[1] Edwards prepared for college under the tutorship of Charles Folsom.
[1] After his graduation from Harvard, Edwards went on to study law with Judge Fay.
[1] Edwards was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in Middlesex County, in September 1822.
[1] Edwards began his practice of law in Brighton, Massachusetts,[1] which was in Middlesex County at the time.
[1][2] Edwards was elected the fifth Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts,[3] serving from April 1854 to January 1855.