Editing Jacob Collamer (section)

==Early life==
Jacob Collamer was born in [[Troy, New York|Troy]], [[New York (state)|New York]] on January 8, 1791, the son of Samuel Collamer and Elizabeth (Van Arnum) Collamer, and his family moved to [[Burlington, Vermont]] in 1795.<ref>{{cite book |last=Barrett |first=James |date=1868 |title=Memorial Address on the Life and Character of the Hon. Jacob Collamer |url=https://archive.org/details/memorialaddress01barrgoog |location=Rutland, VT |publisher=Tuttle & Co. |pages=[https://archive.org/details/memorialaddress01barrgoog/page/n12 4]–14 |ref={{sfnRef|''Memorial Address on the Life and Character of the Hon. Jacob Collamer''}}}}</ref> He received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from the [[University of Vermont]] in 1810,<ref>{{cite news |date=October 1, 1810 |title=Commencement at Burlington |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/355601885/ |work=The Washingtonian |location=Windsor, VT |page=3 |url-access=subscription  |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> and after additional study, UVM later upgraded Collamer's degree to [[Master of Arts]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Bishop |first=Morris |date=1962 |title=A History of Cornell |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s_t1BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT154 |location=Ithaca, NY |publisher=Cornell University Press |page=154|isbn=9780801455377 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Thayer |first=William Roscoe |date=1915 |title=The Life And Letters Of John Hay |volume=I |url=https://archive.org/stream/lifeandlettersof028712mbp#page/n51 |location=Boston, MA |publisher=Houghton Mifflin |page=28}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Thompson |first=Zadock |date=1842 |title=History Of Vermont, Natural, Civil And Statistical |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_M6xFv628ziMC |location=Burlington, VT |publisher=Chauncey Goodrich |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_M6xFv628ziMC/page/n378 149]}}</ref>  He [[reading law|studied law]] in [[St. Albans (town), Vermont|St. Albans, Vermont]] with [[Asa Aldis]], Asahel Langworthy, and [[Benjamin Swift]].{{sfn|''Memorial Address on the Life and Character of the Hon. Jacob Collamer''|page=4}} He then relocated to [[Randolph, Vermont]], where he completed his legal studies with attorney William Nutting,<ref>{{cite book |last=Nickerson & Cox |date=1895 |title=The Illustrated Historical Souvenir of Randolph, Vermont |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fHsjAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA19 |location=Randolph, VT |publisher=Nickerson & Cox |page=19}}</ref> and he was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar]] in 1813.{{sfn|''Memorial Address on the Life and Character of the Hon. Jacob Collamer''|page=4}}  During the [[War of 1812]], Collamer was appointed a deputy U.S. tax collector for the district that included [[Orange County, Vermont]], and was responsible for collecting levies in support of the war effort.<ref>{{cite news |date=November 20, 1815 |title=Payment Notice by Collector Thomas Leverett |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/490764638/ |work=The Washingtonian |location=Windsor, VT |page=3 |url-access=subscription |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>