Biographical sketches of the bench and bar of South Carolina : to which is added the original fee bill of 1791 .. the rolls of attorneys admitted to practice from the records at Charleston and Columbia, etc., etc. . C/^/^ r^/^^ r^U^. CHIEF JUSTICES NICHOLAS TROTT. In sjieaking of the Bench and Bar of South CaroHna, tliename of Nicholas Trott, L. L. I)., ought not to be forgotten. According to Ramsay, he was an EngHshman, who cameto this country about the end of the seventeenth century. In1700 he tells us he was Speaker of the House, and was thenon the side of the people, and against the propri
Biographical sketches of the bench and bar of South Carolina : to which is added the original fee bill of 1791 .. the rolls of attorneys admitted to practice from the records at Charleston and Columbia, etc., etc. . C/^/^ r^/^^ r^U^. CHIEF JUSTICES NICHOLAS TROTT. In sjieaking of the Bench and Bar of South CaroHna, tliename of Nicholas Trott, L. L. I)., ought not to be forgotten. According to Ramsay, he was an EngHshman, who cameto this country about the end of the seventeenth century. In1700 he tells us he was Speaker of the House, and was thenon the side of the people, and against the proprietors. In 1703he was one of tlie Counsellors, and thenceforward until 171Swhen he became too strong for the Governor, Council, As-sembly and people, he was in favor of the proprietors andagainst the principles which he had maintained in 1700. Inthis respect he was like the patriots of the present day, whodetest the power and patronage of the general governmentuntil they are themselves recipients of its favors. Such astate of things reminds me of the feelings expressed by a simpleminded German, A lottery was drawing in one of our littlevillages; he swore it was one of the greatest pieces of ras-cality in the world; he was the
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