Phillips, Willard, 1784-1873
Dates
- Existence: 1784 - 1873
Biography
Willard Phillips (1784-1873). American lawyer and jurist. Graduated Harvard College and taught there, practised law in Boston from 1816, member, Massachusetts state legislature 1825-26, made judge of probate court, Suffolk County 1839, wrote criminal code of Massachusetts, president, New England Mutual Life Insurance Co. from 1848, wrote on law and economics.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Jared Sparks letter
Letter from Jared Sparks to Willard Phillips, Esq. at Cambridge, MA. The letter concerns the aid that Phillips provided Benjamin Franklin in writing his autobiography. Spark suspected that Phillips would not receive remuneration from Franklin for his "valuable notes" and supplies Phillips with a consolation copy of the published autobiography. Sparks edited and wrote the biographical continuation of Franklin's autobiography.