Wirt, William 1772-1834 creator mixed material monographic eng 1,800 9 1 4 2.2 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. Open to research. Microfilm edition available, no. 18,751. Microfilm produced from originals in Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1983. U.S. attorney general, lawyer, politician, and biographer. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007003 Adams, John Quincy 1767-1848 Correspondence Biddle, Nicholas 1786-1844 Correspondence Burr, Aaron 1756-1836 Trials, litigation, etc Cabell, William H 1772-1853 Correspondence Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell) 1782-1850 Correspondence Carr, Dabney 1773-1837 Correspondence Gamble, Robert 1754-1810 Correspondence Gilmer, Peachy R. (Peachy Ridgway) 1779-1836 Correspondence Goldsborough, Louis Malesherbes 1805-1877 Henry, Patrick 1736-1799 Jefferson, Thomas 1743-1826 Correspondence Madison, James 1751-1836 Correspondence Monroe, James 1758-1831 Correspondence Phelps, Abner 1779-1873 Correspondence Rush, Richard 1780-1859 Correspondence Wallace, James Correspondence Webster, James Correspondence Williams, Lewis 1786-1842 Correspondence Werth family Werth family Correspondence Antimasonic Party. Attorneys general United States Death Diseases Elections United States 1832 Germans Florida Law United States Law Virginia Richmond Piety Public prosecutors Virginia Richmond Slaveholders Slavery Baltimore (Md.) Social life and customs Germany Emigration and immigration Maryland Social life and customs Monticello (Fla.) History Richmond (Va.) Social life and customs Southern States Social life and customs Virginia Social life and customs Washington (D.C.) Social life and customs Biographers mm 81046110 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms007003 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms007003.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007003 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007003.3 Open to research. DLC 811028 20260227111708.0 mm 81046110