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Wilson, James, 1742-1798

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Personal name headingWilson, James, 1742-1798
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Birth date1742-09-14
Death date1798-08-28
Place of birthScotland
Place of deathEdenton (N.C.)
Field of activityConstitutional law--United States Law
AffiliationUnited States. Continental Congress
United States. Supreme Court
Profession or occupationJudges
Found inHis The works of James Wilson, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ... 1896.
LC data base, 8-22-85 (hdg.: Wilson, James, 1742-1798)
James Wilson, patriot, and the Wilson doctrine, [1906]: p. 19 (born near St. Andrews, Scotland, Sept. 14th, 1742; emigrated to America, 1765; member of Continental Congress; signer of Declaration of Independence; member of the United States Constitutional Convention, 1787; Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1798; died at Edenton, North Carolina, Aug. 28th, 1798)