James C. Carter

James Coolidge Carter (1827–1905) was a New York City lawyer, a partner in the firm that eventually became Carter Ledyard & Milburn, which he helped found in 1854.

James C. Carter
After an etching on copper plate by James S. King, copyrighted and published by Charles Barmore of New York.
Born(1827-10-14)October 14, 1827
Lancaster, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedFebruary 14, 1905(1905-02-14) (aged 77)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard College, 1850
Harvard Law School, 1853
OccupationLawyer

Carter graduated from Harvard College in 1850 and Harvard Law School in 1853.[1]

He was one of the founders and the first president of the National Civic League.

In 1892, he was appointed one of the counsel to present the claims of the United States before the Bering Sea tribunal.[2][3]

He died in New York City on February 14, 1905.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

References
  1.  Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Carter, James Coolidge" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
  2. Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Carter, James Coolidge" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
  3.  Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Carter, James Coolidge" . Encyclopedia Americana.
  4. Hicks, Frederick Charles (1929). "Carter, James Coolidge". Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
  5. Schlup, Leonard C.; Ryan, James G. (2003). Historical Dictionary of the Gilded Age. M.E. Sharpe. p. 80. ISBN 0-7656-2106-1. Extract of page 80
  6. Miller, George Alfred (1909). "James Coolidge Carter. 1827-1905.". In W. D. Lewis (ed.). Great American Lawyers. VIII. pp. 1–41.
  7. "The City Club's New Home," New York Times (October 3, 1892).
  8. "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter C" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
  9. George W. Martin, Causes and Conflicts: The Centennial History of The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (1870-1970), Houghton-Mifflin Company, 1970.
  10. Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Reports 36, p. 41.
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