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William Wirt (1772–1834)

Author of Sketches of the life and character of Patrick Henry

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Includes the names: William Wirt, William Wirt Henry, William Wirt of Richmond Virginia

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Sketches of the life and character of Patrick Henry (1817) 59 copies
The Life of Patrick Henry Revised Edition (1832) 53 copies
Patrick Henry: Life, Speeches and Correspondence (3 volume set) (1993) 28 copies
The letters of the British spy (1832) 15 copies
Patrick Henry (2006) 8 copies
The Life and Character of Patrick Henry (1880) 6 copies
Patrick Henry: Life, Correspondence and Speeches (Volume 1) (2007) 5 copies
Patrick Henry: Life, Correspondence And Speeches V3 (2007) 4 copies
Patrick Henry: Life, Correspondence and Speeches (Volume 2) (1993) 3 copies
Opinion on the Right of the State of Georgia to Extend Her Laws Over the Cherokee Nation (Classic Reprint) (2015) 2 copies
The British spy: or, Letters, to a member of the British Parliament, written during a tour through the United States 2 copies
The Old bachelor (1985) 2 copies
Speeches of Patrick Henry 1 copy
Patrick Henry Life Correspondence and Speeches (2019) 1 copy
Patrick Henry. Life, correspondence, and speeches, etc 1 copy
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The Letters of the British Spy by William Wirt, ESQ.
10th Edition. The Letters of the British Spy. To Which is Prefixed a Biographical Sketch of the Author. Wirt served as U.S. Attorney General (1817-1829 the longest term in U. S. history) and was prosecutor of Aaron Burr. He was also a presidential candidate in the year of publication of this 1832 10th edition, revised and corrected, in original cloth.
William Wirt. $100 in good condition on Abe ... this is not great condition.

Published by New York: J. and J. Harper,, 1832
 
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Sketches of the life and character of Patrick Henry by William Wirt
"I have first to thank you, Dear Sir, for the copy of your late work, which you have been so kind as to send me, and then to render you double congratulations 1st on the general applause it has so justly recieved ..." - Thomas Jefferson to William Wirt, January 5, 1818
 
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