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The last great colonial lawyer : the life and legacy of Jeremiah Gridley / Charles R. McKirdy.
Van Pelt Library KF363.G75 M33 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McKirdy, Charles Robert, 1943- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gridley, Jeremiah, 1701-1767.
- Gridley, Jeremiah.
- Lawyers--Massachusetts--Biography.
- Lawyers.
- Lawyers--United States--History.
- History.
- United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- United States.
- Massachusetts.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 278 pages ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Life and legacy of Jeremiah Gridley
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst & Boston : University of Massachusetts Press, [2018]
- Contents:
- Student, teacher, editor (1702-1733)
- Gridley's law practice : the first ten years (1732-1742)
- The Land Bank crisis (1740-1742)
- The American magazine (1743-1746)
- Iron and land
- Fletcher v. Vassall (1752)
- The House of Representatives : war, influence, and opportunity lost (1755-1757)
- Gridley's law practice in the 1750's and 1760's
- The writs of assistance (1760-1761)
- Sugar and Stamps (1762-1766)
- Death and legacy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: McKirdy, Charles Robert, 1943- Last great colonial lawyer.
- ISBN:
- 9781625343499
- 1625343493
- 9781625343505
- 1625343507
- OCLC:
- 1012342827
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