hide Matching Documents

The documents where this entity occurs most often are shown below. Click on a document to open it.

Document Max. Freq Min. Freq
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler 3 1 Browse Search
View all matching documents...

Browsing named entities in Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler. You can also browse the collection for G. A. Somerby or search for G. A. Somerby in all documents.

Your search returned 2 results in 2 document sections:

Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 21: practice of the law. (search)
stood at the head of the East India trade, took the suit in great dudgeon. He said he did not want any country lawyer — meaning me — to control the method of fitting out ships for the East India trade; that it was as good as it could be; that everything for their comfort and convenience was given to the crew, and that the case should be fought as far as he could go. He employed a lawyer, afterwards Engraved from a life-size bust in General Butler's library. most famous as an advocate, G. A. Somerby, Esq., and also the Hon. Rufus Choate, who was the first advocate of New England if not of the United States. I had with me a young gentleman who did not practise much in the courts in the trial of cases,--a relative of the plaintiff and quite capable. As I had been notified, every possible defence was to be taken. In the first place they were to claim that the ship was entirely properly fitted out as regards provisions; second, that there was no place in which the ship could stop to
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Index. (search)
sent into retirement, 696; letter containing calumnies upon Grant and Butler, 696, 698, 713, 716; letter quoted, 700, 712, 713; official report, 702-703; his career reviewed, 714, 716; reference to, 712, 827, 857, 858, 861; as Halleck's friend, 871, 873; Halleck gives command of Tennessee expedition to, 873, 874. Smith, Capt., Melancthon, commander of naval forces of the James River, 744; urges completion of Dutch Gap Canal, 750; relieved of his command on the James River, 750. Somerby, G. A., Esq., on the Storm King scurvy case, 1018-1020. Somers, Recorder, taken through mob at New Orleans, 374-375. Soule, Pierre, spokesman in New Orleans Conference, 378-505; placed on Relief Committee, 388; treacherous conduct of, 391. Speech, Butler's, at Lowell in ten-hour law election contest, 100, 105. speed, Attorney-General of the United States, 1007. Spottsylvania Court-House, Grant's march to, 647; reference to battle, 710. spring Hill, occupied by Hinks, 642. Stac