Source:Lechford, Thomas. Note-Book Kept by Thomas Lechford, Esq

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Source	Note-book kept by Thomas Lechford, Esq.,
	lawyer in Boston, Massachusetts Bay, from June 27, 1638 to July 29, 1641
Author	Lechford, Thomas Trumbull, James Hammond

Coverage

Place	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Year range	1638 - 1641
Surname	Cole, Doughty, Lechford
Subject	Deed/Land records, Legal/Court records, Will/Probate records

Publication information

Type	Book
Publisher	John Wilson and Son
Date issued	1885
Place issued	Cambridge [Massachusetts]

Citation

Lechford, Thomas, and James Hammond Trumbull. Note-book kept by Thomas Lechford, Esq.,: lawyer in Boston, Massachusetts Bay, from June 27, 1638 to July 29, 1641. (Cambridge [Massachusetts]: John Wilson and Son, 1885).

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Thomas Lechford, an English solicitor by training, was the first practicing lawyer in America and the first lawyer to have been disbarred in America as well. His stay in America was brief, from 27 Jun 1638 to 3 Aug 1641, during which time he kept detailed records of his activities in his "Note-Book".

This book contains those records, edited by Edward Everett Hale, Jr., from the original manuscript, with the use of notes and material prepared by J. Hammond Trumbull and others of the American Antiquarian Society (Worcester, Massachusetts). Also included is "A sketch of the life of Thomas Lechford. By J. Hammond Trumbull": p. vii-xxviii.

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