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law office of Hon. Sm- 



ENT OFLAW, AND TUTOR. 



A TEACHER: A 



back in New Havei 



eon Baldwin. It 



his pecuniary resourcel 



shows that he was considering plans for abridging 



and providing for his expenses. His appointment 



the next year in September, 1799, when he had 



just reached the age of twenty to the office of 



tutor in college relieved him of apprehension as to 



the means of support. 



He was now joined in his law studies by his 

 brother, who had returned from South Carolina, 

 where he had been engaged in teaching in a pri 

 vate family. Moot courts were held every week in 

 the office of Hon. David Daggett. A considerable 

 number of young men were preparing for the bar in 

 different offices in town, and Mr. Silliman prosecuted 

 his studies with zeal and pleasure. At the end of a 

 year, with the full approbation of Judge Baldwin, 

 whom he held in the highest esteem for his disinter 

 ested character, Mr. Silliman passed into the office 

 of Hon. Charles Chauncey, late Judge of the Supe 

 rior Court, where were assembled a larger number 

 of students. At the expiration of his three-years' 

 course he received ample testimonials from both 

 these gentlemen, and, after the usual examination, 

 was duly admitted to the Bar in 1802. 



The two letters which follow are from venerable 

 graduates of the College, who knew Mr. Silliman 

 nearly seventy years ago. The first speaks of him 

 more particularly as a teacher at Wethersfield ; the 

 second, as he appeared in the exercise of his tutor 

 ship. 



