The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . gainst much pop-ular clamor, that British claims for debts contractedby Americans before the war were recoverable, dis-playing in this action scrupulous impartiality andrigid justi
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . gainst much pop-ular clamor, that British claims for debts contractedby Americans before the war were recoverable, dis-playing in this action scrupulous impartiality andrigid justice. He received the degree of William and Mary in 1790. His Decisionsappeared in 1795, the second edition of which, pvib-lished in 1852, has a memoir of him by B. B. was much beloved by his law pupils, amongwhom were two presidents and Chief Justice Mar-shall; Henry Clay, for four years clerk of his court,was also indebted to him for many kindnesses. Hewas quick to note the latent powers of great men,and help them to great careers; his benevolence,sweetness of temper, and simplicity of character,were as notable as his rigid integrity, legal learning,and proved ability. In later life he freed liis slavesand provided for them. Jefferson, his pupil andfriend, began a, sketch of Judge Wythe, which wasused in Sandersons Biography of the powers were unimpaired, and he was still chan-. OF AMERICAN BIOGKAPHT. 309
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