Griffith John McRee was a Princeton University graduate. He was an attorney and wrote an important two-volume work on the life and papers of Justice James Iredell (his wife's grandfather).
Justice James Iredell (1751- 1799) was a patriot of the Revolution, N.C. Attorney General, advocate for North Carolina's ratification of the U.S. Constitution, and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by appointment of President Washington. He wrote the dissenting opinion in Chisolm v. Georgia (1793) that brought about the 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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Justice James Iredell (1751- 1799) was a patriot of the Revolution, N.C. Attorney General, advocate for North Carolina's ratification of the U.S. Constitution, and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by appointment of President Washington. He wrote the dissenting opinion in Chisolm v. Georgia (1793) that brought about the 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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Griffith John McRee was a Princeton University graduate. He was an attorney and wrote an important two-volume work on the life and papers of Justice James Iredell (his wife's grandfather).
Justice James Iredell (1751- 1799) was a patriot of the Revolution, N.C. Attorney General, advocate for North Carolina's ratification of the U.S. Constitution, and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by appointment of President Washington. He wrote the dissenting opinion in Chisolm v. Georgia (1793) that brought about the 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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Justice James Iredell (1751- 1799) was a patriot of the Revolution, N.C. Attorney General, advocate for North Carolina's ratification of the U.S. Constitution, and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by appointment of President Washington. He wrote the dissenting opinion in Chisolm v. Georgia (1793) that brought about the 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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