| Lcnaf uri | http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50018037 |
| Last name | Wilkinson |
| First name | James |
| Display name | General Wilkinson |
| Other names | General Wilkenson |
| Birth date | 1757 |
| Death date | 1825 |
| Birth place | Maryland |
| Death place | mexico |
| Gender | m |
| Affiliations | United States Government |
| Bio 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. |
The United States to Joseph Johnston
A Mission to the Indians from the Indian Committee of Baltimore Yearly Meeting to Fort Wayne, in 1804
Joshua Sharpless's Journal Into Indian Country, 1798
Account of I. Coates, J. Sharpless, & J. Pierce, visits to Indian Reservation, NY
Joel Swayne Diary