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George Ticknor Curtis

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
George Ticknor Curtis 1812-94, American lawyer and writer, b. Watertown, Mass. A highly successful patent attorney, Curtis served in the Massachusetts legislature (1840-43) and as U.S. commissioner at Boston under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. He was one of the defense counsel in the Dred Scott Case . Closely associated with Daniel Webster , he was one of the "Cotton Whigs" who became Democrats. He wrote biographies of Daniel Webster (1870) and James Buchanan (1883), and many legal treatises. His Constitutional History of the United States?…?to the Close of... Read more
Curtis, George Ticknor
Curtis, George Ticknor (1812–94), Massachusetts lawyer, defended Dred Scott and wrote biographies of his acquaintances Daniel Webster and James... Read more

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