McKirdy, Charles Robert, 1943-

The last great colonial lawyer : the life and legacy of Jeremiah Gridley / Charles R. McKirdy. - Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

Student, teacher, editor (1702-1733) -- Gridley's law practice : the first ten years (1732-1742) -- The Land Bank crisis (1740-1742) -- The American magazine (1743-1746) -- Iron and land -- Fletcher volume Vassall (1752) -- The House of Representatives : war, influence, and opportunity lost (1755-1757) -- Gridley's law practice in the 1750's and 1760's -- The writs of assistance (1760-1761) -- Death and legacy.



9781613765906 9781613765913

2017055350


Lawyers--Massachusetts--Biography.
Lawyers--History.--United States


Electronic Books.

KF363 / .L378 2018