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"It was in 1803 that Wirt began his literary career by publishing the first of 'The Letters of the British Spy' in the Richmond Argus. They came out anonymously and were supposed to be the contemporary observations of an English traveler upon Virginian society and other miscellaneous topics. The authorship was at once recognized, and the letters had an enormous popularity, going through numerous editions within a few years." (DAB) Howes W585.