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Annotated Bibliography WRD 110

This website mentions James Wilkinson and his motive to make an alliance with Spain to get Kentucky to become a “ ‘‘buffer state’’ between the new United States and the Spanish Empire in the New World.” ’’ in the late 1700s. This source is useful because it informs readers about many of Wilkinson’s trial and errors at the time the Spanish Conspiracy did, which he took part in.

A review of the Spanish Empire in the South-West which covers many topics and has chapters that cover Kentucky’s road to Statehood. I will be covering some chapters that stick out to me about Kentucky and its struggles of autonomy and the Spanish conspiracy as well as any new information I may come across about Wilkinson; from the “alliance” with Great Britain to the alliance with Spain and Wilkinson’s acts of Treason.

There are many sources within this article. It is very detailed and announces James Wilkinson’s start to finish with mentions of the Revolutionary war, trying to get Kentucky to break off from Virginia and join Spain, to the memoirs he wrote during his tasks. This can provide factual evidence in correct dates and possible other sources with more information that I can use on my Wiki page.

This is a blog filled with some of the same content as the other sources, but now brings in other key figures at the time of Wilkinson’s tradery. This can help me create some sort of background on if Wilkinson was working alone or if he had help, which I think he did. The blog can also assist me in explaining how Wilkinson treated the townsfolk at the time.

This encyclopedia page is almost like wikipedia in a way that you can click on links within the article and learn a little more about the topic and its subtopics. This article is a more shortened and to the point about the conspiracy. It is not as detailed as the other sources but most of the dates are similar as well as the provided information.

This article is more of a short biography of James Wilkinson. It states of his time in the army, when he arrived in Kentucky, and his double crossing against the U.S. and apparently Spain because he was power hungry. Most of my sources are repeating information, so I can take little bits and pieces from each that way I have enough resources to base my work on.

This is a 17 page excerpt from the Oxford Journals from the Oxford University Press. This goes into depth about the Spanish Conspiracy topic as well as the same events in my other resources. If I wanted to search for more content, there are sources attached to the bottom of every page. This can broaden my search for correct information for my Wiki page.

This article by HistoryNet covers one subtopic, Agent 13. This informs readers of why Wilkinson was called agent 13, as well as information about Wilkinson’s early years and his part in the Spanish Conspiracy. It also provides dated documents and pictures that I can hopefully pull some information from and add it into my research. Pseudonymzzz (talk) 13:47, 24 October 2018 (UTC)