| John Eliot - 1809 - 538 pages
...attention to the duties of his station. In 1786, he was speaker of the house of representatives ; and chief justice of the court of common pleas for the county of Worcester. A lawless mob, with Wheeler and Convers at their head, arose to unhinge the government, and stood at... | |
| 1826 - 414 pages
...until 1798. He represented the town in the General Court from the year 1795 to 1799 inclusive. In 1793, he was appointed Chief Justice of the Court of Common...administration of the County, whose integrity and talents fitteJ him for the station, and whose justice and impartiality would ensure the confidence of all engaged... | |
| William Lincoln, Christopher Columbus Baldwin - 1826 - 906 pages
...represented the town in the General Court from the year 1795to 1799 inclusive. In 1798,he wasappoinledChief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Worcester. It was anew and valuable acquisition to have a learned lawyer at the head of the Judicial administration of... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1833 - 614 pages
...integrity and iude|>endence of spirit. In 1786, he was speaker of the house of representatives, and chief justice of the court of common pleas for the county of Worcester. On the organization of the general government, he was elected to congress. He died at Shrewsbury, Oct.... | |
| Joseph Ives Foot - 1829 - 66 pages
...forming the Constitution. He was commissioned a justice of the Peace and of the Quorum in 1788, Special Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, for the county of Worcester 1792, and in June of the same year, High Sheriff of the County. In 1792, He was chosen one of the Electors... | |
| Encyclopaedia Americana - 1833 - 548 pages
...integrity and independence of spirit. In 1786, he was speaker of the house of representatives, and chief justice of the court of common pleas for the county of Worcester. On the organization of the general government, he was elected to congress. He died at Shrewsbury, Oct.... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1835 - 546 pages
...integrity and independence of spirit. In 1786, he was speaker of the house of representatives, aud chief justice of the court of common pleas for the county of Worcester. On the orgamzation of the general government, he was elected to congress. He died at Shrewshu ry, Oct.... | |
| Alden Bradford - 1842 - 476 pages
...national legislature several years. He died in 1817, while a member of that body.— He was also a justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Worcester ; and sometime a member of the Senate and of the Supreme Executive Council of Massachusetts. He was... | |
| Francis Lieber - 1851 - 544 pages
...integrity and independence of spirit. In 1786, he was speaker of the house of representatives, and chief justice of the court of common pleas for the county of Worcester. On the organization of the general government, he was elected to congress. He died at Shrewsbury, Oct.... | |
| Andrew Henshaw Ward - 1851 - 314 pages
...à member of the State Senate twelve years, and two years of the Executive Council, sixteen years a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Worcester ; and in 1810, elected to the twelfth Congress of the US ; twice reëlected, and continued a member... | |
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