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Updated: May 2, 2025
Burr, conscious of the disapproval implied in the officer's curt answer, managed to change partners so as to ride abreast of the younger brother, Thomas, while Dupeister spurred forward and engaged John in discourse on stock-raising and the prospect of crops.
The next morning he and Dupeister rose early, and were on the way to Pittsburg before their host was well awake. The sons arose betimes, however, and bade the parting guests good speed. After breakfast, Colonel Morgan summoned his family and told what had passed between himself and guest. "He has insulted us by assuming us to be traitors at heart. Aaron Burr is meditating dangerous designs.
With two hundred armed men I could drive Congress, the President and Cabinet into the Potomac; with five hundred I could take New York City. Ask Colonel Dupeister!" Dupeister nodded an emphatic yes; but not so did bluff John Morgan. "By God, sir, you couldn't take our little village of Cannonsburg with five hundred men!" "That, then, is because you are at the head of the militia.
Two of the riders were Colonel Morgan's stalwart sons, and they were escorting Aaron Burr and Colonel Dupeister, one of Burr's confederates. The ex-Vice-President rode beside the elder brother, who was an officer of high rank in the militia. "Speaking of Washington County, General Morgan, are the people of your neighborhood prosperous and contented?"
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