. Bench and bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He is still practicing in Northampton. Henry Carter, son of John Carter, was born in Bridgton, Me., in 1814, and waseducated at the Bridgton Academy. At the age of fourteen he went to Portland, andwas employed a year in the office of the Advertiser. He then went to Paris, Maine,and worked on the Jeffersonian, published by his relative, Hannibal Hamlin. Notlong after he entered as a student of law the office of J. G. Cole on Paris Hill, wherehe remained a year. He then secured an appointment to the West Point MilitaryAcademy, but after two y
. Bench and bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He is still practicing in Northampton. Henry Carter, son of John Carter, was born in Bridgton, Me., in 1814, and waseducated at the Bridgton Academy. At the age of fourteen he went to Portland, andwas employed a year in the office of the Advertiser. He then went to Paris, Maine,and worked on the Jeffersonian, published by his relative, Hannibal Hamlin. Notlong after he entered as a student of law the office of J. G. Cole on Paris Hill, wherehe remained a year. He then secured an appointment to the West Point MilitaryAcademy, but after two years left that institution and became connected with theKennebec Journal in Augusta, Me. He kept up his law studies all the while, andwas admitted to the Kennebec count)^ bar in April, 1836. He then retnrned toBridgton, his native town, and began the practice of his profession. In 1841 he wasappointed county attorney for Cumberland county, and in 1847 removed to Portlandto take charge of the Portland Advertiser. In 1849 he was chosen representative.
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