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January 14, 2016
John Bannister Gibson

John Bannister Gibson (1780-1853)

The Pennsylvania lawyer John Bannister Gibson (1780-1853) was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, appointed president judge of the 11th Judicial District, and held positions as the Associate Justice and Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. He was also an enthusiastic...
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August 27, 2015

Archived Versions of Pennsylvania Statutes

Jenkins has prior versions of Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes Annotated going back to 1930 and pocket parts back to 1969!
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July 23, 2015
F. Carroll Brewster

Frederick Carroll Brewster (1825-1898)

Frederick Carroll Brewster (1825-1898) was a Philadelphia lawyer, City Solicitor, Court of Common Pleas judge, and Pennsylvania Attorney General. He authored a number of books, many of which are in the Jenkins Law Library collection . Jenkins’ Portrait Gallery includes two paintings of Brewster...
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June 10, 2015

Happy 800th Birthday to the Magna Carta!

This month marks the 800th anniversary of the sealing of the Magna Carta. Find out about the history and celebrations!
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May 7, 2015
John Bouvier

John Bouvier (1787-1851)

John Bouvier was a Philadelphia lawyer, recorder, and criminal court judge. He is most remembered for his legal dictionary, believed to be the first legal dictionary based on American law. Bouvier emigrated to America from the South of France with his family in 1802 at age fifteen. His early career...
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March 19, 2015
George Wharton Pepper

George Wharton Pepper (1867-1961)

George Wharton Pepper was a prominent Philadelphia lawyer, law professor, and politician. He attended the University of Pennsylvania (class of 1887) and its Law School (class of 1889) before embarking on a twenty-one year tenure as law professor, also at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1922 he...
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January 1, 2009
Horace Binney

Horace Binney (1780-1875)

Education : Harvard College (studied law under Jared Ingersoll) Admitted to Bar : March 31, 1800 Professional Career : Founding member of the Hasty Pudding Club Founding member of the Law Library Company of the City of Philadelphia; Director, 1805-1819 and 1821-1827 Assembly of Pennsylvania, member...
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January 1, 2009
John Sergeant

John Sergeant (1779-1852)

Education : Princeton College (studied law under Jared Ingersoll) Admitted to Bar : July 1799 Professional Career : Founding member of the Law Library Company of the City of Philadelphia; Director, 1814-1815 Deputy Attorney General for Chester and Philadelphia Counties, 1800 Pennsylvania...
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January 1, 2009
Madeleine A. H. Jenkins

Madeleine A. H. Jenkins (1882-1965)

Madeleine Archambault Hart Jenkins was born in Philadelphia, the only child of Gavin Hart, an attorney, and Virginia Archambault. Her schooling was, initially, typical of that given young ladies at the turn of the century. After her father's death, she lived for a time with her mother in Siena,...
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January 1, 2009
Charles Chauncey, Jr.

Charles Chauncey, Jr. (1777-1849)

Education : Yale College Admitted to Bar : 1798, Connecticut; 1799, Pennsylvania Professional Career: Founding member of the Law Library Company of the City of Philadelphia; Director, 1811-1815 Associated Members of the Bar of Philadelphia, Committee of Censors, 1821 Law Association of Philadelphia...