Delivered before the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge : manuscript, 1830 Nov. 5.

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Delivered before the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge : manuscript, 1830 Nov. 5.

Speech delivered at the Boston Lyceum chiefly concerning 18th-cent. American authors.

23 leaves ; 25 cm.

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Boston Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

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Davis, John, 1761-1847

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American jurist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Boston, to Benjamin Bourne, 1798 May 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270515963 John Davis (1761-1847), a United States Court judge for the district of Massachusetts, was born on January 25, 1761 in Plymouth, Mass. He received an AB from Harvard in 1781 and an AM in 1784. Davis practiced law and served in state government before being appointed comptroller of the United States Treasury in 1796. In 1801, he ...