FORWARDING INFORMATION ON A COPY OF A LAW OF INTEREST TO NORMAN WILLIAMS, IN AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED

DEAN, Amos

Published by Albany [NY], 1837

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Single sheet, 32 x 19.5 cm., approx. 45 words. Folded for mailing, addressed on verso to Norman Williams, Esq., Counsellor at Law, Woodstock, Windsor Co., Vermont, with a postal round stamp. Loss to most of one word from a hole made by the wax seal, else very good, legible. Dean responds to a letter from Williams and sends him two copies [not present here] of the Argus publications from May 1 and May 19, containing information on "the Law the provisions of which you wish to become acquainted." Amos Dean (1803-1868) was a lawyer with a practice in Albany, New York, and helped to found the Albany Medical College in 1838. He was a member of the faculty and a professor of medical jurisprudence there for over twenty years. In 1851 he helped organize the Albany Law School, and in 1855 became chancellor of the newly chartered University of Iowa in Iowa City. He returned to Albany in 1860, taking up his position as a professor at the law school again. He was also the author of several books on law and other subjects. [see his brief biography in the DAB] His correspondent Norman Williams (1791-1868) was a lawyer in Woodstock, Vermont, and was also a founder of the Vermont Medical College, and a professor of medical jurisprudence. [see his brief biography in the Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography, (Burlington, VT: 1912)].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: FORWARDING INFORMATION ON A COPY OF A LAW OF INTEREST TO NORMAN WILLIAMS, IN AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED
• Publisher: Albany [NY]
• Publication Date: 1837
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  • Law
  • Americana