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JAMES WILKINSON (1757-1825) Infamous early American traitor, Revolutionary War officer, aid to Nathaniel Greene, Benedict Arnold, and Horatio Gates, involved in many different controversies during his career, including the Conway Cabal, and Aaron Burr's conspiracy. Later Senior Officer of the Army where he developed a bitter rival with fellow Continental general Anthony Wayne. Great association manuscript D.S. 1p. legal folio., Kentucky, November 27, 1786, a lengthy official court document promising payment for 1,300 pounds to Daniel Brodhead (1736-1809) Continental Army commander during the American War of Independence. Co-signed by the scribe THOMAS TODD (1765-1826), American attorney, one of the founders of Kentucky, and later a Supreme Court Justice. Brodhead was rewarded for his service in the war with large amounts of land in Pennsylvania and Kentucky. Wilkinson at this time was living in Kentucky working hard to achieve its statehood from Virginia, and this promise of payment was possibly in payment for some of Brodhead's land.