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Former Editions of the Works of Mr. Webster, and Plan of this Edition.--Parentage and Birth.--First Settlements in the Interior of New Hampshire.--Establishment of his Father at Salisbury.--Scanty Opportunities of Early Education.--First Teachers, and recent Letter to Master Tappan.--Placed at Exeter Academy.--Anecdotes while there.--Dartmouth College.--Study of the Law at Salisbury.--Residence at Fryeburg in Maine, and Occupations there.--Continuance of the Study of the Law at Boston, in the Office of Hon. Christopher Gore.--Admission to the Bar of Suffolk, Massachusetts.--Commencement of Practice at Boscawen, New Hampshire.--Removal to Portsmouth.--Contemporaries in the Profession.--Increasing Practice.