Lawyer and Richmond Enquirer founding editor Meriwether Jones died in a duel on August 3, 1806. John Daly Burk and Skelton Jones (Meriwether's brother) also both died in duels before completing a projected four volume history of Richmond. Ritchie editorialized against South Carolina and Georgia reopening the transatlantic slave trade, and later for U.S. intervention in the War of 1812.
Lawyer and founding editor of the Richmond Enquirer, Meriwether Jones, died in a duel on August 3, 1806. His brother, John Daly Burk, and Skelton Jones also died in duels before completing a four-volume history of Richmond. Ritchie advocated against South Carolina and Georgia reopening the transatlantic slave trade and later supported U.S. involvement in the War of 1812.