...until the spring of 1820, when he resigned it, upon being elected a member of the General Assembly. He was a member of the Convention which formed the Constitution of the State, in 1818. He was a Representative of the town of Salisbury, in the General Assembly, in the years...

...extensive practice, he was appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts. In 1780, he was a member of the Convention which formed the constitution of the state, and of the Convention which accepted the federal constitution. He was a powerful speaker, without...

...rose to distinction. In 1782, he was chosen a member of congress from the state of New York; in 1787, a member of the convention which formed the constitution of the United States, and in 1787 and 178S, wrote, in connection with Mr. Jay and Mr. Madison, the essays published under...

...directly and explicitly to the point in question. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence ; was a member of the Convention which formed the Constitution of the United States, and of the Pennsylvania State Convention which adopted it ; a Judge of the Supreme Court of the United...

...until the spring of 1820, when he resigned it, upon being elected a member of the General Assembly. He was a member of the Convention which formed the Constitution of the State, in 1818. He was a Representative of the town of Salisbury, in the General Assembly, in the years...

...1775, one of the committee of safety, and, in the following year, a member of the state legislature. He was a member of the Convention which formed the constitution of the state, and of that which formed the constitution of the United States. Subsequently he was a senator...

...ABRAHAM, eminent an a statesman, and president of the university of Georgia, was graduated at Yaln Co Urge in 1772. He was a member of the Convention which formed...died at Washington in 1807. BALE, JOHN, an English divin«, was He died in 1819. He published born, in 1495, at Cove, in Suffolk, was • in .il tracts,...

...ABRAHAM, eminent as a statesman, and president of the university of Georgia, was graduated at Vale College in 1772. He was a member of the Convention...constitution of the United States in 1787, and held a rent successively in both houses of Congress. He died at Washington in 1807. BALE, JOHN, an English...

...1776, an elaborate report on the relations between the United States and Great Britain. Though not a member of the convention which formed the constitution of the United States, he was present at Annapolis, and aided by his advice. He also assisted Madison and Hamilton in writing...

...1776, an elaborate report on the. relations between the United States and Great Britain. Though not a member of the convention which formed the constitution of the United Slates, he was present at Annapolis, and aided by his advice. He also assisted Madison and Hamilton...