Lindley Murray

Lindley Murray (1745 – 16 February 1826) was an American Quaker lawyer, writer, and grammarian, best known for his English-language grammar books used in schools in England and the United States.

Murray practised law in New York. As the colonies began to fight for independence with the American Revolution (1765–1783) and in the lead-up to the Revolutionary War, Murray sat on the Committee of Sixty and the Committee of One Hundred to manage events in the Province of New York. Some Quakers did not want him to be associated with a public committee. Still, he sat on the committee to protect his family's shipping interests, which would be inhibited by the Continental Association's nonimportation clause. Murray spent the first half of the Revolutionary War in Islip, Long Island, living leisurely. With British troops in control of Manhattan, Murray returned to the island and joined his father in the import-export and shipping businesses that made him rich during the second half of the war.

In 1783, Murray retired, and one year later, he left America for England. Settling at Holgate, near York, he devoted the rest of his life to literary pursuits. His first book was ''Power of Religion on the Mind'' (1787). In 1795, he issued his ''Grammar of the English Language''. This was followed by ''English Exercises'', and the ''English Reader''. These books passed through several editions, and the ''Grammar'' was the standard textbook for fifty years throughout England and America. While he was able, he was an active member of the local Quproaker Meeting. Provided by Wikipedia
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    by Murray, Lindley, 1745-1826
    Published 1827
    New York, Collins & Co., 1827.
    242 p.
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    by Murray, Lindley, 1745-1826
    Published 1835
    Boston : Robert S. Davis, 1835.
    252 p. ; 16 cm.
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    by Murray, Lindley, 1745-1826
    Published 1850
    New York, Printed by order of the trustees of the residuary estate of Lindley Murray, 1850.
    378 p.
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    by Murray, Lindley, 1745-1826
    Published 1831
    Boston : Lincoln & Edmands, 1831.
    v, 122 p. ; 16 cm.
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    by Murray, Lindley, 1745-1826
    Published 1826
    New York : Collins & Co., 1826.
    192, [3] p. ; 18 cm.
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    by Murray, Lindley, 1745-1826
    Published 1810
    Hartford : Printed and sold by Peter B. Gleason, 1810.
    204 p. ; 17 cm.
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    by Murray, Lindley, 1745-1826
    Published 1823
    New York : Collins and Co., 1823.
    2 volumes in 1 ; 22 cm.
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    by Murray, Lindley, 1745-1826
    Published 1823
    Canandaigua : printed and sold by J.D. Bemis and co., 1823.
    108 p. ; 14 cm.
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    by Murray, Lindley, 1745-1826
    Published 1810
    New York : Collins and Perkins, 1810.
    viii, 171 p. ; 18 cm.
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    by Murray, Lindley, 1745-1826
    Published 1833
    Worcester : Dorr, Howland and Co., 1833, [c1829]
    228 p. ; 18 cm.
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    by Murray, Lindley, 1745-1826
    Published 1825
    Boston : Printed by J. Loring, 1825.
    213, [3] p. ; 15 cm.
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    by Murray, Lindley, 1745-1826
    Published 1816
    Hallowell, Me. : E. Goodale and N. Cheever, 1816.
    312 p. ; 18 cm.
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    by Murray, Lindley, 1745-1826
    Published 1819
    Utica : W. Williams, 1819.
    155 p., 1 leaf ; 18 cm.
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    by Murray, Lindley, 1745-1826
    Published 1815
    Philadelphia : Johnson and Warner, 1815.
    143 p. ; 18 cm.
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    by Murray, Lindley, 1745-1826
    Published 1858
    New York : Raynor, Howe & Ferry, 1858.
    232 p. ; 19 cm.
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    by Murray, Lindley, 1745-1826
    Published 1805
    Worcester : Isaiah Thomas, 1805.
    107, [2] p. ; 15 cm.
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    by Murray, Lindley, 1745-1826
    Published 1819
    New York : Collins and Co., 1819.
    2 v. in 1 ; 23 cm.
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    by Murray, Lindley, 1745-1826
    Published 1827
    New York, Philadelphia, S. Wood; B. and T. Kite; [etc., etc.] 1827.
    viii, 280 p. front. (port.) facsim. 22 cm.
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    by Murray, Lindley, 1745-1826
    Published 1830
    Boston : Lincoln & Edmands, 1830.
    v., 122 p. ; 16 cm.
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    by Murray, Lindley, 1745-1826
    Published 1830
    Philadelphia : John Grigg, 1830.
    viii, 192, [2] p. ; 18 cm.
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