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William Wirt is widely regarded as one of America's most prominent attorneys, having served as Attorney General under presidents James Monroe and John Quincy Adams. In this memoir, author John…
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
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Wirt made headlines most recently in 2005, but for an unfortunate reason. Someone had broken into the Wirt Tomb, located in the Congressional Cemetery in Washington DC, and his skull…
William Wirt
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the "public…
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Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
This book is an authoritative biography of Patrick Henry, one of America's founding fathers and a crucial figure in the American Revolution. Wirt's detailed and compelling narrative captures both the…
Wirt collected original recollections from Patrick Henry’s contemporaries, starting in 1805 and ending in 1814. This very lively and often humorous biography was originally published in 1817.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe…
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…
This historic document offers insight into the legal battles between the US government and Native American tribes in the early 19th century. Wirt argues against Georgia's attempts to extend their…
[…] Cedar Coopers. Brass Founders, Coppersmiths and Tin Plate Workers. Comb Makers. Tobacconists. Potters. Sugar Refiners.[…].
Publisher: Printed by Samuel Pleasants, jun. Publication date: 1805 Subjects: Virginia Biography
Title: The Old bachelor.Author: William WirtPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin’s famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500–1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other…
Title: A discourse on the lives and characters of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams: who both died on the fourth of July, 1826: delivered, at the request of the citizens…
Title: The two principal arguments of William Wirt, Esquire, on the trial of Aaron Burr, for high treason: and on the motion to commit Aaron Burr and others for trial…
Title: The British spy, or, Letters to a member of the British Parliament.Author: William WirtPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin’s famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500–1926…
Title: An address delivered before the Peithessophian and Philoclean Societies of Rutgers College.
Author: William Wirt
Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
Description:
Based on Joseph Sabin’s famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin…
Title: Sketches of the life and character of Patrick Henry.Author: William WirtPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin’s famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500–1926 contains a collection…
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1861 Edition.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have…
Published in 1817, this is a biography of one of the United States founding fathers, Patrick Henry.
IT is almost unnecessary to state that the display which Mr. Henry had made in the parsons’ cause, as it was popularly called, placed him, at once, at the head…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
This is not an ordinary ‘Introduction’ but a manual for exegetical work written for the serious student of the New Testament. Rather than suggesting some easily accessible generalities, the book…
Samuel L Southard
Title: A discourse on the professional character and virtues of the late William Wirt.
Author: Samuel L Southard
Based on Joseph Sabin’s famed bibliography, Bibliotheca…
The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists…
