The Constitutional History of New York
The Constitutional History of New York Charles Z. Lincoln's five-volume The Constitutional History of New York from the Beginning of the Colonial Period to the Year 1905, Showing the Origin, Development, and Judicial Construction of the Constitution remains the authoritative history of the evolution of the State Constitution through the 19th century and the forces that shaped the principles it has embraced. The Historical Society of the Courts of the State of New York has excerpted a number of passages from this compilation which are of particular relevance to the history of the State Courts: • A profile of the author • The Colonial Judiciary • The New York Judiciary, 1777-1845 • The Judiciary Article Under the Third Constitution (1846) • The First Constitution, 1777 • Amendments to the First Constitution - The Convention of 1801 • Woman Suffrage • Woman Suffrage Addendum CHARLES Z. LINCOLN Charles Z. Lincoln was born August 5, 1848, at Grafton, Vermont. An orphan at eight years of age, he resided during his childhood years with various relatives. He was educated in public schools and at Chamberlain Institute, in Randolph, New York. Mr. Lincoln taught school in Cattaraugus and Chautauqua Counties until 1871, when he began the study of law with Joseph R. Jewell, at Little Valley, New York, and with Charles S. Cary, at Olean, New York. He was admitted to the bar in 1874 and thereafter engaged in private practice. He has been President and Attorney of [photograph and biographical Little Valley, a member of the Board of information courtesy of the Education, a State Senator and a Convention Manual of the Sixth New Delegate to the New York Constitutional York State Constitutional Convention Convention of 1894.
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