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James Sullivan
Gender:
Male
Born:
July 5, 1803
Died:
September 6, 1829
Home Town:
Boston, MA
Later Residences:
Boston, MA
Biographical Notes:
James Sullivan was the son of William Sullivan, a prominent Boston lawyer who was the author of numerous school books on politics, history and morals, and Sarah Swan.
From 1826 to 1829, he practiced law in his Boston office in Court Square. He died only nine months after his admission to the bar of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts at the age of twenty-six. Sullivan never married and is buried in Walnut Hill.
From 1826 to 1829, he practiced law in his Boston office in Court Square. He died only nine months after his admission to the bar of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts at the age of twenty-six. Sullivan never married and is buried in Walnut Hill.
Education
Years at LLS:
1822
Profession / Service
Profession:
Lawyer
Admitted To Bar:
Suffolk County, MA in July of 1826, and admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts on January 1, 1829
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Sarah Swan Sullivan
Mother - William Sullivan
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 Eagle, October 7, 1822.
Diary of Mary L. Wilbour May-Aug 1822 excerpted in Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 To 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903.
Catalogue of the Litchfield Law School Hartford, CT: Press of Case, Tiffany and Company, 1849.
Diary of Mary L. Wilbour May-Aug 1822 excerpted in Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 To 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903.
Catalogue of the Litchfield Law School Hartford, CT: Press of Case, Tiffany and Company, 1849.
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