Jonathan Sewall

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Jonathan Sewall was an 18th-century American lawyer and Loyalist who served as attorney general of Massachusetts and was a close friend and later political opponent of John Adams.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th-century American lawyer
Attorney General
Loyalist
lawyer
person
associatedWithEvent American Revolutionary War
surface form: American Revolution

pre-Revolutionary political conflicts in Massachusetts
centuryOfActivity 18th century
closeFriendOf John Adams
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain
educatedAt Harvard University
surface form: Harvard College
ethnicGroup English American
ideology support for British imperial authority over the American colonies
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalJurisdiction Province of Massachusetts Bay
memberOf bar of Massachusetts
name Jonathan Sewall self-link
notableFor Loyalist stance during the American Revolution
friendship and later political opposition with John Adams
service as attorney general of Massachusetts
notableWork legal arguments in vice-admiralty and superior courts of Massachusetts
occupation attorney
lawyer
placeOfActivity Boston
Massachusetts
politicalAlignment Loyalist
politicalOpponentOf John Adams
positionHeld Massachusetts Attorney General
surface form: Attorney General of Massachusetts

advocate general in the vice-admiralty court

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Jonathan Sewall name Jonathan Sewall self-link