. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . ,lawyers, and mer-chants in singularprofusion. Re a r e damid the invigoratinginfluences and stimu-lating charms of sucha locality, Mr. Fieldhad the advantagesof academic trainingand collegiate educa-tion. At the age oftwenty-two he grad-uated with highhonors from Dart-mouth College, andthe next two yearsremained as tutor in : that institution. j Then, after taking up the study of law for atime, he returned toDartmouth to teachmathematics a year,after which
. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . ,lawyers, and mer-chants in singularprofusion. Re a r e damid the invigoratinginfluences and stimu-lating charms of sucha locality, Mr. Fieldhad the advantagesof academic trainingand collegiate educa-tion. At the age oftwenty-two he grad-uated with highhonors from Dart-mouth College, andthe next two yearsremained as tutor in : that institution. j Then, after taking up the study of law for atime, he returned toDartmouth to teachmathematics a year,after which he cameto Boston to pursuehis legal studies atthe Harvard Law School and in the office of Harvey Jewell. Admitted tothe bar in i860, he began practice immediately in office. Here he remained until 1865. Then hewas successively assistant United States district attorneyfor Massachusetts four years, under Richard H. Danaand George S. Hillard, and assistant attorney-generalof the United States, under E. Rockwood Hoar, forabout one year. Tiring of public station, he resigned inAugust, 1870, returned to Boston and formed a law. WALBRIDGE A. FIELD. partnership with Mr. Jewell and William Gaston, underthe name of Jewell, Gaston & Field. After Mr. Gastonbecame governor of Massachusetts, Edward O. Shepardwas taken into the partnership, and the firm name be-came Jewell, Field & Shepard, and so remained untilGovernor Long appointed Mr. Field associate justice ofthe Supreme Judicial Court, in February, 1881. In 1890,upon the resignation of Chief Justice Morton, GovernorBrackett appointed Judge Field to the chief justiceship. The choice gave uni-versal satisfaction toboth bench and Justice Fieldwas a member of theBoston School Boardin 1863 and 1S64,and of the BostonCommon Councilfrom 1865 until 1876, he was de-clared elected to Con-gress from the ThirdMassachusetts D i s-trict, but the electionwas contested, andafter about one yearsservice he was un-seated. In 1
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