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William Rawle (April 28, 1759 – April 12, 1836) was an American lawyer from Philadelphia, who served as United States district attorney in Pennsylvania from 1791 to 1800. He founded The Rawle Law Offices in 1783 which evolved into Rawle & Henderson, the oldest law firm in the United States. He was the first chancellor of the Philadelphia bar association and published several influential legal texts including A View of the Constitution of the United States. He was the first to argue for secession in the United States. (From Wikipedia) More about William Rawle:
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2 additional books about William Rawle in the extended shelves:Books by William Rawle: Additional books by William Rawle in the extended shelves:![[X-Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/infouc.gif) Rawle, William, 1759-1836: An address delivered before the Philadelphia society for promoting agriculture: at its anniversary meeting, January 19, 1819. (By order of the Society, 1819) (page images at HathiTrust)- Rawle, William, 1759-1836: A discourse on the nature and study of law: delivered before the Law academy of Philadelphia ... (P.H. Nicklin & T. Johnson, 1832) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Rawle, William, 1759-1836: Logic of Facts; or, The Conduct of Wm. Rawle towards N.G. Dufief, arraigned before the Tribunal of Public Opinion. (Phil., 1806), also by N. G. Dufief (page images at HathiTrust)
- Rawle, William, 1759-1836: Mélanges politiques et philosophiques extraits des Mémoires et de la correspondance de Thomas Jefferson, précédés d'un essai sur les principes de l'école américaine et d'une traduction de la Constitution des États-Unis, avec un commentaire tiré, pour la plus grande partie, de l'ouvrage publié, sur cette Constitution (Paulin, 1833), also by Thomas Jefferson, L.-P. Conseil, and United States (page images at HathiTrust)
- Rawle, William, 1759-1836: Reply of the Commissioners for the Erection of the Public Buildings, to the request of Hon. Samuel G. King, mayor of Philadelphia, for a statement of their operations during the year 1883, and for such other information as will be of interest to the City of Philadelphia. To which is added communications from the Commissioners to Councils, and opinion of William Rawle, to the Common Council of the City of Philadelphia, May 28, 1799, as to the right of the City to the Centre (Penn) Square, and to erect a building for public purposes upon the intersection of Broad and High (Market) Streets. (Printed for the Commissioners, 1884), also by Philadelphia (Pa.). Commissioners for the Erection of the Public Buildings (page images at HathiTrust)
- Rawle, William, 1759-1836: Reports of cases adjudged in the Supreme court of Pennsylvania (Small, 1844), also by Pennsylvania. Supreme court and Thomas Sergeant (page images at HathiTrust)
- Rawle, William, 1759-1836: Two addresses, to "The associated members of the bar of Philadelphia" (Philadelphia, 1824), also by Richard Rush and Pennsylvania (page images at HathiTrust)
- Rawle, William, 1759-1836: Two addresses to "The Associated Members of the Bar of Philadelphia." Pronounced by William Rawle,Esquire, Chancellor of the Association. (Philadelphia., 1824), also by Pennsylvania and Associated Members of the Bar of Philadelphia (page images at HathiTrust)
- Rawle, William, 1759-1836: A view of the Constitution of the United States of America (P.H. Nicklin, 1829) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Rawle, William, 1759-1836: A view of the Constitution of the United States of America (H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1825), also by Isaac Lea and Henry Charles Carey (page images at HathiTrust)
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