 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1832 - 620 pages
...work of great labor and difficulty, and which was executed with corresponding ability.. In. 1787, he was a member of the convention which formed the present constitution of the U. States ; and its adoption in Connecticut was owing, in a great measure, to his influence. He appeared... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 624 pages
...work of great labor and difficulty, and which was executed with corresponding ability. In 1787, he was a member of the convention which formed the present constitution of the U. States ; and its adoption in Connecticut was owing, in a great measure, to his influence. He appeared... | |
 | New England - 1851 - 532 pages
...years Speaker of the House, and also for two years President of the Senate, in 1810 and '11. He waa admitted to the Bar in 1787, and continued in the...practice of the law till 1809. In 1791 and 1792 he was a member of the Convention which formed the present Constitution of the State. He was for some years... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Henry Vethake - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1851 - 624 pages
...work of great kibor and difficulty, and which was executed with corresponding ability. Jn 1787, be was a member of the convention which formed the present constitution of the I". States ; and its adoption in Connecticut was owing, in a great measure, to his influence. He appeared... | |
 | Francis Lieber - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1851 - 618 pages
...work of great kibor and difficulty, and which was executed with corresponding ability. In 1787, he was a member of the convention which formed the present constitution of the U. States; and its adoption in Connecticut was owing, in a great measure, to his influence. lie appeared... | |
 | Almanacs, American - 1853 - 372 pages
...wft a member of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, a Representative in Congress from 1829 to 1837, and was a member of the Convention which formed the present constitution of Pennsylvania. In the councils of his native city, and other offices of trust and honor, he maintained... | |
 | Almanacs, American - 1853 - 388 pages
...was a member of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, a Representative in Congress from 1829 to 1837, and was a member of the Convention which formed the present constitution of Pennsylvania. In the councils of his native city, and other offices of trust and honor, he maintained... | |
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He appeared before the state convention, and made a plain and perspicuous explanation of the probable operation of the principles of the instrument. He was continued in his place in the... 
