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Born July 31, 1763 • New York
Died December 12, 1847 (aged 84) • New York City • New York
Title / Office Chancery Division (1814-1823), New York • supreme court (1798-1823), New York
Awards And Honors Hall of Fame (1900)
Subjects Of Study American law • common law

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