Memoirs of John Bannister Gibson, late chief justice of Pennsylvania : with HonJeremiah SBlack's Eulogy, notes from HonWilliam APorter's essay upon his life and character, etc., etc. . ~^#m^ MEMOIRS OF JOHN BANNISTER GIBSON, LATE CHIEF JUSTICE OF PENNSYLVANIA. WITH HON. JEREMIAH S. BLACKS EULOGY, NOTES FROM HON. WILLIAM A. PORTERS ESSAY UPON HIS LIFE AND CHARACTER, ETC. BY THOMAS P. ROBERTS. i PITTSBURGH: JOS. EICHBAUM & CO. 48 FIFTH AVENUE. THE NHW YWK PUBLIC UBfUiLY 318028R ASTOS, LEN0X AND FOUMDATWNS B 1945 L Copyright, 1890. By Thomas P. Koberts. Pittsburgh. INTRODUC


Memoirs of John Bannister Gibson, late chief justice of Pennsylvania : with HonJeremiah SBlack's Eulogy, notes from HonWilliam APorter's essay upon his life and character, etc., etc. . ~^#m^ MEMOIRS OF JOHN BANNISTER GIBSON, LATE CHIEF JUSTICE OF PENNSYLVANIA. WITH HON. JEREMIAH S. BLACKS EULOGY, NOTES FROM HON. WILLIAM A. PORTERS ESSAY UPON HIS LIFE AND CHARACTER, ETC. BY THOMAS P. ROBERTS. i PITTSBURGH: JOS. EICHBAUM & CO. 48 FIFTH AVENUE. THE NHW YWK PUBLIC UBfUiLY 318028R ASTOS, LEN0X AND FOUMDATWNS B 1945 L Copyright, 1890. By Thomas P. Koberts. Pittsburgh. INTRODUCTION. The opinion of those acquainted with Judge Gibsonswritings, so far as I can learn, is, that his genius was suigeneris, and that he came to exercise it at the formativeperiod, the period which witnessed the firm establishmentof republican government in America, upon which the warof 1812 set its seal, and in the quarter of the century thatwitnessed the inception of canals and railroads which hastenedwonderfully the settlement and civilization of the continent. In the determination of the new and perplexing problemsgoverning these new species of corporations, which arose


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