William Samuel Johnson : : A Maker of the Constitution / / George C. Groce.
Examines the life of William Samuel Johnson as a pioneer lawyer, who earned the title "Father" of the Connecticut Bar Association and as the first United States Senator from Connecticut. Also looks at his role as a delegate to the Confederation Congress.
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub) |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1937] ©1937 |
| Year of Publication: | 1937 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- Abbreviations Used in Footnotes
- I. Childhood and Youth
- II. A Father of the Connecticut Bar
- III. Life in Pre-Revolutionary Connecticut
- IV. The Stamp Act and Connecticut Politics
- V. "Home" in England, 1767-71
- VI. The Revolutionary Ordeal
- VII. Congressional Service
- VIII. A Framer of the Constitution
- IX. Establishing the New Government
- X. The Formative Years of Columbia College
- XI. Last Years
- Appendix: Johnson Homes and Portraits
- Bibliography
- Index