TY - JOUR
AU - Bourguignon, Henry J.
AB - 86 THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL HISTORY Vol. XXV Virginia Gazette (p. 201, 221, 231, 238) written in response to James Mon­ roe' s ~ ~ Agricola" articles attacking a meeting organized by Marshall in 1793 to elicit support for Washington's Proclamation of Neutrality following Citi­ zen Genet's efforts to stir popular sympathy for revolutionary France. Mar­ shall's ringing defense of Washington's policy, his exhortation to have con­ fidence in the wisdom of the President and avoid division in time of crisis, his warnings against the threatening consequences at home and abroad of foreign intervention in domestic policy exhibit the passionate rhetoric of a talented political figure. Other documents make clear Marshall's active in­ volvement as brigadier general of the Richmond militia and leader of a military expedition against efforts to outfit a privateer in the Virginia port of Smithfield. Nowhere do law, politics and personal financial interest intersect so graphically in Marshall's life as in his relationship to the complex tangle of the Fairfax lands confiscated by Virginia at the time of the Revolution. Counsel for the Fairfax interest in various lawsuits in both state and federal jurisdictions from 1786 to 1796 Marshall, together with his brother and 
TI - The Papers of John Marshall
JO - American Journal of Legal History
DO - 10.2307/845008
DA - 1981-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/the-papers-of-john-marshall-cf0aTYVzoG
SP - 86
EP - 88
VL - 25
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -