[915] "Wilkinson's letter is a curiosity.... Tis Don Adriano de Armado the second." (J. Q. Adams to L. C. Adams, Dec. 8, 1806, Writings, J. Q. A.: Ford, iii, footnote to 157.)
[916] Plumer, Jan. 22, 1807, "Diary," Plumer MSS. Lib. Cong.
Senator Plumer wrote his son, concerning Wilkinson's account of Burr's letter: "I am satisfied he has not accurately decyphered it. There is more of Wilkinsonism than of Burrism in it." (Plumer to his son, Jan. 24, 1807, Plumer MSS. Lib. Cong.)
CHAPTER VII
THE CAPTURE AND ARRAIGNMENT
It was President Jefferson who directed and animated the prosecution. (Winfield Scott.)
The President's popularity is unbounded and his will is that of the nation. (Joseph Nicholson.)
The press from one end of the continent to the other has been enlisted to excite prejudices against Colonel Burr. (John Wickham.)