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William Prescott, Junior., graduated from Harvard in 1783, and then taught at Brooklyn, Connecticut, and later at Beverly, Massachusetts.
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William Prescott
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Prescott was the only child of American Revolution leader Colonel William Prescott, who served at Bunker Hill in 1775. He passed the bar exam in 1787 after studying law in Beverly with Nathan Dane. Prescott founded a law practice in Beverly.
In 1789, he moved his practice to Salem, Massachusetts, where he became a well-known attorney.
He represented Salem for several years in the Massachusetts Legislature. He was elected a state senator by the Federal party for Essex County, first in 1806, and again in 1813.
He twice declined a seat on the bench of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts. Prescott was elected as a representative to the 1814 secessionist Hartford Convention.
Their son William H. Prescott became a well-known historian.
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences]
In 1808 he moved to Boston, and was for several years a member of the Governor"s Council.
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