- William Rawle
William Rawle (
April 28 ,1759 –April 12 ,1836 ) was an Americanlawyer , born inPhiladelphia .Rawle was born in Philadelphia, where he studied at the Friends' Academy. He studied law in New York and at the
Middle Temple ,London , was admitted to the bar in 1783. In 1791 President Washington appointed him United States district attorney forPennsylvania , in which capacity he prosecuted the leaders of the Whiskey Insurrection. He was counsel for theFirst Bank of the United States and in 1830 assisted in revising the civil code of Pennsylvania. He took much interest inscience ,philanthropy , andeducation , being a founder and first president of thePennsylvania Historical Society , president of thePennsylvania Abolition Society , and for forty years atrustee of theUniversity of Pennsylvania .His publications include:
* "Vindication of Rev. Mr. Heckewelder's "History of the Indian Nations" (1818)
* "A View of the Constitution of the United States" (1825; second edition, 1829)
* "Discourse on the Nature and Study of the Law" (1832)
* "An Address before the Philadelphia Society for promoting Agriculture" (1819)
* "Two Addresses to the Associated Members of the Bar of Philadelphia" (1824)
* "The Study of the Law" (1832)
* "Biographical Sketch of Sir William Keith"
* "A Sketch of the Life ofThomas Mifflin "
* "Essay on Angelic Influences"References
* T. I. Wharton, "A Memoir of William Rawle, LL.D." in the "Collections of the Pennsylvania Historical Society," volume iv (Philadelphia, 1840)
External links
* [http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/1700s/people/rawle_wm.html Biography and portrait at the University of Pennsylvania]
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