An oration, pronounced at Salem, on the fourth day of July, 1804

Joseph Story was born in 1779, one of 18 children. Largely self-taught, he secured early enrollment into Harvard, where he was a brilliant student, graduating second in his class when he was only 18 years old. He was a prolific author of legal works and served on the Supreme Court from 1811 to his death in 1845, having become one of the most show more celebrated jurists in American history. show less