Volumes, 1852-1873.

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Volumes, 1852-1873.

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Three volumes kept by Edward L. Pierce: 1. His 1852 Harvard Law School dissertation, "Considerations of a Contract as Law and in Equity"; 2. journal (20 Jan. - 14 Mar. 1862) kept as Superintendant to freedmen raising cotton on plantations at Port Royal, South Carolina, with notes on readings on Emancipation of slaves in the West Indies; and 3. a journal (19 June - 28 Oct. 1873) kept while visiting penal, reformatory, and charitable institutions in Europe as Secretary of the Mass. Board of State Charities.

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Pierce, Edward Lillie, 1829-1897

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Supporters of President Grant removed Sumner as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate in 1871. Edward L. Pierce defended the reputation of Sumner after this episode became a matter of fresh historical controversy in 1877. Others involved in the controversy were Lothrop Motley, John Jay, and Hamilton Fish. From the description of Clippings concerning Charles Sumner and President U.S. Grant : album, 1877-1878. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612815430 ...

Harvard Law School

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Law clubs were established to provide students an opportunity to practice preparing and arguing law cases as realistically as possible. Law clubs began to be founded at Harvard in the 19th century; one of the earliest was the Marshall Club, founded in 1825. In 1910, the Board of Student Advisers was formed, and the more formal Ames Competition in Appellate Brief Writing and Advocacy was established. From the description of General information by and about Harvard Law School clubs, 18...