# Shout treason

Author: Beirne, Francis F., 1890-1972

Genre: Category: Biographies

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56121

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Shout+treason+Beirne&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The story of Aaron Burr has been treated exhaustively by many writers in many ways. Oddly enough, aside from the stenographic report of the proceedings and a small volume which appeared nearly a century ago, there seems to have been no work dealing alone with the subject of Burr’s trial in Richmond, Virginia, in the spring and summer of 1807, on charges of treason against the United States and high misdemeanor. Yet this marked the climax of Burr’s public career and the presence of a former Vice-President of the United States as the accused, charged with such serious crimes, of the Chief Justice of the United States on the bench, and of distinguished leaders of the bar represented both in...

## Chapters

- [Chapter XXI 276](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shout-treason-56121/chapters/1/index.md)