| LC control no. | n 85072420 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Litchfield Law School |
| Variant(s) | Litchfield Law School, Litchfield, Conn. Tapping Reeves Law School (Litchfield, Conn.) Reeve School (Litchfield, Conn.) Judge Reeve's Law School (Litchfield, Conn.) |
| Special note | Estab. 1784; private law school; considered by some to be 1st law school in U.S.; closed ca. 1833. |
| Found in | McKenna, M.C. Tapping Reeve and the Litchfield Law School, 1985. LC man. auth. cd. (hdg.: Litchfield Law School, Litchfield, Conn.) NUCMC data from Rutgers Univ. Lib. for Lawyers' and judges' papers, 1725-1905 (Litchfield Law School) NUCMC data from Dedham Hist. Soc. for Mann, H. Papers, 1822-1894 (Litchfield Law School; sometimes called Tapping Reeves Law School) NUCMC data from Litchfield Hist. Soc. for Pierce family correspondence, 1775-1825 (Reeve School; letters from Timothy to James Pierce commenting on the small class size of the Reeve School; James graduated from law school in 1800, the date of the letters) NUCMC data from Litchfield Hist. Soc. for Cyrus Alden letter, 1818 Sept. 25 (Alden describes his trip to Litchfield and New Haven and study and expenses at Judge Reeve's Law School) |
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