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William Wirt


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William Wirt

William Wirt

(Born: November 8, 1772 - Died: February 18, 1834)

American lawyer and author.

 

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Criticism:

  • Notice from “Autography”
    • “Wm. Wirt” (“Autography” - part I) — February 1836 — Southern Literary Messenger

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Letters:


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Bibliography:

  • Duyckinck, E. A. and G. L., “William Wirt,” Cyclopedia of American Literature, New York: Charles Scribner, 1856, 1:617-625
  • Heartman, Charles F. and James R. Canny, A Bibliography of First Printings of the Writings of Edgar Allan Poe, Hattiesburg, MS: The Book Farm, 1943.
  • Mabbott, Thomas Ollive, ed., The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Vols 2-3 Tales and Sketches), Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1978. (Second printing 1979)
  • Thomas, Dwight and David K. Jackson, The Poe Log: A Documentary Life of Edgar Allan Poe 1809-1849, Boston: G. K. Hall & Sons, 1987.

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