To a man with such great and productive talents, and with a growing family, a larger field had become an absolute necessity.

In June, 1816, therefore, Mr.Webster removed from Portsmouth to Boston.

That he gained by the change is apparent from the fact that the first year after his removal his professional income did not fall short of twenty thousand dollars.

The first suggestion of the possibilities of wealth offered to his abilities in a suitable field came from his going to Washington.

There, in the winter of 1813 and 1814, he was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States, before which he tried two or three cases, and this opened the vista of a professional career, which he felt would give him verge and room enough, as well as fit remuneration.
From this beginning the Supreme Court practice, which soon led to the removal to Boston, rapidly increased, until, in the last session of his term, it occupied most of his time.