Ancient Middlesex with brief biographical sketches of the men who have served the country officially since its settlement . ^CLy>~>^^ Born in Lunenburg June IT, 1774. Graduated from Har-vard in 1797. Preceptor of Groton Academy, afterwards settledin that portion of Chelmsford now Lowell. Representative Gen-eral Court, 1817. Senator, 1813, 1830, and 1831. Representa-tive in Congress. 1815 to 1817. In the legal profession he wasdistinguished for his great knowledge of the law. Real Ac-tions, published by him in 1824, is standard authority to thisday. Harvard College, wherein he was Univers
Ancient Middlesex with brief biographical sketches of the men who have served the country officially since its settlement . ^CLy>~>^^ Born in Lunenburg June IT, 1774. Graduated from Har-vard in 1797. Preceptor of Groton Academy, afterwards settledin that portion of Chelmsford now Lowell. Representative Gen-eral Court, 1817. Senator, 1813, 1830, and 1831. Representa-tive in Congress. 1815 to 1817. In the legal profession he wasdistinguished for his great knowledge of the law. Real Ac-tions, published by him in 1824, is standard authority to thisday. Harvard College, wherein he was University Professor ofLaw from 1817 to 1839, conferred upon him the degree in 18^5. In 1832 he was appointed a Commissioner onRevision of the General Statutes. He died in Cambridge Feb-ruary 5, 1839, aged sixty-five ^R HON. ASAHEL HUNTINGTON, of SALE^District Attorney 1832 to 1845. ANCIENT MIDDLESEX. 247 DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. Hon. Asahel Huntington, of Salem^ 1832 to 1845 (J3 years). zJ^Ccx^^ Born in Topsfield July 23, lTi).S. Son of a celebrated min-ister of his time, whose descendants are eminent in his professionto the present day. Graduated from Yale in. 1819. Settled inSalem, where he remained during the balance of an active , 1837, 1829, 1831. Member of the ConstitutionalConvention of 1853, and Mayor of Salem the same year. From1832 to 18-45, when Middlesex and Essex formed the NorthernDistrict, he was District Attorney, and conducted with markedability some of the most famous criminal cases in the annals ofthe court, having as antagonists such lawyers as Webster andChoate. In 1851 he was elected Clerk of Courts of Essex, anddied in office September 5. 1870, aged seventy-two years. Thepanegyrics pronounced after his decease by distinguished mem-bers of the bench and bar w
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