WRITINGS OF HUGH SWINTON LEGARE, Late Attorney General and Acting Secretary of State of the United States; Consisting of a Diary of Brussels, and Journal of the Rhine; Extracts from his Private and Diplomatic Correspondence; Orations and Speeches; and Contributions to the New-York and Southern Reviews. Prefaced by a memoir of his life (Turnbull: "The biographical notice signed "E.W.J." was written by Edward W. Johnson). Embellished with a portrait. Edited by his sister [Mary Swinton Legare Bullen].
Charleston, SC: Burges & James, 1846-1845. First edition. 8vo. 2 volumes: lxxii, 558; 598 pp. Frontispiece portrait to volume one. Sabin 39855. Turnbull III, pp. 2 and 18. Legare (1797-1843), a native of Charleston, graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1814, studied law and was admitted to the..... More