Fall 1823 — A man accepted the position of assistant teacher in a young ladies' school in Philadelphia, where he remained two years.

The evidence

• “in the fall of 1823, he accepted the position of assistant teacher in a young ladies' school in Philadelphia, where he remained two years. In 1826, he commenced the study of law in the office of S.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/32-courts-and-legal-profession.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 219 / book p. 722

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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