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Photocopies of correspondence and accompanying documents, originals at Harvard Law School Library.
Traces the life and career of Grenville Clark, a Wall Street lawyer and author of the classic, "World Peace Through World Law," who influenced FDR and Felix Frankfurter in the shaping of New Deal policies
Grenville Clark was born to wealth and privilege in Manhattan, where his maternal grandfather, LeGrand Bouton Cannon, was an industry titan, retired Civil War colonel, and personal friend of Abraham Lincoln. Clark grew up on a first-name basis with both Presidents Roosevelt, and his close friends included Supreme Court justices. He was well known and respected in the inner circles of business, government, and education. In A Very Private Public Citizen: The Life of Grenville Clark, Nancy Peterson Hill gives life to the unsung account of this great and largely anonymous American hero and reveals how the scope of Clarkâs life and career reflected his selfless passion for progress, equality, ...
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