Catalogue of Books Relating to the Literature of the Law Collected by the Late...
by PRUYN John V. L
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Albany, N.Y.: Riggs Printing and Publishing Co., 1901. . 4to, red cloth, beveled edges, paper spine label; some minor rubbing to front cover; small chips at head of spine NUMBER 15 OF 125 COPIESPRUYN, John Van Schaick Lansing, a Representative from New York; born in Albany, N.Y., June 22, 1811; pursued classical studies and was graduated from the Albany Academy in 1826; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Albany in 1832; held several local offices; appointed a regent of the University of the State of New York in 1844; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Thirty-fourth Congress in 1854; member of the State senate in 1861; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Erastus Corning and served from December 7, 1863, to March 3, 1865; elected to the Fortieth Congress (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1869); was not a candidate for renomination in 1864 and 1868; resumed the practice of law at Albany, N.Y.; chancellor of the University of the State of New York from 1868 until his death in Clifton Springs, Ontario County, N.Y., November 21, 1877; interment in Albany Rural Cemetery, Albany, N.Y.
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- Bookseller
- Franklin Gilliam :: Rare Books (US)
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- 3174
- Title
- Catalogue of Books Relating to the Literature of the Law Collected by the Late...
- Author
- PRUYN John V. L
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Albany, N.Y.: Riggs Printing and Publishing Co., 1901.
- Pages
- Photogravure frontispiece; [viii] and 300
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