List of Biographies


To learn more about the people mentioned in this essay, we invite you to explore the following biographies, as they were presented in the book:
 

Officialdom: The Judiciary and Crown Officers

ALLCOCK, HENRY
BALDWIN, ROBERT
BOULTON, D’ARCY (baptized George D’Arcy) (1759-1834)
CAMPBELL, Sir WILLIAM (1758-1834)
DRAPER, WILLIAM HENRY
ELMSLEY, JOHN (1762-1805)
FIRTH, WILLIAM
GRAY (Grey), ROBERT ISAAC DEY
HAGERMAN, CHRISTOPHER ALEXANDER
JAMESON, ROBERT SYMPSON
JONES, JONAS
MACAULAY, Sir JAMES BUCHANAN
MACDONELL (Greenfield), JOHN ALEXANDER
McLEAN, ARCHIBALD (1791-1865)
OSGOODE, WILLIAM
POWELL, WILLIAM DUMMER
ROBINSON, JOHN BEVERLEY
RUSSELL, PETER
SCOTT, THOMAS (d. 1824)
SHERWOOD, LEVIUS PETERS
THORPE, ROBERT
WHITE, JOHN (d. 1800)
WILLIS, JOHN WALPOLE

The Legal Profession

BALDWIN, WILLIAM WARREN
BETHUNE, DONALD
BIDWELL, MARSHALL SPRING
BURNS, ROBERT EASTON
CLARK (Clarke), JAMES
MACKENZIE, GEORGE
PETERS, WILLIAM BIRDSEYE
RADENHURST, THOMAS MABON
RIDOUT, GEORGE
ROE (Row), WALTER
ROLPH, JOHN
SAMSON, JAMES HUNTER
SULLIVAN, ROBERT BALDWIN
WASHBURN, SIMON EBENEZER
WEEKES, WILLIAM

The Accused

BENTLEY, ELIJAH
BRASS, WILLIAM
BURLEY (Burleigh), CORNELIUS ALBERTSON
DOAN (Done), JOSHUA GWILLEN (Gillam)
KAIN, WILLIAM
MATTHEWS, PETER
McCARTHY (McCarty), JAMES OWEN (James Owen, James Owens)
McSWINEY, EDWARD
OSBORN, MARY (London)
OVERHOLSER (Oberholser), JACOB
PILOTTE, ANGELIQUE
POWLIS (Powles), GEORGE
SCHOULTZ, NILS VON (baptized Nils Gustaf Ulric)
SEELY (Seeley, Seelye), JOSEPH
SHAWANAKISKIE
SOVEREENE (Souvereene, Sovereign), HENRY
SULLIVAN, DANIEL (Daniel Tim-Daniel O’Sullivan)
THOMPSON, MARY
YORK, JACK

The Critics and the Causes Célèbres

BIDWELL, BARNABAS
COLLINS, FRANCIS
CRANDALL, REUBEN
FERGUSON, BARTEMAS (Bartimus)
FORSYTH, WILLIAM (1771-1841)
FRENCH, CHARLES
MALLORY, BENAJAH
MATTHEWS, JOHN
PERRY, PETER
RANDAL (Randall), ROBERT
WILLCOCKS (Wilcox), JOSEPH
WILLSON, JOHN