Biography
Brown was born in Darien, Connecticut to Roger Brown, a prosperous farmer and a Revolutionary War veteran.
Brown studied with a private tutor, and was proficient in French, Latin and Greek. He studied law under Alexander Hamilton for five years, and was admitted to the bar in 1802.
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