See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

GEORGE See also:

• TICKNOR, GEORGE (1791—1871)

TICKNOR See also:

• GEORGE TICKNOR CURTIS (1812-1894)
• CURTIS, GEORGE WILLIAM (1824-1892)

CURTIS (1812-1894)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American lawyer, legal writer and constitutional historian, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• WATERTOWN

Watertown, See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, on the 28th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1812 . He graduated at Harvard in 1832, was admitted to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar in 1836, and practised in See also:

• WORCESTER
• WORCESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF
• WORCESTER, JOHN TIPTOFT, EARL OF (1427—1470)
• WORCESTER, WILLIAM (c. 1415-c. 1482)

Worcester, See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston, New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York and See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington, appearing before the See also:

• UNITED

United States Supreme See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

Court in many important cases, including the Dred See also:

• SCOTT, ALEXANDER (fl. 1550)
• SCOTT, DAVID (18o6-1849)
• SCOTT, MICHAEL (1789-1835)
• SCOTT, ROBERT (1811-1887)
• SCOTT, SIR GEORGE GILBERT (1811-1878)
• SCOTT, SIR WALTER, BART
• SCOTT, WILLIAM BELL (1811-1890)
• SCOTT, WINFIELD (1786-1866)

Scott See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case, in which he argued the constitutional question for Scott, and the " legal See also:

• TENDER

tender" cases . In Boston he was for many years the United States See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner, and in this capacity, despite the vigorous protests of the abolitionists and his own opposition to See also:

• SLAVERY

slavery, ordered the return to his owner of the famous fugitive slave, Thcmas See also:

• SIMS, GEORGE ROBERT (1847– )

Sims, in 1852 . He was the See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew and See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close friend of See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• TICKNOR, GEORGE (1791—1871)

Ticknor, the historian of See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish literature, and his association with his See also:

• UNCLE

uncle was influential in developing his scholarly tastes; while his other See also:

• PERSONAL

personal friendships with eminent Bostonians during the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of conservative Whig ascendancy in Massachusetts politics were of See also:

• DIRECT

direct See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence upon his See also:

• POLITICAL

political opinions and published estimates . He is best known as the author of A See also:

• HISTORY

History of the Origin, Formation and See also:

• ADOPTION (Lat. adoptio, for adoptalio, from adoptare, to choose for oneself)

Adoption of the Constitution of the United States, with Notices of its See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal Framers (1854), republished, with many additions, as The Constitutional History of the United States from their See also:

• DECLARATION (from Lat. declarare, to make fully clear, clams)

Declaration of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence to the Close of their See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War (2 vols., 1889-1896) . This history, which had been watched in its earlier progress by See also:

• DANIEL
• DANIEL (DANIL)
• DANIEL, BOOK
• DANIEL, GABRIEL (1649-1728)

Daniel See also:

• WEBSTER
• WEBSTER, ALEXANDER (1707-1784)
• WEBSTER, BENJAMIN NOTTINGHAM (1797-1882)
• WEBSTER, DANIEL (1782-1852)
• WEBSTER, JOHN (fl. 1602-1624)
• WEBSTER, NOAH (1758-1843)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1773-1844)
• WEBSTER, THOMAS (1800-1886)

Webster, may be said to See also:

• PRESENT

present the old Federalist or " Webster-Whig " view of the formation and See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers of the Constitution; and it was natural that See also:

• CURTIS, GEORGE TICKNOR (1812-1894)
• CURTIS, GEORGE WILLIAM (1824-1892)

Curtis should follow it with a voluminous See also:

• LIFE

Life of Daniel Webster (2 vols., 1870), the most valuable See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography of that statesman . Both these See also:

• WORKS

works are characterized by solidity and comprehensiveness rather than by rhetorical attractiveness or See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• PERSPECTIVE (Lat. peespicere, to see through)

perspective . In his later years Mr Curtis, like so many of the followers of Webster, turned towards the Democratic party; and he wrote, among other works of See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor importance, an exculpatory life of See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

