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Richard Dana (lawyer)

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Richard Dana (1700-1772) was a prominent lawyer and politician in colonial Massachusetts, and member of the Dana family.

Dana was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard College and then studied law and passed the bar. He became a prominent lawyer, a founding member the Sons of Liberty, and led Massachusetts opposition to the Stamp Act.[1] He served one term in the Massachusetts Assembly.

His son was Francis Dana.[1] He is the great-grandfather of author Richard Henry Dana, Jr..

Sources

  1. ^ a b Mays, Terry M. Historical Dictionary Of Revolutionary America (Scarecrow Press, 2005). Page 77.


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