Staples and Hitchcock papers, 1794-1855.

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Staples and Hitchcock papers, 1794-1855.

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Correspondence, bills, accounts, legal notes, cases, and other papers, of Seth Perkins Staples (1776-1861), lawyer, state legislator, and founder of a private law school in New Haven, Conn., predecessor of Yale Law School and his partner, Samuel Johnson Hitchcock (1786-1845), lawyer, judge, and president of the board of directors of Hartford & New Haven Railroad; their law firm Staples and Hitchcock; and Staples's brother-in-law, Leonard Eugene Wales (1788-1823), lawyer and city attorney for New Haven.

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New Haven Colony Historical Society Library

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New Haven Colony Historical Society Library

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Wales, Leonard Eugene, 1788-1823

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Son of Samuel Wales, born in New Haven, Conn., June 20, 1788; graduated from Yale in 1807; studied law and was interested in politics. He was city attorney of New Haven, 1819-1821. On Sept. 14, 1823, he died of typhus, unmarried. (from Dexter. Yale Bios.) (blue index cards) From the description of Leonard E. Wales papers, 1803-1806 (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 505477434 Leonard Eugene Wales was a graduate of Yale University and practised law in New Haven (Co...

Hitchcock, Samuel J. (Samuel Johnson), 1786-1845

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A.B., Yale 1809; after graduation taught for two years at Fairfield Academy; studied law with Seth P. Staples and was admitted to the bar in 1815; in 1820 he became associated with Staples as a teacher in his private Law School, which in 1824 was first recognized as part of Yale College; associated with the law school until his death. From the description of Samuel Johnson Hitchcock papers, 1762-1845 (inclusive), 1805-1845 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702166327 Edu...

Staples, Seth Perkins, 1776-1861

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Staples and Hitchcock (New Haven, Conn.)

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Hartford and New Haven Rail Road Company

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Yale Law School

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In the first decade of the nineteenth century, Seth P. Staples (Yale 1797) opened a school for law students in New Haven. In 1824 the school became affiliated with Yale College. The college conferred its first law degrees in 1843. The course of study originally extended for two years, and in 1896 it was lengthened to three years. Subsequently a college degree became a prerequisite for the Bachelor of Laws degree. Graduate courses leading to advanced degrees began in 1876. In 1926 honors courses ...