President See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James See also:

• BUCHANAN
• BUCHANAN, CLAUDIUS
• BUCHANAN, GEORGE (1506–1582)
• BUCHANAN, JAMES (1791-1868)
• BUCHANAN, ROBERT WILLIAMS (1841-1901)

Buchanan (2 vols., 1883) and two vindications of See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General George B . McClellan's career (1886 and 1887) . He died in New York on the 28th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1894 . In addition to the works above mentioned he published: See also:

• DIGEST

Digest of the See also:

• ENGLISH

English and American See also:

• ADMIRALTY, HIGH COURT OF

Admiralty Decisions (1839) ; Rights and Duties of See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

Merchant See also:

• SEAMEN, LAWS RELATING TO

Seamen (1841), which elicited the hearty praise of See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

Justice See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

Story; See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

Law of See also:

• PATENTS

Patents (1849); See also:

• EQUITY (Lat. aequitas)

Equity Precedents (185o) ; Commentaries on the See also:

• JURISPRUDENCE (Lat. jurisprudenlia, knowledge of law, from jus, right, and prudentia, from providere, to foresee)
• JURISPRUDENCE, COMPARATIVE

Jurisprudence, Practice and See also:

• PECULIAR

Peculiar See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

Jurisdiction of the Courts of the United States (1854—1858); Creation or See also:

• EVOLUTION

Evolution: A Philosophical Inquiry (1887) ; and a novel, See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• CHAMBERS (the Fr. chambre, from Lat. camera, a room)
• CHAMBERS, EPHRAIM (d. 1740)
• CHAMBERS, GEORGE (1803-1840)
• CHAMBERS, ROBERT (18oz-1871)
• CHAMBERS, SIR WILLIAM (1726-1796)

Chambers: A See also:

• TALE (O.Eng. talu, number, account, story; the word is common to many Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Zahl, number, Erzahlung, narrative, Du. taal, speech, language)

Tale of the Civil War in See also:

• AMERICA

America (1889) . His See also:

• BROTHER

brother, See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

BENJAMIN ROBBINS CURTIS (1809-1874), also an eminent jurist, was born on the 4th of November 1809, in Watertown, Massachusetts, graduated at Harvard in 1829, studied law at See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge and at See also:

• NORTHFIELD

Northfield, See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

Mass., where, after his See also:

• ADMISSION

admission to the bar in 1832, he practised law for two years, and then in Boston in 1834-1851 .

In 1851, being then a member of the See also:

• LOWER

lower See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of the Massachusetts legislature, he was on the 22nd of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States, where he gained his greatest fame in 1857 by his dissenting See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion in the Dred Scott case, in which he argued that the See also:

• MISSOURI

Missouri See also:

• COMPROMISE (pronounced compromize; through Fr. from Lat. compromittere)

Compromise was constitutional, and that negroes could become citizens . His See also:

• ARGUMENT

argument was immediately published as an See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-slavery document . On the 1st of September 1857 he resigned from the Supreme Court and resumed his private practice . In 1868 he was one of the counsel for President See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew See also:

• JOHNSON, ANDREW
• JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
• JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
• JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
• JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
• JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
• JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
• JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
• JOHNSON, THOMAS

Johnson in his See also:

• IMPEACHMENT (O. Fr. empeahement, empeschement, from em pecher or empescher, to hinder, Late Lat. impedicare, to entangle, pedica, fetter, pes, foot)

impeachment trial, and opened for the See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence in a remarkable two-days' speech . He died at See also:

• NEWPORT

Newport, Rhode See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island, on the 15th of September 1874 . He prepared Decisions of the Supreme Court (22 vols.) and a Digest of its decisions down to 1854 . A Memoir of Benjamin Robbins Curtis, with Some of his Professional and See also:

• MISCELLANEOUS

Miscellaneous Papers, edited by his son Benjamin R . Curtis, was published at Boston in 1879, the Memoir being by George Ticknor Curtis .