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| | David Howell |
 | | HOWELL, David, jurist, born in New Jersey, 1 January, 1747; died in Providence, Rhode Island, 29 July, 1826. |
 | | He was graduated at Princeton in 1766, and, removing to Rhode Island, was appointed professor of mathematics and natural philosophy in Brown in 1769, also holding the chair of law from 1790 till 1824. |
 | | Judge Howell was distinguished for wit, learning, and eloquence, and was a forcible political speaker.--His son, Jeremiah Brown, senator, born in Providence, R. I, in 1772; died there in November, 1822, was graduated at Brown in 1789, studied law, and was admitted to practice. |
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