Wirt, William:

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[AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, FROM FORMER UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM WIRT, TO ROBERT WALSH, EDITOR OF THE American Quarterly Review, RECOMMENDING FOR PUBLICATION AN ESSAY BY FUTURE ... An autograph letter, signed, from former United States Attorney General William Wirt to Robert Walsh, editor of the American Quarterly Review, recommending in glowing terms an essay for publication by future United States Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase. The letter, signed "Wm. Wirt" and addressed to "Robert Walsh Esq" of "Philadelphia" at the foot of the text, reads in full as follows: "Baltimore. April 16, 1831. Dear Sir, At the request of the Author, Mr. Salmon P. Chase, of Cincinnati, Ohio, I enclose you an essay [not present here] designed for your Quarterly Review, if it meets your approbation. Mr. Chase is originally of New England. He read law with me in Washington and it is owing to the intimacy between us which grew out of this circumstance, and his not having the pleasure of a personal acquaintance with you, that he has made me the channel of communication. He is an excellent classical scholar of fine attainments, and of unquestionable character and habits. He is a bold & accurate thinker and holds, I think, a vigorous and spirited pen. I am so exclusively occupied with my profession that I do not know how far the train of thought in this Essay may have been anticipated by others: but to me the views are for the most part new and interesting, and are developed with considerabl

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