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GKIDLEY, PHILO. 



GRINFIELD, E. TV. 



ply for the fair. The increase of schools among 

 the peasantry is also rapidly increasing the cir- 

 culation of the Bible. When Mr. Long was in 

 Eussia the Holy Synod was publishing a new 

 edition of eighty thousand copies of the Testa- 

 ment, which will be sold at fifteen copecks a 

 copy, or about sixpence. 



The new constitution of the kingdom of 

 Greece (see GREECE) makes the following pro- 

 vision concerning the legal position of the Greek 

 Church: "1. The orthodox Eastern Church of 

 Christ is the established religion in Greece. 

 Every religion is tolerated, and may be freely 

 exercised under the protection of the law. 

 Proselytism, and all interference with the estab- 

 lished religion, is prohibited. 2. The ortho- 

 dox Church of Greece, acknowledging as its 

 head our Lord Jesus Christ, is in doctrine indis- 

 splubly united to the great Church of Constan- 

 tinople, and to every other orthodox Church of 

 Christ, observing with the same exactitude the 

 apostolic and synodic canons, and the holy tra- 

 ditions. But it is independent of every other 

 church, and exercises all sovereign rights under 

 the government of a holy synod." 



GRIDLEY, PHILO, an American jurist, born 

 in Paris, Oneida County, New York, Septem- 

 ber 16, 1796, died in Utica, N. Y., August 17, 

 1864. He entered Hamilton College, Clinton, 

 at the opening of that Institution in 1812. 

 Here he graduated in 1816, in the first full 

 class which graduated, having among his class- 

 mates the late Prof. Edward Robinson, Hon. 

 Chas. P. Kirtland, &c. After leaving College 

 he studied law at Onondaga and Waterville, 

 and was admitted to the bar in 1820. He com- 

 menced the practice of his profession at 

 Waterville, removing after a few years to 

 Hamilton, Madison Co. Here he soon attained 

 a high reputation for the thoroughness with 

 which he investigated his cases, the profundity 

 of his legal attainments, and the vivid, im- 

 petuous eloquence of his advocacy of the in- 

 terests of his client. For several years he was 

 District Attorney for Madison County, and in 

 1838 was appointed Circuit Judge of the Fifth 

 Judicial Circuit made vacant by the resigna- 

 tion of Judge Denio. In 1839 he removed to 

 Utica. In 1846, on the adoption of the New 

 Constitution, the Circuit Court was abolished, 

 and a Supreme Court created with 32 Judges, 

 and Judge Gridley was elected one of these. 

 His term of service was six years, and his 

 health being impaired he declined being a 

 candidate for further office at its expiration. 

 He continued, however, the practice of his pro- 

 fession, though in feeble health, and suffering 

 from paralytic attacks, until within about ten 

 days of his death. He was a man of vast judicial 

 learning, and of great firmness and independ- 

 ence. It was in his court that McLeod was 

 tried for murder and making war upon Great 

 Britain, the case being transferred from Niag- 

 ara County in consequence of the excitement 

 on the border. No wiser selection of a judge 

 could have been made. 



GRIGG, JoHiS, an eminent American pub- 

 lisher, born in Cornwall, England, in 1792, 

 died in Philadelphia, August 2d, 1864. He was 

 left an orphan at the age of six years, and was 

 soon after placed in a farmer's family to earn 

 his living. At twelve years of age he went to 

 sea, and after making several voyages found 

 his way to Richmond, Virginia, where he had 

 some relatives, and applied himself for more 

 than a year to study. When eighteen or nine- 

 teen years of age he removed to Ohio, where 

 he obtained a clerkship in the judiciary court 

 of Warren, Ohio, and devoted himself so sedu- 

 lously to the work of his office that his health 

 suffered, and in 1815 he resigned, and became 

 superintendent of the woollen factory of Mr. 

 Joel Scott in Scott Co., Ky. The next year 

 he removed to Philadelphia, and entered the 

 publishing and bookselling house of Messrs. 

 Warner & Johnson as a clerk. Mr. Warner 

 died in 1821, and in his will directed that his 

 business should be wound up by compe- 

 tent persons, and suggested Mr. Grigg for 

 the purpose. Accordingly, during the next 

 two years Mr. Grigg was engaged in this 

 duty, and in 1823 commenced business on his 

 own account. He was remarkably success- 

 ful ; acquiring a very large business, especially 

 in the South and West, and finding a ready 

 market for his numerous publications. In 1831 

 he took Mr. Hugh Elliot as partner, and in 

 1847 Messrs. Grambo, Claxton & Remsen were 

 added to the firm. In 1850 the property of the 

 firm as well as the private fortunes of the 

 senior partners having become very large, 

 Messrs. Grigg & Elliot withdrew from it, dis- 

 posing of their interest to the junior partners 

 and to Messrs. Lippincott & Willis, who had 

 been for some years engaged in business in 

 Philadelphia, and the new firm, at first Messrs. 

 Lippincott, Grambo & Co., and later, Messrs. 

 J. B. Lippincott & Co., continued the business, 

 which has for some years been one of the 

 largest if not the largest in the general trade 

 in the United States. After withdrawing from 

 this firm Mr. Grigg commenced business as a 

 private banker, being also much occupied in 

 the management of his own extensive prop- 

 erty, which comprised extensive landed tracts 

 in Illinois and Mississippi as well as consider- 

 able real estate in Philadelphia. He was a 

 man of great liberality, and gave constantly 

 and largely, though without ostentation and 

 with a wise discrimination. He was always a 

 friend and helper to the members of the book- 

 trade, often assisting them by loans and counsel. 

 In private life he was social, genial, and hos- 

 pitable, and readily won the confidence and re- 

 gard of those with whom he was brought in 

 contact. In business he was remarkable for 

 energy, sound, practical sense, and sterling 

 integrity. 



GRINFIELD, Rev. E. W., an English clergy- 

 man, author and Biblical critic, died at Brigh- 

 ton, England, July 9, 1864, aged 79 years. He 

 was educated at Lincoln College, Oxford, and 



