Royall Tyler

Royall Tyler was born in Boston in 1757 into a wealthy and influential family. A Harvard graduate in 1776, he studied law under Francis Dana, served in the militia during the Revolution, and then entered the bar. In 1787, as aide-de-camp to General Lincoln against Shays' Rebellion, he was sent on a mission to New York. He married Mary Palmer, settled in Vermont, joined the State Supreme Court, which he presided over from 1807, and taught jurisprudence at the University of Vermont. He died in Brattleboro in 1826.

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