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From: "J. Wiley" <>
Subject: Re: PA Law School c. 1800?
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 17:02:58 -0400

I hope you're right about the paper trail. Suspect you are, even.
However, there is a passage in "Whiskey Rebels, Story of a
Frontier Uprising," where the author speaks of a man who thought
he'd become a lawyer and was "apprenticed" (my paraphrasing; the
author said John Neville "undertook to study law under
Brackenridge") to Henry Brackenridge, the famous Pittsburgh
lawyer of the period.

The Matusons wrote:
>
> At 06:24 PM 9/11/98 -0400, Jane Peppler wrote:
> >I have a maddeningly elusive individual b. 1783, raised in Washington
> >County, the only hopeful thing is that he was a lawyer and became
> >justice of the peace. Surely lawyers/law schools leave paper trails? How
> >did one come by lawyerly credentials around 1800 in Washington County?
> >Any guesses welcome.
>
> Jane, I don't have the answer to this fascinating question.
> However, when I was back in Washington a month or so ago,
> I stopped in at the Washington and Jefferson College library
> and chatted with the reference librarian there. He was
> knowledgeable of the history of the place. I'm sure that you
> could call or write to him (to "Reference Librarian") with your
> question. For the address etc., see
> http://www.chartiers.com/pages/libs.html
>
> No matter where you get your answer, let us on the this email
> list know. It's a very interesting question.
>
> Jean Suplick Matuson
>
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