I am murdered : George Wythe, Thomas Jefferson, and the killing that shocked a new nation Cover Image

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

Summary:

Wythe lived long enough to accuse his grandnephew of poisoning him and two other members of his household. Why did three prominent doctors insist that he hadn't been poisoned at all? Learn the grisly, fascinating, and often astounding tale of Wythe's murder and America's very first "trial of the century."

Record details

ISBN: 9780470185513 (cloth)
ISBN: 0470185511 (cloth)
Physical Description: viii, 280 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Publisher: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, [2009]
Copyright: ©2009

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-272) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

"I am murdered"? -- The funeral -- Homicide: early investigation, part I -- 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, part II -- For the defense: William Wirt -- For the defense: Edmund Randolph -- Mourning at the executive mansion -- The forensics nightmare, part I: arsenic, the poison of choice -- The forensics nightmare, part II: the autopsy -- Lydia Broadnax, the eyewitness -- The black and white legal codes -- Washington: October, 1806.