Note 886 — Chapter VI
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For instance, at Nashville, Burr was burnt in effigy in the public square. (Parton: Jackson, i, 322.) At Cincinnati an amusing panic occurred: three merchant scows loaded with dry goods were believed to be a part of Burr's flotilla of war vessels about to attack the town. The militia was called out, citizens organized for defense, the adjacent country was appealed to for aid. (See McCaleb, 248-49.)