Editing Samuel Dexter (section)

== Early life and education ==

Born in [[Boston]] in the [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], to [[Samuel Dexter (Massachusetts politician)|Samuel Dexter]], a Massachusetts politician and Hannah (Sigourney) Dexter. He was the grandson of [[Samuel Dexter (minister)|Samuel Dexter]], the fourth minister of [[Dedham, Massachusetts|Dedham]]. Dexter graduated from [[Harvard University]] in 1781 and then [[reading law|studied law]] in [[Worcester, Massachusetts|Worcester]] under [[Levi Lincoln Sr.]], the future [[Attorney General of the United States]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://history.army.mil/books/Sw-SA/Dexter.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608152444/http://www.history.army.mil/books/Sw-SA/Dexter.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 8, 2010|title=Samuel Dexter|website=history.army.mil|access-date=December 3, 2019}}</ref> After he passed the bar in 1784, he began practicing in [[Lunenburg, Massachusetts|Lunenburg]], [[Massachusetts]].