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Field, William Hildreth

lawyer, author, was born April 16, 1843, in New York city. In 1863 he graduated from Union college, and two years later graduated from the Columbian college law school, with the degree of B. L. The same year he was admitted to the bar, and has attained success in the practice of law. He edited the ninth volume of Edmonds' Statutes, and has tried many cases in which his construction has settled the law of the state by the decision of the court of appeals. In 1887 he was president of the Xavier Union, which, under his administration, transformed into the Catholic club of the City of New York. was