William Powell Mason (1791–1867)
William Powell Mason was born on 9 December 1791 in Boston, Massachusetts. Following graduation from Harvard, he opened what would become a successful law practice in his hometown. Mason's tenure as reporter of the U.S. First Circuit Court led to his five-volume Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Court of the United States for the First Circuit (1819–31). He was also a member of the Social Law Library of Boston, serving as its secretary and treasurer for some years.
A Catalogue of the Social Law Library, in Boston, Second Edition (Boston: Printed for the Proprietors, 1849), xii.
John Farmer, A List of the Graduates, and Those Who Have Received Degrees, at All of the New England Colleges, from Their Foundation ... Forming a Complete Index to All the Triennial Catalogues of All the Colleges in New England (Boston: Perkins, Marvin & Co., 1835), 89.
Boston Directory, 1825 (Boston: John H. A. Frost and Charles Stimpson Jr.), 138.
Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia), 27 February 1819, page 3, column 1 (America’s Historical Newspapers).
Salem Gazette (MA), 11 November 1825, page 3, column 2 (America’s Historical Newspapers).
New York Herald, 30 December 1867, page 8, column 1 (America’s Historical Newspapers).
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