Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1779, Sept. 18 | Born, Marblehead, Mass. |
1798 | Graduate, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
1801 | Admitted to the bar, Salem, Mass. |
circa 1805 | Married Mary F. L. Oliver (died 1805) |
1805-1807 | Member, Massachusetts house of representatives |
1808 | Married Sarah Waldo Wetmore |
1808-1809 | Member, United States Congress |
1811 | Speaker, Massachusetts house of representatives |
1812-1845 | Associate justice, United States Supreme Court |
1829 | Named Dane Professor of Law, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
1832 | Published Commentaries on the Law of Bailments. Cambridge: Hilliard and Brown |
1833 | Published Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States. Boston: Hilliard, Gray, and Co. 3 vols. |
1834 | Published Commentaries on the Conflict of Laws. Boston: Hilliard, Gray, and Co. |
1836 | Published Commentaries on Equity Jurisprudence. Boston: Hilliard, Gray & Co. 2 vols. |
1845, Sept. 10 | Died, Cambridge, Mass. |