Discourse of the Life and Character of the Hon. Littleton Waller Tazewell

A commemorative discourse presented to the Norfolk bar and local citizens memorializes a prominent Virginian statesman and jurist by recounting his public career, legal abilities, intellectual gifts, temperamental traits, and relationships with contemporaries. The oration blends biographical narrative, personal reminiscence, and critical appraisal, comparing styles of advocacy and reasoning to illuminate professional strengths and character. An appendix supplements the address with bar proceedings, correspondence about publication, contemporary character sketches, extracts from his letters on public office, an account of his funeral, and notices of his portrait.