Excerpt from Proofs of the Corruption of Gen. James Wilkinson and of His Connection With Aaron Burr: With a Full Refutation of His Slanderous Allegations in Relation to the Character of the Principal Witness Against Him Whatever pleasure is derived from the pun, ishment of crimes, it is always painful to become the instrument of inflictingit. It was therefore with te gret that I found myself called on to lay before the house of representatives the information I possessed of general Wilkinson' 5 treachery and corruption. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.