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Maunsell Bradhurst Field (March 26, 1822 – January 24, 1875) was an American lawyer, diplomat, judge, and author. Field was born in New York, March 26, 1822, and died in the same city, after a lingering illness, Jan. 24, 1875. He was the eldest son of Moses Field and Susan Kittridge, daughter of Hon. Samuel Osgood, first Commissioner of the U. S. Treasury. Field graduated from Yale College in 1841. After his graduation he began the study of law in New Haven and New York. From March, 1843, till November, 1845, he spent in European and Asiatic travel, and then resumed his studies in N. Y., where he was admitted to the bar in Jan., 1848, and was for several years in partnership with his cousin, Hon. John Jay. His health having failed, he visited Europe again in the spring of 1848, and a third time in the autumn of 1854, when he was solicited to fill the position of Secretary of the U. S. Legation at Paris, which he accepted. He was also subsequently for a short time attached to the U.S. Mission in Spain. In 1855, Gov. Horatio Seymou In August, 1861, he was appointed Deputy Sub-Treasurer of the U. S. in N. Y. City. In Oct., 1863, he was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Treasury at Washington, which office he resigned June 15, 1865, on the failure of his health. He was then appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for the 6th district of N.Y., which position he held until 1860, when he resumed the practice of the law. In Dec, 1873, Gov. John Adams Dix appointed him to fill a vacancy in the judgeship of the 2nd District Court in N. Y. City. He retained this office until Jan, 1, preceding his death. In 1851, he wrote, with G. P. R. James, a romance called ''Adrian'', which was published. In 1869 he published a small volume of poems, ''Trifles in Verse,'' and in 1873 a volume entitled ''Memories of Many Men and Some Women'', which was very favorably received. He was also a frequent contributor to various magazines. Judge Field manifested his interest in Yale by serving as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Woolsey Fund, from its organization in 1871 until his death. He was married, Jan. 7, 1846, to Julia, daughter of Daniel Stanton, of New York. By this marriage he had four sons, including author Julian Osgood Field. ==External links== * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maunsell Bradhurst Field」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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