petitionists

Updated: July 23, 2025

The secretary of the territory was one of his henchmen; a justice of the superior court was his stepson; the Creole petitionists who had come to Washington to secure self-government had been cordially received by Burr and had a lively sense of gratitude. On his way down the Ohio, Burr landed at Blennerhassett's Island, where an eccentric Irishman of that name owned an estate.

Allen Johnson - Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty