Blennerhassett

This is about the infamous Aaron Burr episode, in which Burr was alleged to conspire with Spanish government officials in New Orleans to enable western frontier areas to secede from the U.S. Harman Blennerhasset, who settled on Blennerhasset’s Island in the Ohio River, was involved in the affair (1805) indicted for treason, and released in 1807. Pidgin was very well versed in the details of the Burr affair, and believed Burr to be innocent of the charges.