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==Early life==
==Early life==
The family of Samuel Huntington was among the earlier settlers of Connecticut, who located at Saybrook. He was born at Windham(now Scotland), Connecticut, on the second of July, 1732. His father Nathaniel was an industrious farmer, and the only education he was able to allow his son, was that to be derived from the common schools in his neighborhood. Samuel was very studious, and the active energies of his mind surmounted many obstacles that stood in the war of intellectual advancement.<ref>[[Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence]], by [[Benson J. Lossing]], p. 53-55</ref>
The family of Samuel Huntington was among the earlier settlers of Connecticut, who located at Saybrook. He was born at Windham (now Scotland), Connecticut, on the second of July, 1732. His father Nathaniel was an industrious farmer, and the only education he was able to allow his son, was that to be derived from the common schools in his neighborhood. Samuel was very studious, and the active energies of his mind surmounted many obstacles that stood in the war of intellectual advancement.<ref>[[Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence]], by [[Benson J. Lossing]], p. 53-55</ref>
He acquired a tolerable knowledge of the Latin language, and at the age of twenty-two years he commenced the study of law. Like Sherman he was obliged to pursue it with borrowed books and without an instructor. He succeeded, however, in mastering its difficulties, and in obtaining a good practice in his native town, before he was thirty years of age. At the age of twenty-eight a he removed to Norwich, where he had greater scope for his talents.
He acquired a tolerable knowledge of the Latin language, and at the age of twenty-two years, he commenced the study of law. Like Sherman, he was obliged to pursue it with borrowed books and without an instructor. He succeeded, however, in mastering its difficulties, and in obtaining a good practice in his native town, before he was thirty years of age. At the age of twenty-eight, he removed to Norwich, where he had greater scope for his talents.
==Entry to Politics==
==Entry to Politics==