Place:Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States

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NameLitchfield
TypeTown
Located inLitchfield, Connecticut, United States
Contained Places
Borough
Litchfield
Cemetery
Bantam Burying Ground
East Cemetery
Headquarters Cemetery
Milton Cemetery
Northfield Cemetery
West Cemetery
Historical district
Milton
Inhabited place
Northfield


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Litchfield is a town in and former county seat of Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 8,466 at the 2010 census. The boroughs of Bantam and Litchfield are located within the town. There are also three unincorporated villages: East Litchfield, Milton, and Northfield.

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History

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Litchfield incorporated in 1719. The town derives its name from Lichfield, in England.

During the American Revolutionary War several prominent Loyalists were held prisoner in the town, including William Franklin, son of Benjamin Franklin, and David Mathews, Mayor of New York City.

In 1784, the first law school in the United States, the so-named Litchfield Law School, was established by judge and legal scholar Tapping Reeve. Prior to its establishment Reeve had accepted several legal apprentices since he had settled there in 1773, but saw such demand for his expertise that he formally opened the one-room school within a decade. During the school's fifty year history it would accept more than 1,100 students, including Aaron Burr, Jr., Horace Mann, and Levi Woodbury, the first justice of the US Supreme Court to attend law school.

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