This event was exposed by a Kentucky newspaper called the Western World. Its leaders used as a headquarters an island on the Ohio River owned by Harman Blennerhassett. This sc
This event was exposed by a Kentucky newspaper called the Western World. Its leaders used as a headquarters an island on the Ohio River owned by Harman Blennerhassett. This scheme's leader obtained funding from Carlos Martinez de Irujo y Tacon, a Spanish minister. While its leader had early charges dismissed thanks to lawyer Henry Clay, that man eventually faced federal charges in a trial supervised by Chief Justice John Marshall. This plot was exposed by General James Wilkinson, who sent a letter to President Thomas Jefferson revealing the perfidy of his former Vice President. For 10 points, name this 19th century conspiracy to create an independent nation in the American Southwest, a scheme led by the killer of Alexander Hamilton.
This event was exposed by a Kentucky newspaper called the Western World.