jan 1, 1807 - Burr acquitted of treason
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Dispatches were sent to Washington accusing Burr of treason by General Wilkinson. Wilkinson did it in an effort to save himself, and in February Burr was arrested in Louisiana for treason and sent to be tried in a U.S. court. On September 1, he was acquitted on a technicality.
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