John Marshall: Definer of a NationA New York Times Notable Book of 1996 |
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... Mary , 29 and within ten years of his admission to the bar in 1780 , he was recognized as Virginia's leading appellate advocate.30 A con- temporary who watched Marshall in action wrote that he " is superior to every other orator at the ...
... Mary Randolph Keith , had been disowned by the family , while Jefferson's ancestors flourished within the fold . Exactly what impact that had on Marshall is unclear , but it certainly set the stage for the subsequent hostility . Albert ...
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Contents
Marshalls Virginia Heritage | 21 |
Soldier of the Revolution | 37 |
Student and Suitor | 70 |
Husband Lawyer Legislator | 87 |
The Fight for Ratification | 115 |
At the Richmond Bar | 144 |
Virginia Federalist | 169 |
Mission to Paris The XYZ Affair | 192 |
The Center Holds | 327 |
Treason Defined | 348 |
Yazoo | 375 |
A Band of Brothers | 395 |
National Supremacy | 417 |
Steamboats | 446 |
The Chief Justice and Old Hickory | 482 |
Notes | 525 |