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e there bo ok be of years ago appeared a , purporting to an account
of . i t the y men Boston was e asy to be seen , that person wh o pre
k ne w very little o f the subject about which he was writing . The — the present work w as t hen induced to p u t down o n paper partly fo r his o w n fo r in torm ation o f f amusement , and partl y the his young riends ” o w n i o f 0: B his recollect ons the Business and Business Men oston . These m a in m emorand are now published , as it is believed there is nothing the
h n eed n ot b e l f . t at known , and much that wil grati y a rational curiosity He
l l s a for f for of f h as o e en n wil on y y himsel , that upw ards orty years h e a Bosto
i K o f merchant. and that he cla ms to now something the business and society of B w i be d i of his oston ; and what is here r tten , may considere a port on
ri expe ence and recollections .
E n e ed accordin to A ct of C o n ss a WILS O N e in the e 1 848 b T HO M A S L . v. t r , g gr , y r , y , in the offi ce of the C e k of D s c C ou l r the i tri t rt o f Massa chus etts . AR ISTO CR AC Y OF B OSTON
W T HEY ARE AND WHAT THEY WERE. HO ,
ADAMS , BE NJAMI N . Long a shrewd , polite dry goods deal o f of fi rm o f . . A o f s treet , the B C dams , and later the firm Ad
55 Co . f o A LGE R , CYRUS . rom Bridgewater ; Iron Founder, South B ston , who
i o . has pushed h s way , by sagacity and g od conduct , to eminence and wealth f The geologist o this name his son , has contributed many valuable papers f e X l r u n that science in Silliman s Journal . He was sent by his ather to p o e
S c mia o f , . n 1 ova , in the vicinity the coal mines m any years ago He has bee a n d w C l B o mfo r as o . d to much employed by government , selected by cast f s ome immense pieces o ordnance . W A . o sta A LLE N , NDRE J Many years a lively , busy , and prosper us
- n e r &c . st as t tio , , in State , near the Massachusetts Bank , and now busy abou o n e o f d in railroads . He was their first a vocates Boston ; W L Y A . o f C ol . . AMOR , C HARLE S IL I M Sons the late Thomas C o f G W Amory . C harles married a daughter the late Gardiner reen illiam a
i . s o f 82: daughter o f D av d Sears Th e commis ion house Thomas C . Amory
. w C o . as , was am ong the first in Boston The late good Jonathan Amory
. O n of o f the other partner the dissol ution that firm , by the death Thomas
C r s . o f . , Jonathan etired to a snug busine s alone The oldest son Thomas C formed the house o f Adams Amory . Joseph H Adams from Newbury s f port , did a large bu iness , but ailed , involving D aniel Appleton , now a large
- in T his m . an d prosperous bookseller and publisher, N ew York . Tho as C f the Amory has distinguished himsel in organizing present Fire Department , o f c and is p resident an insurance ompany . “ . s o n o f to AMORY, JONATHAN , Jr A good Jonathan , succeeded the
s in o f dz - in commi sion business dry goods Brown , Brothers Co in New York , f A u f o C o . the n ortunate house mory , Leeds , who were prostrated by the 83 7 s torms o f 1 83 6 and 1 . “ M o f \Villia m son of AMORY , JA E S , a cousin Charles and , and good
a o f r . Jon than , married anoth er d au ghter the late Ga diner Green
B . D W . o f AN RE S , E E N T Formerly the p artner Isaiah Thomas , under
o f a . a the firm Thom s Andrews , booksellers and p ublishers Mr . Thom s W’ f o f . retired to orcester , an d was the principal ounder the Antiquarian Society A 86 f . o m APPLE TON , S MUE L NATHAN Brothers , and r erly partners,
o f R o w - . and importers B ritish dry goods , i n South , till Broad street was made v t he fo r fi n Samuel li ed in Manchester m any years , as buyer the rm , whe Wi a in l w h o fo r W n in Timothy g0 did a so , bought Benjamin Timothy iggi B f to of W l in oston , and a terwards succeeded the business Timothy i liams , T H E R I T O R Y O F B O TON A S C AC S .
’ . a t London On S muel Apple on s return to Boston , w antin g a good house ” e . G o f keeper, he marri d Mrs ore , widow John Gore , a former hardware im
an d w of G o v. porter, nephe Christopher Gore . Mrs . G . kept a select boarding
- h . ouse in High street He invested largely i n the Lowell and other m an u fac h u . as t ring establishments He a clear head , large heart , but n ot free u t e ter nce. h a B . r r e N at an m an ged the business in oston Like othe i mpo ting hous s , f - fi ve f o t a orty years ago , they o ten shipped p and pearl shes to Liverpool . The n fo r the packet ships went but twice a year, spring and fall goods . One o f these f ships . commanded by little Andrew Scott , who a terw ards commanded the
e L e R o , M c E vers o f N e w - Gov rnor Strong, owned by y Bayard , York , made o f a in 33 the passages two successive voy ges to Liverpool and back , and 3 4 is f o 67 — l days that , ur passages in days , little ess than steam
r F . Nathan took an active pa t with rancis C Lowell , P atrick T . Jackson , W at altham , He ha s been a a Director o f
that b e c o m a drover w ho ’ f fo r passed his ather s house , his assistance nt to o n — Maine , and w orked as a c mmo l aborer. He is without children Nathan
has . of r i son of M cI n tosh several One his daughte s m arr ed a Sir James , and another the poet Longfellow . A neph e w is married to the only daughter of W Daniel ebster. W i n A s w or s o f . 85 a P PLE TON, ILLIAM , a ephe cou in S N . He first p pe ered in Boston as a clerk and buyer o f goods fo r a cou ntry store i n N e w f o f . or e . W Hampshire He was a terwards an imp t r British dry goods , with J . f . s n f a s as Paige His inve tme ts i n m anu actories have been very success ul , well
t a . o f f as his opera ions in the C nton trade In spite eebl e health a dyspeptic , Hi he has shown great energy and perseverance . s perception s are very
u u . h as be en f or quick , and his j dgment sound an d pright He zealous the o f w as on e of f u of prosperity the E piscopal Church , and the o nders an d has recently made an ample don ation to advance the education of clergy of men in the Church . He m arried a daughter good Jonathan Amory .
