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title: 'William Maxwell: A Virginian of Ante-Bellum Days'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'William Henry Tappey Squires'
date: 1918-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Autobiography and Biography'
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 90'
- '1 Corinthians 15'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/squires-1918-william-maxwell-a-virginian-of-ante-bellum-days
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# William Maxwell: A Virginian of Ante-Bellum Days

Biographical sketch of William Maxwell (1784–1857), Virginia lawyer, orator, poet, and Presbyterian leader, recounting his civic, literary, and ecclesiastical influence in antebellum Norfolk.

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