| 词条 | George Hussey Earle Sr. |
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| image = File:Portrait of George Hussey Earle, Sr. in The Earle Family, Ralph Earle and his Descendants (1888).jpg | caption = | name = George Hussey Earle Sr. | birth_date = {{birth date|1823|12|8|mf=y}} | birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | death_date = {{death date and age|1907|6|18|1823|12|8|mf=y}} | death_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | occupation = Lawyer Philanthropist Municipal reformer | signature =}} George Hussey Earle Sr. (December 8, 1823 – June 18, 1907) was a prominent Philadelphia lawyer. As an abolitionist he represented many fugitive slaves. He was a founder of the Republican party. BiographyBorn a "free Quaker" in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Thomas Earle and Mary Hussey, Earle was an eighth generation descendant of Pilgrim John Howland.[1] The August 1907 issue of Law Notes states that Earle was a "personal friend" of Abraham Lincoln, and "the oldest surviving delegate to the first Republican National Convention that nominated Fremont for the presidency."[2] He worked at the Baldwin Locomotive Works, and was apprenticed to Matthias Baldwin for a time.[2] Earle became involved in the anti-slavery movement when he opposed the riot which resulted in the burning to the ground of Pennsylvania Hall in 1838.[3] He was a delegate to the "Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, Eastern District" around 1844,[3] and was admitted to the Philadelphia Bar on 27 January 1845.[4] Earle "possessed an abhorrence for slavery [and] voluntarily gave his services to the cause of the fugitive slaves."[5] In April 1859 he was retained by local abolitionists to represent Daniel [Webster] Dangerfield, a case which gained nationwide attention because "it was one of the first judicial decisions dealing with the interpretation of the Fugitive Slave Law."[5] Lucretia Mott, a cousin of Earle's mother Mary Hussey Earle, sat beside Dangerfield during the trial.[6] Dangerfield was released due to insufficient proof of his slavery.[7] He was a leading pioneer in the legal battle against the Fugitive Slave Laws.[2] Earle also played the role of municipal reformer. He was a member of the Committee of One Hundred (Philadelphia)—"a non-partisan effort in aid of good government"[8] dedicated to ending bossism politics in Philadelphia in the late 1800s. Primarily made up of Independent Republicans "seeking to reform the management of the Republican party,"[9] the Committee was influential in the election of Democrat Samuel G. King as Philadelphia mayor.[10][5] He practiced law for 50 years.[2] Earle penned a poem upon the death of his wife [Ellen] Frances Van Leer in 1892—the last stanza which reads:
Earle died on 18 June 1907. His funeral was held at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Edward Hine Johnson (Frances Van Leer Earle Johnson). His remains are interred at Woodlands Cemetery in Philadelphia. Works about George Hussey Earle Sr.
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References1. ^John Tilley (Mayflower passenger) married Elizabeth Carver; and had Elizabeth Tilley, who married John Howland (Mayflower passenger); and had Desire Howland, who married Capt John Gorham; and had Lt. Col. John Gorham, who married Mary Otis; and had Stephen Gorham, who married Elizabeth Gardner; and had Susannah Gorham, who married Daniel Paddack; and had Deborah Paddack, who married George Hussey; and had Uriel Hussey, who married Phebe Folger; and had Mary Hussey, who married Thomas Earle; and had George Hussey Earle Sr. {{DEFAULTSORT:Earle, George Howard Sr.}}2. ^1 2 3 {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5OI8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA100#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Report of the Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Bar Association |publisher=Pennsylvania Bar Association |year=1907 |pages=100–102 |accessdate=July 9, 2017}} 3. ^1 Thomas Earle as a Reformer. Bronner, Edwin B. International Printing Company. 1948. 4. ^The Philadelphia Bar: A Complete Catalogue of Members from 1776 to 1868. Review Printing House: Philadelphia. p. 25. 1868. 5. ^1 2 Letter from John A. McCarthy to Richard Montgomery (8 October 1934) 6. ^Lucretia Mott (1793-1880). Office of the Journal, Philadelphia (1880) p. 7. 7. ^Memorial History of the City of Philadelphia: Volume I. New York History Company, p. 507 (1895). 8. ^The Progressive Men of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Vol II. Logansport, Ind. A. W. Bowen & Co. 1900: p. 847. 9. ^McCafferty, Peter. When Bosses Ruled Philadelphia: The emergence of the Republican machine, 1867-1933. (1993) 10. ^{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wh8VAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA283 |title=The Story of Philadelphia |first1=John St. George |last1=Joyce |page=283 |year=1919}} 11. ^From a handwritten poem within the scrapbook of George Hussey Earle Sr.'s daughter, Frances Earle Johnson. 12. ^Read Thomas Earle as a Reformer (1948) by Edwin B. Bronner. 4 : Lawyers from Philadelphia|1823 births|1907 deaths|American abolitionists |
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