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Binney, Horace Horace Binney, oil painting on wood by Gilbert Stuart, 1800; in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 73.5 × 60.5 cm.

Horace Binney

American lawyer and politician
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Horace Binney (born Jan. 4, 1780, Philadelphia Pa., U.S.—died Aug. 12, 1875, Philadelphia) was an American lawyer and politician who established the legality of charitable trusts in the United States. Binney graduated from Harvard in 1797 and was admitted to the bar in 1800. He became an expert on marine-insurance and land-title law, and from 1809 to 1814 he published six volumes of authoritative court reports of cases heard in the state Supreme Court of...

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