Samuel Maxwell Harrington Jr.
Samuel Maxwell Harrington Jr. (1840 - 1878) served as a lawyer and statesmen who served as an adjutant general[1] and as Secretary of State of Delaware.[2]
Samuel Maxwell Harrington was his father. Purnell Frederick Harrington was his younger brother. He was the valedictorian for his class at Delaware College.
He served as Secretary of State for Delaware from 1863 to 1865.[3]
He was one of Edwin Wilmer’s defense attorneys.[4]
He is often confused with Samuel Milby Harrington (1882 - 1948),[5] who was his brother Purnell's son.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ History of the State of Delaware. The author. 1908.
- ^ Miller, Richard F. (February 3, 2015). States at War, Volume 4: A Reference Guide for Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey in the Civil War. University Press of New England. ISBN 9781611686210 – via Google Books.
- ^ General history. L. J. Richards & Company. 1888.
- ^ Harrington, Samuel Milby; Bowman, Samuel M. [from old catalog] (July 24, 1865). Argument of Samuel M. Harrington, jr., of Wilmington, Delaware, and Colonel S. M. Bowmen, U. S. A., in defense of Edwin Wilmer. King & Baird, printers – via HathiTrust.
- ^ "Littell family papers | Manuscript and Archival Collection Finding Aids". library.udel.edu.
- ^ "Purnell Frederick Harrington Collection An inventory of the collection at Syracuse University". library.syracuse.edu.
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