[Keene, Richard Raynal]: Martin, Luther:

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MODERN GRATITUDE, IN FIVE NUMBERS: ADDRESSED TO RICHARD RAYNAL KEENE, ESQ. CONCERNING A FAMILY MARRIAGE. A rare pamphlet issued privately by Luther Martin, a leading Federalist, while serving as Attorney General of Maryland. The impetus for the publication of the text was the unwelcome elopement of Martin's daughter with Martin's law student, the notorious Richard Raynal Keene. The sense of dishonor and disrespect Martin felt is palpable in the language he uses here. Eberstadt wrote of the work that "All the bile accumulated in jaundiced guardianship from the time of Fulbert is spewed forth on these pages in which Martin's poisoned quill wreaks a Modern Vengeance almost unique." Keene would reply to the accusations set forth here in his own pamphlet the same year, titled A LETTER FROM RICHARD RAYNAL KEENE, TO LUTHER MARTIN, ESQ. ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF MARYLAND; UPON THE SUBJECT OF HIS 'MODERN GRATITUDE.' The present work is also interesting for Luther's sketch of his early life, including Maryland society at the time of the American Revolution. Martin is highly regarded for his publication of THE GENUINE INFORMATION...RELATIVE TO THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE GENERAL CONVENTION, LATELY HELD AT PHILADELPHIA..., a rare and valuable work recording Martin's minutes of the debates at the federal Constitutional Convention, which is the only account of the events and discussions to be published during the debates over ratification.Luther Martin was a New Jersey-born lawyer and politician who

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