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SECRET AGENT AND ONE OF THE MOST ENIGMATIC CHARACTERS IN AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT WILKINSON (GEN, JAMES). Manuscript leaf. s.d. circa 1816. 1 page as depicted. possibly from his "Memoirs," accusing President Monroe of misuse of public funds. : "I recollect that mystery and reserve was the outcry against Gen. Washington's administration, but to mystery and reserve, those who hated him and traduced him, Monroe particularly, have added the masks of falsehood and 'hypocrisy to conceal or to justify their follies." Sold at auction Anderson Gallery in 1912 Lot 289 from the Library of Benson Lossing, Benson John Lossing (February 12, 1813 - June 3, 1891) was a prolific and popular American historian, known best for his illustrated books on the American Revolution and American Civil Warand features in Harper's Magazine. He was a charter trustee of Vassar College. As the Governor of the Louisiana Territory, Wilkinson, known as "Agent 13," almost jeopardized the Lewis and Clark expedition because he saw it as a threat to his personal and perhaps Spanish interests. Later, during the Monroe administration, his reputation was further tainted when his past machinations with Spain were brought to light, but he was cleared in a court-martial due to lack of solid evidence. Throughout his career, Wilkinson's loyalty to the United States was frequently in question, making him one of the most enigmatic figures in early American history.
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