Virginia
District
In the Circuit Court of
the United States of America in and for the Fifth
Circuit and Virginia District:
The grand inquest of the
United States of America, for the Virginia
district, upon their oath, do present, that Aaron
Burr, late of the city of New York, and state of New
York, attorney at law, being an inhabitant of, and
residing within the United States, and under the
protection of the laws of the United States, and
owing allegiance and fidelity to the same United
States, not having the fear of God before his
eyes, nor weighing the duty of his said
allegiance, but being moved and seduced by the
instigation of the devil, wickedly devising and
intending the peace and tranquility of the same
United States to disturb and to stir, move, and
excite insurrection, rebellion and war against the
said United States, on the tenth day of December,
in the year of Christ, one thousand eight hundred
and six, at a certain place called and known by
the name of 'Blannerhassett's Island,' in the
county of Wood, and district of Virginia
aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of
this court, with force and arms, unlawfully,
falsely, maliciously and traitorously did compass,
imagine and intend to raise and levy war,
insurrection and rebellion against the said United
States, and in order to fulfil and bring to effect
the said traitorous compassings, imaginations and
intentions of him the said Aaron Burr, he,
the said Aaron Burr, afterwards, to wit, on the
said tenth day of December, in the year one
thousand eight hundred and six, aforesaid, at the
said island called 'Blennerhassett's Island' as
aforesaid, in the county of Wood aforesaid, in the
district of Virginia aforesaid, and within the
jurisdiction of this court, with a great multitude
of persons whose names at present are unknown to
the grand inquest aforesaid, to a great number, to
wit: to the number of thirty persons and upwards,
armed and arrayed in a warlike manner, that is to
say, with guns, swords and dirks, and other
warlike weapons, as well offensive as defensive,
being then and there unlawfully, maliciously and
traitorously assembled and gathered together, did
falsely and traitorously assemble and join
themselves together against the said United
States, and then and there with force and arms did
falsely and traitorously, and in a warlike and
hostile manner, array and dispose themselves
against the said United States, and then and
there, that is to say, on the day and in the year
aforesaid, at the island aforesaid, commonly
called 'Blannerhassett's Island,' in the county
aforesaid of Wood, within the Virginia district
and the jurisdiction of this court, in pursuance
of such their traitorous intentions and purposes
aforesaid, he, the said Aaron Burr,
with the said persons so as aforesaid,
traitorously assembled and armed and arrayed in
manner aforesaid, most wickedly, maliciously
and traitorously did ordain, prepare and levy was
against the said United States, contrary to the
duty of their said allegiance and fidelity,
against the constitution, peace and dignity of the
said United States, and against the form of the
act of the congress of the said United States in
such case made and provided And the grand
inquest of the United States of America, for the
Virginia district, upon their oaths aforesaid, do
further present that the said Aaron Burr,
late of the city of New York, and state of New
York, attorney at law, being an inhabitant of, and
residing within the United States, and under the
protection of the laws of the United States, and
owing allegiance and fidelity to the same United
States, not having the fear of God before his
eyes, nor weighting the duty of his said
allegiance, but being moved and seduced by the
instigation of the devil, wickedly devising and
intending the peace and tranquility of the said
United States to disturb, and to stir, move and
excite insurrection, rebellion and war against the
said United States, on the eleventh day of
December, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and six, at a certain place called
and known by the name of Blannerhassett's
Island,' in the county of Wood and district of
Virginia aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of
this court, with force and arms unlawfully,
falsely, maliciously and traitorously did compass,
imagine and intend to raise and levy war,
insurrection and rebellion against the said United
States; and in order to fulfil and bring to effect
the said traitorous compassings, imaginations and
intentions of him, the said Aaron Burr, he,
the said Aaron Burr, afterwards, to wit: on the
said last mentioned day of December, in the year
one thousand eight hundred and six aforesaid, at a
certain place commonly called and known by the
name of 'Blannerhassett's Island,' in the said
county of Wood, in the district of Virginia
aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this
court, with one other great multitude of
persons whose names at present are unknown to the
grand inquest aforesaid, to a great number, to
wit: to the number of thirty persons and upwards,
armed and arrayed in a warlike manner, that is to
say, with guns, swords and dirks, and other
warlike weapons, as well offensive as defensive,
being then and there unlawfully, maliciously and
traitorously assembled and gathered together, did
falsely and traitorously assemble and join
themselves together against the said United
States, and then and there with force and arms did
falsely and traitorously, and in a warlike and
hostile manner, array and dispose themselves
against the said United States, and then and
there, that is to say, on the day and in the year
last mentioned, at the island aforesaid, in the
county of Wood aforesaid, in the Virginia
district, and within the jurisdiction of this
court, in pursuance of such their traitorous
intentions and purposes aforesaid, he, the said
Aaron Burr, with the said persons so as aforesaid
traitorously assembled, and armed and arrayed in
manner aforesaid, most wickedly, maliciously and
traitorously did ordain, prepare and levy war
against the said United States, and further to
fulfil and carry into effect the said traitorous
compassings, imaginations and intentions of him
the said Aaron Burr, against the said United
States, and to carry on the war thus levied
as aforesaid against the said United States, the
said Aaron Burr, with the multitude last
mentioned,at the island aforesaid, in the said
county of Wood, within the Virginia district
aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this
court, did array themselves in a warlike manner,
with guns and other weapons, offensive and
defensive, and did proceed from the said island
down the river Ohio in the county aforesaid,
within the Virginia district and within the
jurisdiction of this court, on the said eleventh
day of December, in the year one thousand eight
hundred and six aforesaid, with the wicked and
traitorous intention to descend the said river and
the river Mississippi, and by force and arms
traitorously to take possession of a city commonly
called New Orleans, in the Territory of Orleans,
belonging to the United States, contrary to the
duty of their said allegiance and fidelity,
against the constitution, peace and dignity of the
said United States, and against the form of the
act of the congress of the United States in such
case made and provided.
Hay, Attorney of the
United States, for the Virginia District
Indorsed: A true
bill John Randolph
A copy Teste,
William Marshall, Clerk