PREFACE TO ENLARGED EDITION.

The publication of this work, in 1857, excited con¬
siderable controversy, whicb had the effect of calling
forth additional information respecting its subject.
Several interesting, pieces were published in period- •
icals, and several more were sent to me, which would
have been of use in the composition of the book.
Since that time my collection of JBurr papers has con¬
tinually increased, and some volumes have appeared
which furnished new material, particularly the Blen-
nerhassett Papers, edited by Mr. William H. Safford, of
Cincinnati.

The new information, though great in quantity, and
considerable in interest, is not such as to warrant a re¬
casting of the entire work. It has, therefore, been
added to the present edition in the form of appendices,
and the work has been divided into two volumes. The
opportunity has been embraced, also, to print some
further passages from the correspondence of Col. Burr
with his wife and daughter, a correspondence which
exhibits him at his best.

The continued demand for the work, after having
been before the public seven years, appears to show