W.G. Draper letter to Theodore Dwight, 1868.
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Dwight, Theodore W. (Theodore William), 1822-1892
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Theodore William Dwight (1822-1892) was an American lawyer and professor of law. Dwight began teaching at the Columbia College Law School as its only professor in 1858, the year the school was founded. George W. Van Siclen and Edwin W. Coggeshall were law students at the Columbia College Law School. From the guide to the Notes from Theodore W. Dwight lectures, 1866-1867, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Theodore William Dwight (1...
Draper, W. G. (William George), m. 1868
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W.G. Draper was Judge of the County Court of the County of Frontenac in Kingston, Ontario, compiler of "Draper's Rules" and author of a popular book on the law of dower. Theodore W. Dwight was a prominent law professor at Columbia College (later Columbia University). Dwight was hired by Columbia in 1858 to develop a law department, and was the sole professor of law at Columbia until 1873. He is also known as the creator of the Dwight method for teaching law. From the description of W...