Person in the county’s record
1736–1799 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗
The index holds one work for Patrick Henry so far. Search further, by the Library of Congress heading: WorldCat · OCPL. If you know a source, tell us.
Works in the index that concern this person directly, or were written by them. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it; background reading with wider context sits further down.
Papers of William Wirt, author, lawyer and U.S. attorney general, and of his wife Elizabeth Washington Gamble Wirt, 34 items from 1810. Letters deal with his law practice, and one tells an anecdote about Wirt, a General Parker and Henry Clay. A fragment of an 1833 letter addressed by Wirt to a UNC law student gives the Chapel Hill connection.
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