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evidence: George Griffin -LRB- January 14 , 1778-May 6 , 1860 -RRB- was an American lawyer and author .. He was son of George Griffin , and was born January 14 , 1778 , at East Haddam , Connecticut .. He was a younger brother of Rev. Edward Dorr Griffin .. Edward Dorr Griffin. Edward Dorr Griffin. After graduating from Yale University in 1797 , he began to study law with Noah B. Benedict of Woodbury , Connecticut .. Yale University. Yale University. Six months later he went to the Litchfield Law School , and there completed his preparatory studies .. Litchfield Law School. Litchfield Law School. In December , 1799 , he was admitted to the bar , and in the summer of 1800 he located himself at Wilksbarre , Pennsylvania , and there pursued the business of his profession for six years .. In the autumn of 1806 he removed to the city of New York , where he thenceforth resided , holding a high rank in the profession .. For ten years or more before his death he gradually withdrew from the practice of law , and devoted much time to theological studies and to general literature .. As the fruit of these studies he published two works entitled , severally , The Sufferings of our Saviour , and the Evidences of Christianity .. He died in New York City , May 6 , 1860 , aged 82 .. Category  :1778 births. Category  :1860 deaths. Category  : Pennsylvania lawyers. Category  : New York lawyers. Category  : Yale University alumni. Yale University. Yale University. Category  : American male writers. Category  : People from East Haddam , Connecticut. Category  : Writers from Wilkes-Barre , Pennsylvania