116, 121, 123–124, 125, 248 in Louisiana Purchase ceremonies, 107 MacRae’s praise of, 203–204 marriage of, 105 military career of, 104 _ff._ in New Orleans, 116–117, 118 as “Number Thirteen,” 106 Randolph’s view of, 124–125 retirement of, 279 son of, 108, 109, 121 Spanish payments to, 108 in Spanish Plot, 106 Swartwout’s encounter with, 261 in War of _1812_, 279 in Washington, 108, 109 and Washington, George, 106, 107 William and Mary College, 33, 74 Williamson, Colonel, 267, 268 Willie, Charles, 158 Wilmer, George, 67 Wilson, Woodrow, 285 Winthrop, John, 8 Wirt, William, 68, 89, 95, 96, 130, 133, 134, 167, 187, 200, 251, 255 appearance of, 66 as author, 278 Burr accused by, 206–215 Burr-Blennerhassett relationship portrayed by, 211–214 career of, 67, 278 on Marshall’s integrity, 243 as U.S. Attorney General, 278 Wythe defended by, 67–68 Woodbridge, Dudley, 154, 158, 161, 285 testimony of, 186–187 Woolstonecraft, Mary, 146 Wythe, George, 45, 67, 93 Yrujo, de Casa, 266, 272, 273, 275 $5.00 SHOUT TREASON _The Trial of Aaron Burr_ _by_ FRANCIS F. BEIRNE In 1807, Aaron Burr, former Vice-President of the United States and an eminent if controversial political figure, was tried for treason in Richmond, Virginia. He was accused, by no less a personage than President Thomas Jefferson, of plotting to separate the states beyond the Alleghenies, conquer Mexico, and establish an empire in the West.