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Samuel Putnam edit
A disambiguation is needed between Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court judge Samuel Putnam (1768-1853) and translator and author Samuel Whitehall Putnam (1892-1950). At the moment, the item in the "notable members" list describes the judge, but links to the author.
The author appears in the second list, which has been commented out, for some reason.
Here is my attempt at a biographical stub for the judge.
Samuel Putnam, LL.D. (1768-1853) was a 19th century American jurist. Samuel Putnam was born in Danvers, Massachusetts, April 13, 1768, the son of Gideon Putnam and Hannah Browne. He attended schools in Beverly and Andover,[1] and attended Harvard College (Class of 1787). He practiced law in Salem, Massachusetts, and served terms in both houses of the Massachusetts legislature between 1808 and 1814. He was appointed to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in 1814.[2] He served on the high court for twenty-eight years. Judge Putnam is primarily remembered for introducing the Prudent man rule in US Law. He died March 3, 1853, in Boston.
- ^ Cyrus Augustus Bartol (1853). A discourse on the life and character of Samuel Putnam, LL.D., A.A.S., late judge of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ^ Jim McAllister (April 26, 2010). "Essex County Chronicles: A 'mighty blusterer' to some, Salem's Putnam was a legal icon". The Salem News. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
LineChaser (talk) 18:48, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
Thomas's birthplace and date edit
I'll just leave http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9587352 this here — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.54.32.164 (talk) 11:59, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
I think we can wait edit
until Eric achieves his notability before returning this to the article
- "*Erik Putnam (born 1989), Proud Modern Member Of The Putnam Family Tree Traced through Israel Putnam working on notability"
Carptrash (talk) 01:04, 14 August 2016 (UTC)