A Discourse on the Occasion of the Death of the Hon. Augustin S. Clayton, delivered in the College Chapel, Athens, Ga., on the 23d June, 1839

by Rev. Whitefoord Smith

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First edition

Athens, GA: np, 1839. First edition. 8vo. 16 pp. Clayton 1783-1839 graduated from Franklin College with its inaugural class in 1804, served as a judge and in other public offices, edited A Compilation of the Laws of Georgia Augusta, 1812 , and filed the suit that led to the Supreme Court case “Cherokee Nation v. Georgia,” a precurser to “Worcester v. Georgia” that led to one of John Marshall’s famous opinions see item 38 .

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