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Joseph Hopkinson, 1770-1842 : Jurist, Scholar, Inspirer of the Arts /

Konkle, Burton Alva

Joseph Hopkinson, 1770-1842 : Jurist, Scholar, Inspirer of the Arts / Burton Alva Konkle. - 1 online resource (376 p.) : 16 illus. - Anniversary Collection .

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- I His VERSATILE FATHER A Poet, Musician, Satirist, Writer, and Jurist -- II. A Child of the Revolution, 1770 -- III. His Education in "The University of the State of Pennsylvania," 1783 -- IV. He Studies Law under William Rawle and James Wilson, about 1788 -- V. He Begins Practice in Easton, Pennsylvania, 1791 -- VI. "A Philadelphia Lawyer," 1794 -- VII. The Rush v. Cobbett Case, 1797 -- VIII. The "Marseillaise" Gives Way to "Hail Columbia," 1798 -- IX. The Northampton County Insurgent Cases, Otherwise "The Fries Rebellion," 1799 -- X. He Leads the Defense of Justice Chase before the Senate, 1800-1804 -- XI. The Law and the Arts, 1801 -- XII. The Law and the Arts (Continued), 1805 -- XIII. In the Highest Federal Tribunal, 1807 -- XIV. Law, Politics, and War, 1814 -- XV. Law, Politics, and War (Continued), 1816 -- XVI. Legislation and the Law, 1817 -- XVII. Some Famous Cases in the National Supreme Court, 1819 -- XVIII. Ill Health and Semi-Retirement to Bordentown, 1820 -- XIX. His Gradual Return to Philadelphia, 1823 -- XX. Judge of the Federal District and Circuit Courts, 1828 -- XXI. Judge of the Federal District and Circuit Courts (Continued) -- XXIII. Counsel, Friend, and Executor of Joseph Bonaparte, 1815-42 -- XXIV. Morning and Evening, January 14, 1842

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Portrait of a versatile citizen of the early days of the Republic, his civic and literary activities, and his friendships with many famous men of his day.




Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9781512812664 9781512817362

10.9783/9781512817362 doi


BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.

Autobiography. Biography.

KF368.H6 / K65 1931

923.473