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The last great colonial lawyer : the life and legacy of Jeremiah Gridley
- Title
- The last great colonial lawyer : the life and legacy of Jeremiah Gridley / Charles R. McKirdy.
- Author
- McKirdy, Charles Robert, 1943-
- Publication
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2018]
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Details
- Description
- xii, 278 pages; 24 cm
- 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. He was an active participant in the writs of assistance trial and the Stamp Act controversy, and as a leader of the Boston bar, an editor, speculator, legislator, and politician, his life touched and was touched by much that was integral to eighteenth-century Massachusetts. [This book] presents a portrait of Gridley against the background of his times. Religious controversies enter into this narrative, as do colonial wars and the increasing strains with Great Britain, but [the author] also rescues from the footnotes of time subjects such as the smallpox epidemic of 1721 and the currency crisis of the 1740s. Because Gridley was above all a lawyer, the primary focus is on his cases, which illuminate in a unique and very human way attitudes regarding race, status, commerce, property, and power."--
- Alternative Title
- Life and legacy of Jeremiah Gridley
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-1297
- ISBN
- 9781625343499
- 1625343493
- 9781625343505
- 1625343507
- LCCN
- 2017050257
- OCLC
- 1012342827
- Author
- McKirdy, Charles Robert, 1943- author.
- Title
- The last great colonial lawyer : the life and legacy of Jeremiah Gridley / Charles R. McKirdy.
- Publisher
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1600-1775
- Other Form:
- Online version: McKirdy, Charles Robert, 1943- Last great colonial lawyer. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2018] 9781613765906 (DLC) 2017055350
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-1297