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The Last Great Colonial Lawyer The Life and Legacy of Jeremiah Gridley / Charles R. McKirdy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McKirdy, Charles Robert, 1943- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gridley, Jeremiah, 1701-1767.
- Lawyers--United States--History.
- Lawyers.
- Lawyers--Massachusetts--Biography.
- United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2018
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- Jeremiah Gridley (1702-1767) is considered "the greatest New England lawyer of his generation," yet we know little about him.Most of his renown is a product of the fame of his students, most notably John Adams.Gridley deserves more.
- 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)
- Death and legacy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781613765906
- 1613765908
- OCLC:
- 1012687414
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