The Life of John Marshall, Volume 3: Conflict and construction, 1800-1815

by Albert J. Beveridge

[1335] Marshall's Life of Washington.

[1336] See vol. ii, 395-96, of this work.

[1337] "Letters to John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States," in the Aurora, reprinted in the Enquirer, Dec. 1, 1807.

[1338] Enquirer, Dec. 4, 1807.

[1339] Ib. Dec. 8, 1807.

[1340] See supra, 525-26.

[1341] Enquirer, Dec. 12, 1807.

[1342] Blennerhassett Papers: Safford, 475.

[1343] Blennerhassett Papers: Safford, 477.

[1344] Gathering a few dollars from personal friends, Burr sailed for England, hoping to get from the British Government support for his plans to revolutionize Mexico. At first all went well. Men like Jeremy Bentham and Sir Walter Scott became his friends and admirers. But the hand of Jefferson followed him; and on representations of the American Minister, the British Government ordered him to leave the United Kingdom immediately.