A lawyer retired from his Norwich, N. Y., law firm in 1852.

The evidence

• “He was admitted to practice in the Supreme court of the state of New York at Utica, July 18, 1845, and to the Court of Chancery at Saratoga the following day. He was member of a law firm made up of his brother, himself and Warren Newton in Norwich until 1852, when he retired therefrom.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/32-courts-and-legal-profession.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 282 / book p. 782

  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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