Thompson, Isaac Grant, 1840-1879
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found: Warren, S. A popular and practical introduction to law studies, 1870:t.p. (Isaac Grant Thompson, counsellor at law)
found: LC in OCLC, 12-9-86(hdg.: Thompson, Isaac Grant, 1840-1879; variant: I.G. Thompson)
found: findagrave.com, Novevmber 2, 2022(Isaac Grant Thompson; born 1840 in Rensselaer County, New York; died 30 August 1879 in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York; early in life he taught school, but later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1865; in 1869 he became city editor of the Troy Daily Press, at the same time beginning the compilation of some of his legal treatises; in 1870 he founded the Albany Law Journal and the year following began the publication of the American Reports; he continued to edit the Albany Law Journal and American Reports up to the time of his death; he wrote a treatise on the Law of Highways, a treatise on Provisional Remedies, edited an edition of Warren's Law Studies, supplying a chapter on the study of Forensic Eloquence; he compiled a volume of National Bank Cases, a manual for supervisors, assessors, town clerks and collectors, and wrote a digest for the first twenty-four volumes of the American Reports; he assisted in editing the Supreme Court Reports of New York, which effected a revolution in the court reporting system in this State, and at the time of his death was engaged upon the most important law treatise of his life, which he left unfinished)
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1987-01-05: new
2022-11-03: revised
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