Presidents, soldiers, a prefix giving a compendium of the history of the United States and history of the Declaration of independence . 48, and at once began to read law. He was admitted to the bar in1754, and in 1758 received the grade of counsellor-at-law. In 1763 hereceived the degree of sergeant-at-law, a distinction first established inEnglish courts, and for some time observed among the American this time Richard Stockton was the fir-t lawyer in New Jersey, but,not satisfied with his own acquirements, he turned from the employmentthat sought him, and in June,
Presidents, soldiers, a prefix giving a compendium of the history of the United States and history of the Declaration of independence . 48, and at once began to read law. He was admitted to the bar in1754, and in 1758 received the grade of counsellor-at-law. In 1763 hereceived the degree of sergeant-at-law, a distinction first established inEnglish courts, and for some time observed among the American this time Richard Stockton was the fir-t lawyer in New Jersey, but,not satisfied with his own acquirements, he turned from the employmentthat sought him, and in June, 1766, embarked from New York for Lon-don, and spent more, than a year in observing the operation of the courtsin the three kingdoms of Great Britain. When he returned to America, in September, 1767, he brought withhim not only the knowledge pained by observing the laws, but a settledconviction, founded upon his observation of the evils resulting from thesubjugation of Ireland to England that no country could be prosperouswhile sustaining a colonial relation to Great Britain. In 1768 his public life began, he in that year receiving a seat in the.
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