XI. Leading the Council in Wise Resistance to the Crown, 1762

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface IX
3. Contents XIII
4. List of Illustrations XV
5. I. Character and Antecedents 1
6. II. Childhood and Education in Maryland, 1722 10
7. III. His Great Preceptor, Andrew Hamilton, about 1736 17
8. IV. With His Father, Chief Justice Samuel Chew, in Dover, 1741 30
9. V. In the Middle Temple, 1743 38
10. VI. A Delaware Lawyer and Statesman, 1744 50
11. VII. A Delaware Lawyer and Statesman (Continued), 1750 57
12. VIII. Proprietary and Personal Leader in Both Pennsylvania and Delaware, 1755 65
13. IX. Proprietary and Personal Leader in Pennsylvania, 1757 81
14. X. Benjamin Chew, the Leading Lawyer in Pennsylvania, 1759 90
15. XI. Leading the Council in Wise Resistance to the Crown, 1762 98
16. XII. Register-General of Pennsylvania and Delaware and Resignation from the Attorney-Generalship, 1765 111
17. XIII. Chief Justice Benjamin Chew of Pennsylvania, 1774 133
18. XIV. Congressional Prisoner as Crown Official, July 31, 1777 145
19. XV. The Fall of Philadelphia and the Conflict at Cliveden, October 4, 1777 164
20. XVI. Peggy Chew, Major André, and the Mischianza, May 18, 1778 175
21. XVII. Ex-Chief Justice Chew and a Decade of Reorganization, 1779 191
22. XVIII. President of The High Court of Errors and Appeals of Pennsylvania, 1791 212
23. XIX. President of The High Court of Errors and Appeals (Continued), 1791 225
24. XX. President of The High Court of Errors and Appeals (Continued), 1793 243
25. XXI. President of The High Court of Errors and Appeals (Continued), 1794 255
26. XXII. President Chew Returns to Cliveden, 1797 263
27. XXIII. President Chew and the Closing Years of The High Court of Errors and Appeals, 1800 271
28. XXIV. Evening, Saturday, January 20, 1810 285
29. XXV. President Chew as seen by Dennie's Port Folio, the Leading American Literary Periodical, February, 1811 290
30. Index 307