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James Wilkinson



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Other Names: General Wilkenson

Assumed Gender: Male

Birth Date: 1757

Birth Place: Maryland

Death Date: 1825

Death Place: Unknown

Affiliations: United States Government

Notes: American soldier and statesment, associated with several scandals and controversies. Senior Officer of the Army (1796-1798, 1800-1812); 1st Governor of Louisiana Territory (1805-1807); US Envoy to Mexico (1816-1825). After his death, he was discovered to have been a paid agent of the Spanish Crown. Senior officer of the US Army, lived in Pittsburgh, assisted I. Coates, J. Sharpless, and J. Pierce with their visit to Cornplanter's village in 1798.

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