Edward Ingersoll (2 April 1817,

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- 19 February 1893

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) was a

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author.

Biography

He was the son of Mary Wilcocks and politician and writer

Charles Jared Ingersoll Charles Jared Ingersoll (October 3, 1782 – May 14, 1862) was an American lawyer, writer and politician who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district from 1813 to 1815, Pe ...

. He graduated from the

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in 1835, and was admitted to the bar in 1838, but he never established a legal practice. During the

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, his sympathies were with the South.

Works

* ''History and Law of Habeas Corpus and Grand Juries'' (Philadelphia, 1849) * ''Personal Liberty and Martial Law'' (1862) He edited: * Hale, ''Pleas of the Crown'' * ''Addison on Contracts'' * ''Saunders on Uses and Trusts''

References

1817 births 1893 deaths American non-fiction writers American jurists University of Pennsylvania alumni Ingersoll family Writers from Philadelphia {{US-nonfiction-writer-stub