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nate him, intimidate Congress to pass the government of the United States into his own
hands, and effect by force the destruction of the federal constitution, and a complete revolu-
tion in the country? Or what have you heard him say on this particular subject? Relate
fully and at large as it you were thereunto specially interrogated.

6. Were all or any of the aforesaid objects embraced by the plan of the said
Aaron Burr, and his associates, or was their object merely to settle on lands situate on the
Washita, said to have been purchased by the said Aaron Burr of a certain Baron Bastrop, or
a certain Mr. Lynch? If yea: when and in what manner did the said Aaron Burr pur-
chased the said lands, what sum of money or other consideration did he give or pay for the
same? What title had the said Baron Bastrop or the said Lynch to the said lands, and how
many acres does the said purchase contain? What description of people and what imple-
ments of husbandry are proper for the first settlement and culture of such lands ? If the set-
tlement of these lands was really the object of the said Aaron Burr and his associates, what
was the necessity or occasion of the mystery which enveloped their expedition and the
studies secrecy in which their enterprize was concealed ?

7. Do you know whether the said Aaron Burr was insolvent or not, or from whom he
procured the funds for the expedition or enterprize ? Whether he was aided and assisted
by any and what foreign prince, potentate or power ?

8. According to the best of your knowledge, information and belief, relate what num-
ber of the associates of the said Aaron Burr have been collected together, at what time, and
at any and what place or places, describing particularly the state and count, or the territory
and county in which they were assembled ? In what manner did they assemble ; were
they in arms or military array ; or had they arms, ammunition and warlike stores close at
hand, and in what quantity ? Did they act and move as a military body ; were they under
the command of the said Aaron Burr, as their chief, and inferior officers of his appointment ?
Were they at any and what time and place with guards fixed and centinels, in a posture of
war or rebellion against the United States or any of its territories, or of any individual
state, particularly at Blennerhasset’s island in the state of Virginia, or near the mouth of
Cumberland reiver in Kentucky, or at Bayou Pierre in the Mississippi territory ? What
number of men or boats were assembled at either said places ?

9. Do you know of any vessels or boats, and how many, and of what description, built
for co. Burr and his associates on the rivers Mississippi and Ohio, or any of the waters
which empty the said rivers ? If yea ; by whom and when were they built, at what
particular place or places, and what were their dimensions, form and construction ? Were
they calculated for coasting and sea voyages, or only for the navigation of the Mississippi
and its tributary streams ? What number of men were they calculated to carry, and in what manner
were they navigated ; was it with oars or sails or both ?

10. Do you know what quantity and kid of arms, ammunition, warlike stored, or pro-
visions were put on board any and which of the said vessels or boats, and at what particular
place, by or for the use of the said Aaron Burr and his associates, and who furnished the said
arms, ammunition, warlike stores or provisions ? What number of men, and of what de-
scription were they ; young and old ; farmers or mechanics ; or what trade, profession or cal-
ling, who embarked on board any and which of the said boats, and at what particular place
did they embark ? In what character or capacity did they go under the said Aaron Burr and
his associates ?