Talk:Luther Martin

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The article has him graduating from college before he was born. I'd guess 1746 was a typo from 1766. As for the unsigned comment below, it wouldn't surprise me if Metuchen, then unincorporated, was considered part of Brunswick, as much of what's now Middlesex county was. Dvd Avins (talk) 00:07, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Luther Martin was born in Brunswick, New Jersey in 1748.

source for burial info[edit]

Can anyone provide a source for the burial site being "an unmarked grave in St. John's churchyard"? Find-A-Grave lists him as being buried in Trinity Churchyard. There have been several St. John's churches in New York City, and one of them (St. John's Chapel) was, according to Wiki, in the Episcopal parish of Trinity Church. But this church was torn down in 1918. Elsquared (talk) 20:50, 16 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Source of DOB change?[edit]

this change said it's according to "family records", but didn't provide any reference. Most of database on Internet says 1748.--fireattack (talk) 05:03, 2 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Henry Adams characterizes Luther Martin[edit]

This might be a bit much for the "Legal Career" section of the article, but is worth noting anyway:

The bar of Maryland felt a curious mixture of pride and shame in owning that his genius and vices were equally remarkable. Rough and coarse in manner and expression, verbose, often ungrammatical, commonly more or less drunk, passionate, vituperative, gross, he still had a mastery of legal principles and a memory that overbalanced his faults, an audacity and humor that conquered ill-will. In the practice of his profession he had learned to curb his passions until his ample knowledge had time to give the utmost weight to his assaults. ^[1]Larry Koenigsberg (talk) 01:53, 25 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ History of the United States During the Administration of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison (Earl N. Harbert, ed.) (Library of America, 1986) Vol I (Jefferson) ISBN 978-0-940450-34-9. Vol II (Madison) ISBN 978-0-940450-35-6.

Information on legal background missing[edit]

No mention is made of Martin's background as a lawyer until later in the article. He attended Princeton and graduated in 1766 with honors, but the first we learn of his legal background is in the Legal Career section which concerns the 1800s. I'm busy at the moment and will make a note to research and document this when I can wrap up some other WP matters. Allreet (talk) 19:43, 6 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

[1] History of the United States During the Administration of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison (Earl N. Harbert, ed.) (Library of America, 1986) Vol I (Jefferson) ISBN 978-0-940450-34-9. Vol II (Madison) ISBN 978-0-940450-35-6.

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