Litchfield Law School, Litchfield, Connecticut
Dexter Press, Inc., West Nyack, New York, printed this unused, divided back postcard, published by Morgan’s Photo Shop in Bantam, Connecticut. It has the identifying code: 23706-C at the left bottom edge on the reverse. It also has a blurb at the upper left corner on the reverse: “America’s First Law School, 1774-1883, Litchfield, Connecticut. Founded by Judge Tapping Reeve, it prepared more than 1000 students for the bar who eventually distinguished themselves in politics, diplomacy and education.”
The lawyer, judge, and law educator, Tapping Reeve was born in 1744 and died in 1823. He founded the first independent law school in America not affiliated with any college or university. The William & Mary Law School was the first law school connected with a university. In 1965 the law school and Reeve’s house were declared National Historic Landmarks. Tapping Reeve House and the Litchfield History Museum are now owned and operated by the Litchfield Historical Society. Reeve served as a judge in Connecticut’s Superior Court beginning in 1798 and was later appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Connecticut in 1814.
For additional information, see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapping_Reeve
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litchfield_Law_School
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