LIFE AND CAREER OF SAMUEL ROSSITER BETTS by Georgina Betts Wells.
by (Betts, Samuel Rossiter). Wells, Georgina Betts
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Limited edition of 350 numbered copies printed by the Argonne Press.
RARE in commerce.
A United States Congressman from New York Samuel Rossiter Betts (1786-1868) served as a United States District Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. A graduate of Williams College, Betts studied law with Thomas P. Grosvenor in Hudson, NY and entered private practice in Monticello. After serving as Judge advocate of volunteers during the War of 1812 and a subsequent position as a judge advocate of general court Martial for New York's militia, Betts was elected to Congress. He subsequently resumed private practice and then served on the Supreme Court of New York before being appointed to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York by John Quincy Adams.
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- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 96603
- Title
- LIFE AND CAREER OF SAMUEL ROSSITER BETTS by Georgina Betts Wells.
- Author
- (Betts, Samuel Rossiter). Wells, Georgina Betts
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- New York: Maurice Sloog, 1934.
- Date Published
- 1934.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- LAW; BIOGRAPHY; HISTORY; AMERICANA; LEGAL; POLITICAL; GEORGINA BETTS WELLS; LIFE AND CAREER OF SAMUEL ROSSITER BETTS; LIMITED EDITION; NUMBERED; MAURICE SLOOG; ARGONNE PRESS; ILLUSTRATIONS; PORTRAITS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; CONGRESSMAN; UNITED S
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