Kirby, Ephraim, 1757-1804
Person
Biography
Ephraim Kirby is known as America's first court reporter. Kirby studied at Yale but did not graduate, and he fought in the Revolutionary War in the Calvary. In 1787 he received an honorary master’s degree from Yale College. He was a lawyer and a member of the Connecticut legislature from 1791-1801. Kirby created the first published volume of law reports in America, and he was the first Superior Court Judge of the Mississippi territory in the area that is now Alabama. He was the first General Grand High Priest of the Royal Arch Masons of the United States. His four daughters attended the Litchfield Female Academy, and his son attended the Litchfield Law School.
Citation:
Author: Benjamin BradleyFound in 1 Collection or Record:
Ephraim Kirby Legal Notes
00-1899-2-0
Collection — Box 3A Box 21
Identifier: 00-1899-2-0
Scope and Contents
The Ephraim Kirby Legal Notes collection (1899-2-0) is a bound volume containing notes and reports made by Ephraim Kirby when he was a law reporter. The notes and reports found in this volume were used to create the first published collection of law reports in the United States. The creation of the law reports was started to begin to differentiate United States common law from England’s common law. The cases found in this bound volume can be found in the published version, but the published...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1785-1787; Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1898
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
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