He studied law and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Fredericksburg.
[1] Taliferro's name is listed as the author of an anti-Jackson handbill distributed during the campaign of 1828.
In it, Jackson is accused of "atrocious and unnatural acts," including eating mercilessly-slaughtered Indians for breakfast.
Taliaferro worked as a librarian at the United States Department of the Treasury from 1850 to his death.
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