Meanwhile, a moribund John Marshall got up from his deathbed on July 4th, inexplicably lucid, and wrote his own epitaph. He died two days later. (Source: Without Precedent by Joel Richard Paul.)
If you’re looking for a biography, I highly recommend this one – if only because of the increasingly ludicrous ways he gets roped into positions of responsibility despite just wanting to grill for god’s sake and because his relationship with his second cousin Thomas Jefferson epitomizes this meme.
Meanwhile, a moribund John Marshall got up from his deathbed on July 4th, inexplicably lucid, and wrote his own epitaph. He died two days later. (Source: Without Precedent by Joel Richard Paul.)
Well that sent me down a rabbit hole. TIL, thanks for the fun fact!
If you’re looking for a biography, I highly recommend this one – if only because of the increasingly ludicrous ways he gets roped into positions of responsibility despite just wanting to grill for god’s sake and because his relationship with his second cousin Thomas Jefferson epitomizes this meme.