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Walter Reynolds

Gender:
Male
Born:
February 1801
Died:
1844
Home Town:
Pine Plains, NY
Later Residences:
Albany, NY
Pine Plains, NY
Marriage(s):
Julia Husted Reynolds (unknown)
Biographical Notes:
Walter Reynolds was the son of Dr. Israel and Deborah (Door) Reynolds. Reynolds graduated Yale in 1822 and attended the Litchfield Law School in the same year. He worked as a lawyer in Albany, NY and Pine Plains, NY. Reynolds died at the age of 38 in Pine Plains, NY.
Quotes:
"Mr. Reynolds and Mr. Adams return thanks to Misses Lewis for their politeness & will do themselves the pleasure to see them at tea this evening." January 14, 1823

Mary Ann Lewis Collection, Folder #5, ca. 1818-1823
Education
Years at LLS:
1822
Other Education:
Graduated from Yale College in 1822.
Profession / Service
Profession:
Lawyer
Related Objects and Documents
In the Ledger:
help 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 Eagle, October 6, 1823

Catalogue of the Litchfield Law School (Hartford, CT: Press of Case, Tiffany and Company, 1849), 18.
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