American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Simon Greenleaf (December 5, 1783-October 6, 1853) was the Royall Professor of Law at Harvard. He succeeded Justice Joseph Story as the Dane Professor of Law. To the efforts of Story and Greenleaf is to be ascribed the rise of the Harvard Law School to its eminent position among the legal schools of the United States. Greenleaf produced a work titled: A Treatise On the Law of Evidence, still considered to be the greatest single authority on "evidence" in all the literature on legal procedure. Chief Justice Fuller of the U.S. Supreme Court described Greenleaf by saying, "He is the...

Massachusetts Proclamation (November 8, 1783) the Legislature issued a Proclamation for a Day of Thanksgiving and Prayer, signed by Governor John Hancock, to celebrate the victorious conclusion of the Revolutionary War: <John Hancock, Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts A Proclamation for a Day of Thanksgiving: Whereas...these United States are not only happily rescued from the Danger and Calamities to which they have been so long exposed, but their Freedom, Sovereignty and Independence ultimately acknowledged. And whereas...the Interposition of Divine Providence in our Favor hath been most abundantly and most graciously manifested, and the Citizens of these United States...

Reginald Heber (April 21, 1783-April 3, 1826) was an English missionary and hymn writer. He was the first Anglican bishop sent to India, where he baptized the first Christian convert in East India. In 1827, Reginald Heber wrote the immortal words to the hymn, Holy, Holy, Holy: <Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee:  Holy, Holy, Holy! Merciful and Mighty! God in Three Persons, Blessed Trinity.> 1783HR001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1783HR001. William J. Federer, American Quotations...

Martin Van Buren (December 5, 1782-July 24, 1862) was the 8th President of the United States, 1837-41; Vice-President under Andrew Jackson, 1832-36; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1831-32; Secretary of State under Andrew Jackson, 1829-31; Governor of New York, 1828-29; U.S. Senator, 1821-28; Attorney General of New York, 1815-21; Regent of the University of New York, 1815; New York State Senator, 1812-15; appointed Surrogate of Columbia County, New York, 1808; married Hannah Hoes, 1807, and admitted to bar, 1803. On Saturday, March 4, 1837, in his Inaugural Address, President Martin Van Buren stated: <So sensibly, fellow-citizens, do these circumstances press...

Congress of the Confederation (October 11, 1782) passed a Day of Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer: <Day of Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer. It being the indispensable duty of all nations, not only to offer up their supplications to Almighty God, the giver of all good, for his gracious assistance in the a time of public distress, but also in a solemn and public manner to give him praise for his goodness in general, and especially for great and signal interpositions of his Providence in their behalf; therefore, the United States in Congress assembled, taking into their consideration the many instances of...