Swampyank

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This user is American

This user lives in New England.

This user is a direct descendant of Roger Williams.

This user does not bite newcomers.

This user participates in
WikiProject National Register
of Historic Places.

This user is of English ancestry.

This user is of French Huguenot ancestry.

This user is of Swedish ancestry.

This user is of German ancestry.

This user is of Dutch ancestry.

This user is of Scotch-Irish ancestry.

This user is a participant in
WikiProject Rhode Island.

Background

I live in New England (USA) where I practice law.

Contributions

On Wikipedia I primarily focus on articles dealing with my local historic sites and notable people:

Substantial contributions or new articles include:

Popular lists

List of oldest known surviving buildings (probably my most viewed), List of the oldest buildings in the United States, List of the oldest churches in the world, List of last survivors of American slavery

New England topics (history and culture)

Swamp Yankee, Little Ivies, Bates College, Stone-ender, Rhode Island Villages, Rhode Island History, Roger Williams (A Key Into the Language of America & The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution), Smith's Castle, White Horse Tavern, Rhode Island Historical Society, Rhode Island Greening, Haven Brothers Diner, Jonathan Edwards (Religious Affections & A Faithful Narrative), William West, National Register of Historic Places listings in Rhode Island and National Register of Historic Places listings in Massachusetts, etc.

Law articles

West v. Barnes (first U.S. Supreme Court case), Van Staphorst v. Maryland, Collet v. Collet, Georgia v. Brailsford (1794) (jury nullification precedent), Ghen v. Rich (a law school favorite), Trevett v. Weeden, Stoddard v. Martin, Stewart v. Preston, Gold v. Eddy, Tomson v. Ward, Rhode Island Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, associate attorney, reception statute, post road, legal clinic, Suffolk University Law School, Geo-fence warrant, etc.

Interesting links

• How many page views do your articles get?
• National Register infobox generator
• 1910 Black's Law Dictionary
• Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by article count