William Smith (chief justice) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views
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William Smith (June 25, 1728 – November 3, 1793) was a lawyer, historian, speaker, loyalist, and eventually Chief Justice of the Province of New York from 1763 to 1782 and Chief Justice of the Province of Quebec
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He published The history of the Province of New York from its Discovery in 1532,... in London in 1757.
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During the American Revolution, he was referred to as "the weathercock"
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