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See also:THEOPHILUS See also:PARSONS (1750-1813)
, See also:American jurist, was See also:born in Byfield, See also:Massachusetts, on the 24th of See also:February 1750, the son of a clergyman
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He graduated from Harvard See also:College in 1769, was a schoolmaster at See also:Falmouth (now See also:Portland), See also:Maine, in 1770-1773, studied See also:law, and was admitted to the See also:bar in 1774
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In 1800 he removed to See also:Boston
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He was See also:chief See also:justice of the supreme See also:court of Massachusetts from 18o6 until his See also:death in Boston on the 3oth of See also:October 1813
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In politics he took an active See also:part as one of the Federalist leaders in the See also:state
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He was a member of the See also:Essex See also:County See also:convention of 1778, called to protest against the proposed state constitution, and as a member of the " Essex Junto " was probably the author of The Essex
Result, which helped to secure the rejection of the constitution at the polls
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He was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1779-1780, and one of the See also:committee of twenty-six which drafted the constitution; he was also a delegate to the state convention of 1788 which ratified the Federal Constitution; and according to tradition was the author of the famous " Conciliatory Resolutions," or proposed amendments to the constitution, which did much to win over See also:Samuel See also: |
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