Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1772, Nov. 8 | Born, Bladensburg, Md. |
| 1792 | Admitted to Virginia bar |
| 1795 | Married Mildred Gilmer (died 1799) |
| 1800 | Moved to Richmond, Va. Counsel for James Thomson Callender in alien and sedition trial Elected clerk of Virginia House of Delegates |
| 1802 | Moved to Williamsburg, Va. Married Elizabeth Gamble |
| 1803 | Published The Letters of the British Spy in the Virginia Argus |
| 1807 | Prosecutor in Aaron Burr case |
| 1808 | Returned to Richmond, Va. Elected to Virginia House of Delegates |
| 1810 | Began series of essays under the title The Old Bachelor |
| 1817 | Publication of Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry (Philadelphia: James Webster. 427 pp.) |
| 1817-1829 | U. S. attorney general |
| 1829 | Moved to Baltimore, Md. |
| 1832 | Presidential nominee of the Anti-Masonic party |
| 1832-1833 | Engaged in effort to establish colony of German immigrants in Florida |
| 1834, Feb. 18 | Died, Washington, D. C. |