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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 6: Law School.—September, 1831, to December, 1833.—Age, 20-22. (search)
h of the library, and of the gifts of the second Thomas Hollis, of Lincoln's Inn, which was republished in the American Jurist. Jan., 1834, Vol. XII. pp. 263-268. In 1833, he contributed two articles to the American Monthly Review: April and May. one, a review of the impeachment trials before the Senate of the United States, and particularly that of Judge Peck; and the other, a notice of an edition of Blackstone's Commentaries, with special reference to the notes of Christian and Chitty. Browne wrote to him in relation to the former article:— It is learned without a show of learning. To have been able to accomplish such a matter is no small subject of rejoicing. I am glad to see you grow. You have improved your style in proportions and muscle. It bears in that article a favorable comparison with a strong, healthy, well-built man. Did you get that Latin quotation from Persius? That was the only thing I would ask to strike out. It was far-fetched, knotty, and hard
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 7: study in a law office.—Visit to Washington.—January, 1854, to September, 1834.—Age, 23. (search)
to some gentlemen here. The preface will do you, as well as them, good. Sumner's contributions to the Jurist at this time were an article on the Lex Loci,—Can the Assignee of a Scotch bond maintain an Action in his own name in the Courts of this Country? Jan. 1834, Vol. XI. pp. 101-105. containing citations from the Roman and the French as well as from the common law,—a paper which grew out of his argument of a moot-court case before Professor Ashmun, the previous year; a Review of Chitty's pleadings, April, 1834, Vol. XI. pp. 320-338. in which some technical questions are treated; Characters of Law Books and Judges, July, 1834, Vol. XII. pp. 5-66. The materials for this article were largely furnished by a memorandum-book, in which, beginning with 1832, he had been accustomed to write, from time to time, opinions of law books gathered in his reading. a voluminous collection of opinions; Replevin of Goods taken in Execution,—Error in the Books, July, 1834, Vol. XI<
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 8: early professional life.—September, 1834, to December, 1837.—Age, 23-26. (search)
e series. In 1835-36, he prepared the indexes to the two volumes of Story's Equity Jurisprudence. Some literary work planned in 1835 was not executed,--a condensed series of English Parliamentary Cases, to be prepared by him in connection with Professor Greenleaf, and a similar series of the English Chancery Reports, ancient and modern, in connection with Richard Peters; American Jurist, April, 1835, Vol. XIII. p. 490. and a treatise on the Law of Sales. In 1836, he was urged to edit Chitty's treatise on Criminal Law, but declined; recommending in his stead Mr. Perkins, of Salem. He wrote a notice of the edition for the Jurist, Jan., 1837, Vol. XVI. pp. 371, 372. During the whole of this period of three years following his admission to the bar, he continued to write for the Jurist, having, as assistant of Mr. Phillips, the editor, the main charge until April, 1836; when Sumner, Hillard, and Cushing were announced as the editors. Besides contributing articles on legal t