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Donald Grant Mitchell
Gender:
Male
Born:
April 5, 1773
Died:
August 6, 1798
Home Town:
Wethersfield, CT
Later Residences:
Philadelphia, PA
Biographical Notes:
Donald Grant Mitchell was the son of Chief Justice Stephen Mix and Hannah (Grant) Mitchell. After attending the Law School, Mitchell became a Captain of a Regiment of Artillertists and Engineers on August 8, 1794. He was later given the command at Fort Mifflin, PA. While at Fort Mifflin, he contracted yellow fever. Mitchell never married and died at Philadelphia, PA on August 6, 1798.
Education
Years at LLS:
1792
Other Education:
Graduated from Yale College in 1792.
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Charles Mitchell
Brother
LLS (1804) - Lewis C. Mitchell
Brother
LLS (1807-1809) - Hannah Grant Mitchell
Mother - Stephen Mix Mitchell (1743-1835)
Father - Stephen Mix Mitchell
Brother
LLS (1800) - Walter Mitchell
Brother
LLS (1796)
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:
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