Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1784-1890.

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Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1784-1890.

Petition to John Dickinson, President of the Supreme Executive Council of the State of Pennsylvania, dated 17 April 1784 in Philadelphia and signed by James Wilson, Jonathan D. Sergeant, Alexander Wilcocks, William Lewis, William Bradford, Jr. and Jared Ingersol. The petitioners, who identify themselves as "the Practitioners of the Law in the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Philadelphia," request that the offices of Justice of the Peace and Judge of the Court of Common Pleas by kept separate; previously the Justices of the Peace had presided over the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia.

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Sergeant, Jonathan Dickinson, 1746-1793

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Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant (1746 – October 8, 1793) was an American lawyer from Princeton, New Jersey. He represented New Jersey in the Second Continental Congress in 1776 and 1777. He later served as Attorney General for the state of Pennsylvania. Born in Newark in the Province of New Jersey, he moved with his parents to Princeton as a child. After completing his initial studies, he attended the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), receiving his degree in 1762. After Sergeant's...

Ingersoll, Jared, 1749-1822

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Dickinson, John, 1732-1808

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Wilson, James, 1742-1798

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Brodeau, Anne.

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Pennsylvania. Supreme Executive Council

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Andrew Galbraith (b. 1750) was the son of James Galbraith. He married Barbara Kyle in 1780. -- Roberts, Thomas. "Memoirs of John Bannister Gibson." James Trimble (b. 1755) was the son of Alexander and Eleanor Trimble. He was Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1777-1837. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was an "American printer and publisher, author, inventor and scientist, and diplomat. One of the foremost of the Founding Fathers, Franklin...

Lewis, William, 1752-1819

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Bradford, William, 1755-1795

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U.S. attorney general, lawyer, and jurist. From the description of William Bradford papers, 1772-1794. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452642 William Bradford, Princeton Class of 1772, was a Continental officer and second Attorney General of the United States. From the description of A common-place book, 1770. (Peking University Library). WorldCat record id: 49366702 American jurist, attorney general of Pennsylvania, and U.S. Attorney General. ...

Rosenthal, Max, 1833-1917,

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Wilcocks, Alexander, 1741-1801

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Pennsylvania. Court of Common Pleas (Philadelphia County)

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