biography
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| lived:
| (1759–1836)
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| biography:
| Lawyer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. A Loyalist, he studied law in England during the American Revolution but returned to his native city and served as US attorney for Pennsylvania (1791–1800). He was a member of the Maryland Society against slavery (1792–1836), serving as its president from 1818. He was a long-time trustee of the University of Pennsylvania and belonged to several other cultural and legal organizations. His View of the Constitution of the United States (1825) was a popular textbook, and he also wrote on a variety of other subjects. |
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