Memoirs of The Life of William Wirt, Attorney-General of the United States: In Two Volumes

Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1850.

Price: $150.00

Hardcover. New and revised edition. Two volume set. 368pp, 391pp. Original blind-embossed brown cloth, brightly gilt-stamped spine titles. A "Catalogue of Lea and Blanchard's Publications" in rear of volume one. A fold-out facsimile letter from John Adams as frontispiece to volume two. Scattered foxing on pages, corners modestly worn, still a very good set with cloth lightly soiled. President James Monroe named him the ninth Attorney General of the United States, a position he held for 12 years, through the administration of John Quincy Adams, until 1829, thus having the longest term as Attorney General in U.S. history.

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Item #379165 Memoirs of The Life of William Wirt, Attorney-General of the United States: In Two Volumes. John P. KENNEDY.