Description: BOOK IS IN POOR CONDITION, BUT COMPLETE. PLEASE SEE PHOTO OF TITLE PAGE FOR DETAILS OF TITLE, AUTHOR, PUBLISHER, ETC. 9" X 6", UNPAGINATED (APPX. 200 PAGES), STATED FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. NOTE: THIS BOOK WAS PROPERTY OF A FAMOUS MISSISSIPPI ATTORNEY, SPENCE MONROE GRAYSON, WHOSE NAME IS ON THE TITLE PAGE. A BRIEF BIO IS INCLUDED BELOW: SPENCE M. GRAYSON Spence Monroe Grayson was born in Prince William County, Virginia, in the year 1803. His early educational advantages were but ordinary, and on the death of his father the burden of his family devolved upon Spence, who was his oldest son. He continued to labor for its support until assisted by his uncle, Beverly R. Grayson, a planter residing near Natchez, Mississippi, who took the young man under his care and placed him at school at Jefferson College, in the village of Washington, near Natchez; and as soon as he was sufficiently advanced directed him to the study of law in the office of Thomas B. Reed, then a lawyer of large practice in Natchez. In 1825 or 1826 he received his license, and entered upon the practice of his profession, in which he rose rapidly. In 1830 he married Miss Sarah R. Chew, only daughter of William L. Chew, a wealthy planter of the vicinity, and in 1835 removed to Yazoo County, where he purchased a large plantation near Benton, then the county-seat, and in 1838 represented Yazoo County in the State Senate. Mr. Grayson attained great distinction in his profession, and stood in the front rank of the Natchez bar, at a time when it glittered with the coruscations of the highest order of learning and genius. He was a lawyer of fine judgment and skill, devoted to his profession, and assiduous in his application. He was consequently a successful lawyer, and engaged a large and lucrative practice. He was by no means gifted with the powers of oratory; but he possessed that which, in a lawyer, is far better he possessed depth of legal knowledge, strong logical powers, and was forcible, lucid, and convincing in argument. He was exceedingly kind and courteous in his manners, and few men cherished more than he the elegance and charm of social life. But while he was popular in society, naturally quick of perception, and penetrating in judgment, his professional eminence was due mainly to his perseverance and unwearied application to the details of his profession. He died in Yazoo in the summer of 1839.
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Location: Vicksburg, Mississippi
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Year Printed: 1806
Modified Item: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: LAW
Binding: Hardcover
Region: North America
Author: JOHN JOSEPH POWELL, ESQ.
Subject: Law & Government
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Publisher: L. RILEY & CO.
Place of Publication: HARTFORD CONN.
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
