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Elijah Bottom Merwin
Gender:
Male
Born:
April 1, 1781
Died:
November 16, 1817
Later Residences:
Marietta, OH
Biographical Notes:
Elijah Merwin was the fourth of eleven children of Elnathan and Dorothy (Bottom) Merwin. After attending the Litchfield Law School, he moved to Ohio where he practiced law in the town of Marietta. He never married and died in Zanesville, OH.
Education
Years at LLS:
1801
Profession / Service
Profession:
Lawyer
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Dorothy Bottom Merwin
Mother - Elnathan Merwin
Father
The Citation of Attendance provides primary source documentation of the student’s attendance at the Litchfield Female Academy and/or the Litchfield Law School. If a citation is absent, the student is thought to have attended but currently lacks primary source confirmation. Records for the schools were sporadic, especially in the formative years of both institutions. If instructors kept comprehensive records for the Litchfield Female Academy or the Litchfield Law School, they do not survive. Researchers and staff have identified students through letters, diaries, family histories and genealogies, and town histories as well as catalogues of students printed in various years. Art and needlework have provided further identification of Female Academy Students, and Litchfield County Bar records document a number of Law School students. The history of both schools and the identification of the students who attended them owe credit to the early 20th century research and documentation efforts of Emily Noyes Vanderpoel and Samuel Fisher, and the late 20th century research and documentation efforts of Lynne Templeton Brickley and the Litchfield Historical Society staff.
CITATION OF ATTENDANCE:
Litchfield County Bar Association Records, 1801, Helga J. Ingraham Memorial Library, Litchfield Historical Society.
Catalogue of the Litchfield Law School Hartford, CT: Press of Case, Tiffany, and Company, 1849.
Catalogue of the Litchfield Law School Hartford, CT: Press of Case, Tiffany, and Company, 1849.
Secondary Sources:
The Miles Merwin (1623-1697) Association, Inc. The Merwin Family in North America. Hartford: Connecticut Historical Society, 1978.
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