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"I am murdered" : George Wythe, Thomas Jefferson, and the killing that shocked a new nation

Title
"I am murdered" : George Wythe, Thomas Jefferson, and the killing that shocked a new nation / Bruce Chadwick.
Author
Chadwick, Bruce.
Publication
Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, c2009.

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Description
280 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
"I am murdered"? -- The funeral -- Homicide: early investigation -- Williamsburg: George Wythe and Thomas Jefferson -- Jefferson and Wythe remake Virginia -- Richmond: boomtown and the decadent night life of George Wythe Sweeney -- The dying George Wythe changes his will -- Moving day: a second life in Richmond and the return of George Wythe -- The arrest -- The investigation II -- For the defense: William Wirt -- For the defense: Edmund Randolph -- Mourning at the executive mansion -- The forensics nightmare, part one: arsenic, the poison of choice -- The forensics nightmare, part two: the autopsy -- Lydia Broadnax, the eyewitness -- The black and white legal code -- Washington: October, 1806.
Call Number
JFE 10-3227
ISBN
  • 9780470185513 (cloth)
  • 0470185511 (cloth)
LCCN
2008015111
OCLC
220859249
Author
Chadwick, Bruce.
Title
"I am murdered" : George Wythe, Thomas Jefferson, and the killing that shocked a new nation / Bruce Chadwick.
Imprint
Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, c2009.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 10-3227
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