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Choate, Hall & Stewart was founded in 1899 by Charles F. Choate Jr. and John L. Hall, later joined by Ralph A. Stewart. Choate was the nephew of William Gardner Choate, the founder of the Connecticut school Choate Rosemary Hall, and the grand-nephew of lawyer Rufus Choate, whose statue appears in the Suffolk County Courthouse in downtown Boston.
The statue is made of bronze and depicts a standing Choate holding papers in his left hand and grabbing his lapel with his right. [6] The front of the pedestal bears the following inscription: [3] RUFUS CHOATE / 1799–1859 / ERECTED BY THE CITY OF BOSTON / WITH MONEY BEQUEATHED / FOR THE PURPOSE BY / GEORGE B. HYDE
Rufus Choate (/ tʃ oʊ t /) (October 1, 1799 – July 13, 1859) was an American lawyer, orator, and Senator who represented Massachusetts as a member of the Whig Party.He is regarded as one of the greatest American lawyers of the 19th century, arguing over a thousand cases in a lifetime practice extending to virtually every branch of the law then recognized.
Choate-Caldwell House (also known as the Within These Walls exhibit) is a historic eighteenth-century New England colonial house (c. 1710/1760) that was originally located 16 Elm Street in Ipswich, Massachusetts.
Choate Mental Health and Development Center, a psychiatric hospital in Anna, Illinois; Choate Rosemary Hall, a prep school in Wallingford, Connecticut; Choate House (Massachusetts), a historic house on Choate Island in the Crane Wildlife Refuge, Essex, Massachusetts
Choate Bridge (1764) is a historic stone arch bridge carrying Route 1A/Route 133 (South Main Street) over the Ipswich River in Ipswich, Massachusetts. It is one of ...
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Choate House is a historic house on Choate Island in the Crane Wildlife Refuge, Essex, Massachusetts, owned and administered by the nonprofit Trustees of Reservations. Choate House was built around 1730, was the birthplace of lawyer and public citizen Rufus Choate (1799–1859), and has remained virtually unchanged for over two centuries.