A legal view of the testimony of the four evangelists: manuscript
Dates
- Creation: 1846
Scope and Contents
Manuscript of work published in 1846 as An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists : With an Account of the Trial of Jesus by C.C. Little and James Brown of Boston, Massachusetts.
Creator
- Greenleaf, Simon, 1783-1853 (Person)
Restrictions on access
Open for research. Fragile; take care in handling.
Restrictions on use
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Biographical / Historical
American legal writer and member of the bar association of the state of Maine. Greenleaf was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Upon the admission of Maine to the Union, he was elected to the legislature and later was appointed as a reporter of the Maine Supreme Court. In 1833, Greenleaf became a faculty member of the Harvard Law School. He also served for many years as the President of the Massachusetts Bible Society. He died in 1853 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Extent
1 Volumes : unpaged ; 33 cm
Language of Materials
English
Provenance
Source unknown.
Materials Specific Details
"The property of Simon Greenleaf of Gray, Maine" inscribed inside the front cover.
- Title
- A Legal View of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists: Manuscript
- Subtitle
- 1846
- Status
- Marc Only
- Date
- 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the John J. Burns Library Repository
John J. Burns Library
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