Griffin, Cyrus (1748-1810) re: lottery
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02471.16 Author/Creator: Griffin, Cyrus (1748-1810) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1809/10/18 Pagination: 1 p. + docket Order a Copy
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GRIFFIN, Cyrus, (1748-1810), Delegate from Virginia; sent to England to be educated; studied law at the University of Edinburgh and at the Temple in London; returned to Virginia; member of the State house of delegates in 1777, 1778, 1786, and 1787; Member of the Continental Congress 1778-1780, 1787-1788, and served as its president in 1788; president of the supreme court of admiralty; commissioner to the Creek Nation in 1789; judge of the United States District Court of Virginia from December 1789. (excepted from bioguide.congress.gov)
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