Oct 02, 2012 - Sale 2287

Sale 2287 - Lot 132

Price Realized: $ 375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(BURR, AARON.) Wirt, William. The Two Principal Arguments of William Wirt, Esquire, on the Trial of Aaron Burr, for High Treason. 24mo, contemporary calf, moderate wear, rebacked in period style; lacking the scarce portrait, front free endpaper incomplete; early Kentucky ownership inscription on front pastedown. Richmond, VA, 1808
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These arguments were unsuccessful in getting Burr's trial moved to Kentucky, where he had done his recruiting, and failed to convict him of treason. Howes W587; Sabin 104883; Streeter sale III:1693; Tompkins, Burr 112.