Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

"I am murdered"

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

220859249

Responsibility statement

Bruce Chadwick

Sub title

George Wythe, Thomas Jefferson, and the killing that shocked a new nation

Table Of 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

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