Letter to Jonathan Meredith regarding Harvard Law School, 24 February 1833.

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Letter to Jonathan Meredith regarding Harvard Law School, 24 February 1833.

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Letter written by Story from Washington, D.C. and addressed (p. 4) to Meredith, a Baltimore lawyer, in response to Meredith's request for information about the Harvard Law School, where Meredith planned to send his son, William Wirt Meredith. Story touches on the costs of tuition, room and board, and notes that some professors and other "professional gentleman" of Cambridge, including Dr. [Asahel] Stearns, take law students as boarders.

1 folded sheet (4 p.) [p. 3 blank] ; 25 cm.

Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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