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TWO BOOKS FOR ONE PRICE! Some Account of the Life, Writings and Speeches of William Pinkney, Henry Wheaton, published by E. Bliss & E. White, 1826, 616 pages, full leather, 8vo & The Life of WIlliam Pinkney by his Nephew The Rev. William Pinkney, D.D., published by D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1853, 416 pages, plus booklist, cloth, 8vo. 1826 book- broken and detached front board. Bookplate on pastedown. Boards bumped and scuffed from typical shelf wear. Previous owner’s name on front end page. Texblock has some dogeared pages, tanned throughout. Illustrated frontispiece. Typical foxing and wear. 1853 book-embossed cloth is somewhat worn, but nothing atypical. Bumped boards. Previous owner’s name on front end page. Illustrated Frontispiece. Some foxing throughout. Minor rippling. Please see photos. William Pinkney was an American statesman and diplomat, and was appointed the seventh U.S. Attorney General by President James Madison. After practicing law in Hartford County, Maryland, he participated in Maryland’s state constitutional convention. Pinkney was an excellent orator who possessing a command of language, and was said to posses a pleasing and articulate manner in his speaking. Pinkney served in the Maryland House of Delegates and served as U.S. Congressman from the third district of Maryland. He was mayor of Annapolis from 1795-1800. In 1801 he was appointed Attorney general for the District of Pennsylvania by President Thomas Jefferson and Attorney General of Maryland from 1805 to 1806. In 1811 he joined President James Madison’s cabinet as Attorney General. FORN-Shelf-560-RAREA1826AEGA
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