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Wirt, William, 1772-1834. Papers, 1802-1858 (bulk: 1802-1834)

Title: William Wirt Papers 1802-1858 (bulk 1802-1834)

Correspondence, writings, reminiscences, clippings, and other papers pertaining primarily to the Wirt (Werth) family, a Southern slaveholding family. Topics include social life in Baltimore, Md., Richmond, Va., and Washington, D.C., Christian piety, and sickness and death in the Wirt family. Also includes material concerning the trial of Aaron Burr, legal work conducted by Wirt as U.S. district attorney, Richmond, Va., 1816, and as U.S. attorney general, 1817-1829, Wirt's 1832 presidential campaign on the Anti-Masonic ticket, the efforts of Wirt and his son-in-law, Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, to settle German farmers near Monticello, Fla., Wirt's book titled, The Letters of the British Spy (1803), and reactions to Wirt's biography of Patrick Henry. In addition to family members, correspondents include John Quincy Adams, Nicholas Biddle, William H. Cabell, John C. Calhoun, Dabney Carr, Robert Gamble, Peachy R. Gilmer, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, Abner Phelps, Richard Rush, James Wallace, James Webster, and Lewis Williams.

ArchivalResource: 1,800 items; 9 containers plus 1 oversize; 2.2 linear feet; 4 microfilm reels

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Child, David Lee, 1794-1874. Letter from David Lee Child to Dr. Abner Phelps, November 8, 1830.

Title: Letter from David Lee Child to Dr. Abner Phelps, November 8, 1830. 1830.

Letter signed D.L. Child addressed to Dr. Abner Phelps, in which Child, as editor of the Massachusetts journal, agrees to publish "communications on the subject of Free Masonry."

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 folded leaf) ; 26 cm.

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Wirt, William, 1772-1834. Papers, 1802-1858 (bulk: 1802-1834)

Title: William Wirt Papers 1802-1858 (bulk 1802-1834)

Correspondence, writings, reminiscences, clippings, and other papers pertaining primarily to the Wirt (Werth) family, a Southern slaveholding family. Topics include social life in Baltimore, Md., Richmond, Va., and Washington, D.C., Christian piety, and sickness and death in the Wirt family. Also includes material concerning the trial of Aaron Burr, legal work conducted by Wirt as U.S. district attorney, Richmond, Va., 1816, and as U.S. attorney general, 1817-1829, Wirt's 1832 presidential campaign on the Anti-Masonic ticket, the efforts of Wirt and his son-in-law, Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, to settle German farmers near Monticello, Fla., Wirt's book titled, The Letters of the British Spy (1803), and reactions to Wirt's biography of Patrick Henry. In addition to family members, correspondents include John Quincy Adams, Nicholas Biddle, William H. Cabell, John C. Calhoun, Dabney Carr, Robert Gamble, Peachy R. Gilmer, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, Abner Phelps, Richard Rush, James Wallace, James Webster, and Lewis Williams.

ArchivalResource: 1,800 items; 9 containers plus 1 oversize; 2.2 linear feet; 4 microfilm reels

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