James T. Austin

James Trecothick Austin (January 7, 1784 – May 8, 1870) was the 22nd Massachusetts Attorney General. Austin was the son of Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, and Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts Jonathan L. Austin. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1824. He graduated from Harvard College in 1802.

In 1837, he spoke at Faneuil Hall in praise of anti-abolitionists who had killed Elijah P. Lovejoy. He compared the mob to American patriots rising against the British and declared that Lovejoy "died as the fool dieth!" Provided by Wikipedia
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    Author: Austin, James Trecothick, 1784-1870
    Published 1836
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    Reply to the reviewer of the Remarks on Dr. Channing's Slavery. : [Three lines from Bacon]
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    Author: Austin, James Trecothick, 1784-1870
    Published 1835
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    Remarks on Dr. Channing's Slavery
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    Author: Austin, James Trecothick, 1784-1870
    Published 1830
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    An address delivered before the Massachusetts Society for the Suppression of Intemperance, May 27, 1830
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    Author: Austin, James Trecothick, 1784-1870
    Published 1811
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    Resistance to laws of the United States ; considered in four letters to the Honorable Harrison Gray Otis, esq. late president of the Senate of Massachusetts .
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    Author: Austin, James Trecothick, 1784-1870
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    The life of Elbridge Gerry, with contemporary letters to the close of the American Revolution
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    Author: Austin, James Trecothick, 1784-1870
    Published 1829
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    An oration : delivered on the Fourth of July, 1829, at the celebration of American independence, in the city of Boston
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    Author: Austin, James Trecothick, 1784-1870
    Published 1839
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    An address, delivered before the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association : at the celebration of their eleventh triennial festival, and second exhibition and fair, October 3, 1839
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    Author: Austin, James Trecothick, 1784-1870
    Published 1828
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    The life of Elbridge Gerry : with contemporary letters ; to the close of the American revolution
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    Published 1840
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    Trial of Mrs. Hannah Kinney : for the alleged murder of her husband, George T. Kinney, by poison : before the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, Judges Shaw, Putnam, and Wilde, present : sitting at Boston, from Dec. 21st to Dec. 26th, with the arguments of counsel, and the charge of the Chief Justice fully reported : counsel for the prosecution : J.T. Austin, Attorney General, and S.D. Parker, commonwealth's attorney : for the prisoner : Franklin Dexter and George T. Curtis

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