Guide to the Edward B. Merrill Papers, 1857-1921, undated.
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Edward B. Merill Papers, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine.
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Edward Bagley Merrill (b. Jan. 25, 1835 in New Bedford, Massachusetts) was the son of Edward Merrill and Mary Converse. He attended school at Norwich University, a military school in Vermont before he attended Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. Merill continued his studies at Bowdoin College, graduating in 1857 receiving a master of arts. Afterwards, Merill attended Cambridge Law School before spending three months in the office of Stanley & Langdell in New York City and being admitted to the bar. A notable case that Merill argued before the Supreme Court of the United States was Hyde vs. Woods which involved the question of property in a seat in a stock exchange. He was a member of the New York State Colonization Society, the executive committee of the Prison Association, and the board of management of the Burnham industrial farm. He was appointed librarian to the Association of the Bar of the City of New York in 1896. Merrill married Mary Elizabeth Gibbs in 1861; they had one son, Edward Gibbs Merrill. Merrill died in 1920.
This collection contains correspondence, clippings, and miscellaneous materials.
Correspondence: Chronological and Alphabetical Lists
Correspondence: 1857-1879
Correspondence: 1880-1890
Correspondence: 1890-1892
Correspondence: 1893-1895
Correspondence: 1896-1899
Correspondence: 1900-1901
Correspondence: 1902-1902
Correspondence: 1903-1903
Correspondence: 1904-1906
Correspondence: 1907-1909
Correspondence: 1920-1921
Correspondence: undated
Clippings