Maunsell Bradhurst Field
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Maunsell Bradhurst Field (March 26, 1822 – January 24, 1875) was an American lawyer, diplomat, judge, and author.
Biography
Field was born in New York, March 26, 1822, and died in the same city, after a lingering illness, on January 24, 1875. He was the eldest son of Moses Field and Susan Kittridge, daughter of Samuel Osgood, first Commissioner of the U. S. Treasury.
Field graduated from Yale College in 1841. After his graduation he began the study of law in New Haven and New York. From March, 1843, till November, 1845, he spent in European and Asiatic travel, and then resumed his studies in N. Y., where he was admitted to the bar in Jan., 1848, and was for several years in partnership with his cousin, Hon. John Jay. His health having failed, he visited Europe again in the spring of 1848, and a third time in the autumn of 1854, when he was solicited to fill the position of Secretary of the U. S. Legation at Paris, which he accepted. He was also subsequently for a short time attached to the U.S. Mission in Spain. In 1855, Gov. Horatio Seymour having appointed him a Commissioner for the State of New York, he was made president of the Board of U. S. Commissioners to the French Universal Exposition; and at the Exposition's close was designated by the late Emperor Napoleon III with the cross of Knight of the Legion of Honor, for his eminent services.
In August, 1861, he was appointed Deputy Sub-Treasurer of the U.S. in New York City. In October, 1863, he was appointed Assistant
As assistant secretary of the Treasury in the
Judge Field manifested his interest in Yale by serving as chairman of the executive committee of the Woolsey Fund, from its organization in 1871 until his death. He was married, January 7, 1846, to Julia, daughter of Daniel Stanton, of New York. By this marriage he had four sons, including author Julian Osgood Field.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Yale Obituary Record.
References
- ISBN 9781582181257.
- ISBN 978-0393247244.
- ^ Smith, Adam (8 July 2015). "With a smile on his face" – via content.The Times Literary Supplement.co.uk.
- ^ "Now He Belongs to the Ages - BackStory with the American History Guys".
Abraham Lincoln died, according to press reports, with a smile on his face. "I had never seen upon the president's face an expression more genial and pleasings," wrote a New York Times reporter.
- ^ Abel, E. Lawrence (2015). A Finger in Lincoln's Brain: What Modern Science Reveals about Lincoln, His Assassination, and Its Aftermath. ABC-CLIO. Chapter 14.
- ^ "President Lincoln's Thoughts on April 14, 1865".
When he finally gave up the struggle for life at 7:22 A.M., his face was fixed in a smile, according to one bedside witness, treasury official, a smile that seemed almost an effort of life. Lincoln has passed on smoothly and contentedly, his facial expression suggesting that inner peace that prevailed as his final state of mind.
- ^ Assassinations That Changed The World, History Channel
- ISBN 978-0393247244.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
- ^ "'NOW HE BELONGS TO THE AGES' ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION".
Abraham Lincoln died, according to press reports, with a smile on his face. "I had never seen upon the president's face an expression more genial and pleasing," wrote a New York Times reporter.
- ^ Hay, John (1915). The Life and Letters of John Hay Volume 1 (quote's original source is Hay's diary which is quoted in "Abraham Lincoln: A History", Volume 10, Page 292 by John G. Nicolay and John Hay). Houghton Mifflin Company.
External links
- Maunsell B. Field papers, 1850-1873. Chapin Library, Williams College.
- Maunsell Bradhurst Field at Find a Grave
- Books by Field