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Metcalf Yates
Gender:
Male
Born:
Unknown
Died:
1859
Home Town:
Albany, NY
Later Residences:
Albany, NY
Biographical Notes:
Metcalf Young attended Union College in 1820 before studying at the Litchfield Law School in 1821. He passed the bar in New York and by 1827 was arguing before the Supreme Court of New York State. He appears again in the public record in the 1852 census where he is listed as living in Albany and working as a lawyer.
Education
Years at LLS:
1821
Other Education:
Attended Union College in 1820.
Profession / Service
Profession:
Lawyer
Admitted To Bar:
Albany, NY in 1827
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.
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.
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