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Alfred Augustus Weeks
Gender:
Male
Born:
January 10, 1804 or July 10, 1804
Died:
July 26, 1847
Later Residences:
Albany, NY
New York, NY
New York, NY
Biographical Notes:
Alfred Augustus Weeks was the son of Ezra and Elizabeth (Hitchcock) Weeks. His father was an architect and builder who constructed houses in the West Indies. Weeks practiced law in New York City until his death. He never married and his will stated that all his property was to be left to his father.
Education
Years at LLS:
1823
Other Education:
Graduated from Columbia College with honors in 1822 and received a Masters Degree from Columbia in 1830.
Profession / Service
Profession:
Lawyer
Admitted To Bar:
Albany, NY in 1825 and New York, NY in 1830
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Elizabeth Hitchcock Weeks
Mother - Ezra Weeks
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 6, 1823.
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:
Weeks, Robert D., Genealogy of the Family of George Weeks, Dorchester, Mass., 1635-1650, Newark, NJ: Press of L.J. Hardham, 1885.
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