Richard Dana (lawyer)
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Richard Dana was a prominent lawyer and politician in colonial Massachusetts.
Dana was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
. He graduated from Harvard College
and then studied law and passed the bar. He became a prominent lawyer, was connected with the Sons of Liberty
and protests against the Stamp Act
. He served one term in the Massachusetts Assembly.
Dana was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...
. He graduated from Harvard College
Harvard College
Harvard College, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of two schools within Harvard University granting undergraduate degrees...
and then studied law and passed the bar. He became a prominent lawyer, was connected with the Sons of Liberty
Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty were a political group made up of American patriots that originated in the pre-independence North American British colonies. The group was formed to protect the rights of the colonists from the usurpations by the British government after 1766...
and protests against the Stamp Act
Stamp Act
A stamp act is any legislation that requires a tax to be paid on the transfer of certain documents. Those that pay the tax receive an official stamp on their documents, making them legal documents. The taxes raised under a stamp act are called stamp duty. This system of taxation was first devised...
. He served one term in the Massachusetts Assembly.
Sources
- Appleton's Cyclopedia of American biography
- Charles Warren. History of Harvard Law School and Early Legal Conditions in America p. 52.