Opinion book A: opinions delivered before the Law Academy of Philadelphia by the provost and vice provost, 1820-1822.

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Opinion book A: opinions delivered before the Law Academy of Philadelphia by the provost and vice provost, 1820-1822.

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The opinions are signed by Peter S. Du Ponceau as provost.

1 v. (174 p.).

American Philosophical Society Library

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Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844

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Du Ponceau was a Philadelphia lawyer who arrived in Portsmouth, N.H., from France in 1777, achieved early prominence as an aide to von Steuben, and as secretary to Robert Livingston, Secretary of Foreign Affairs for the Congress in 1781. Du Ponceau was admitted to the Philadelphia Bar in 1785 where his familiarity with both American and European law brought him an important practice. His intellectual interests included both history and linguistics and he published extensively in both fields. He ...

Law Academy of Philadelphia

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Founded in 1821, and incorporated in 1838, the Law Academy provided students with the experience of moot courts and was actually a successor of earlier associations for legal education. It also offered systematic instruction until 1850, when a professorship of law was established at the University of Pennsylvania. From the description of Opinion book A: opinions delivered before the Law Academy of Philadelphia by the provost and vice provost, 1820-1822. (American Philosophical Societ...