. r of ff AP THORP , JOHN T For many yea s President the Su olk Insurance W i . of O fi ce and the Boston Bank Married a dau ghter the late illiam Foster . is o f — He courteous manners and , like many other gentlemen , derived his title C h of C olonel from having command ed the adets . It as been generally sup posed that he held the two offi ces as President throu gh family influence a nd w f his o wn . has arm personal riendship , and not wealth He saved and inherited m . oney. Harrison Gray Otis and he m arried sisters
G . w ARMSTRON , SAMUE L T Bred a printer ith Samuel E theridge , W f w . o f . m o C harlesto n Married a daughter Col Ti othy alker , a wealthy
- f . packer o f bee in that town He kept a book store i n Cornhill , and printe d
. h as e of for the Andover Theological Institution He be n Mayor Boston , and
Lieutenant - Governor . w as f o f the o f H Sc Mr . Etheridge a terwards firm astings , E theridge Bliss
- hari s old n o w o f . Jon at Hastin , the postmaster , and Elam Bliss , New York N JA MI N of o f H a dz for ATKINS , B , the firm y Atkins , many years
- ea mi industrious , saving , and thriving crockery d lers in S th Row , next the
i - h o f k . Old South . Josep Hay , the pattern a pol te shop eeper
- S JUN . of old AUSTIN , AMUE L , Son an Clerk in the State House
d - r - d F orm who was brother of a good ol ship b ead b ak er at the N ort h E n . erly T or ra n A R IS OC RA C Y BOS T ON . 5
~ W o f W w i a . ose h . partner w ith C pt J p Lewis , brother inslow Le is , the l ght of of an d e house man . They were the agents the first line Boston Liv rpool — h T o az A m eth st E mera ld— h t ffi l ackets t e , y , and established wit grea di cu ty , p p — k 1 81 8 1 9 s u . T e d l ay a joint stoc company , in , and oon given p h ships coul n o t be the n filled from Boston .
o n - in - f f of . S o , ) , AUSTIN JAME S T law (an d author th e li e Elbridge o n e o f r o f o f f Gerry , the signe s the Declaration Independence ; a terwards
V - o f . Governor o f Mas sachusetts , and ice President the United States
- - r n ee n o f s . M . Austi has b City Attorney and Attorney General Massachusett is He w as long an arde n t politician and orator o f the Republican Party . He ” f s B en C a nephew o f the amou old Austin , who used to edit the hronicle ,
on e o f the great guns o f D emocracy i n the times o f Jefferso n an d Adams . f W M i W A . P o . BALD I N , A RON resident the ashington Bank arr ed a
- o f B . sister o f Philip Marrett , President the New E ngland ank w as f an d f o n W f Mr . B . long a sa e success ul commission merch ant Indi a har , M of . and dealt very extensivel y in molasses . He is a native ilton
- A . F o r n of B L LARD , JOHN many years kept a carpet store at the cor er
- - f School an d Marlborough streets . His ather kept a l ivery stable . A sister
—" m n lishm an f 65 arried Thomas Carter , an E g ormerly Jackson C arter , owners
of W r in an d of t . the ship ar ington , the L iverpool trade , large im porters ha s o f the R v f W e . o f . . o r BANCROFT , GE ORGE Son Dr Aaron Bancro t , i o er . h s e est , a Unitarian Having finished studi s at C ambridge , he went to hi s f . s r w as a Gottingen to pur ue them urther On retu n , he preached , and
s . Unitarian ; then , a sociated with Mr . John G Cogswell , established a school s w e at Round Hill , near Northampton , Mas , intended to embrace a ide cours
o f s . n o t has n instruction , including gymna tics He did succeed . He since bee f s distin irish ed as o n r n Pro es or at C ambridge , and g an author, chiefly Ame ica o o f t o history , and as a Democratic p litician ; a Collector Boston , Secre ary f '
a i to i . He r the N vy , and now Min ster Great Br tain mar ied first into the
“ f of and t o Wi i wealthy Dwight amily Springfield , since the dow Bl ss , also with f a ortune .
. is n o w o o to an d n Mr C ogswell employed by John Jac b Ast r, collect arra ge
his great library .
A . t of - t B NGS , BE NJAMI N Form erly an impor er dry goods in Court s reet, s of 85 f in where he ucceeded Andrew Homer ; then Bangs Brad ord , Broad
n i S K w who ‘ street ; the in nav gation , (sometimes with the late eth no les , m ar o f of to ried a daughter Matthew Bridge , C harlestown , ) principally South e Am ric a .
E S . s BARTLE T T , JAM Began as a hired truckman to Sam uel Harri on , o f i of St dc W brother James Harr son , first Harrison Hall , then Harrison ilby . ’ n o of He had means , but succeeded to Harrison s business by the aid the latter
fi rm . th a n s in a He united dealing in coals with his trucking , and inve te d
f - whar at the North E nd , in Lynn street .
A D . f B RT LE T T , SI NE Y A lawyer rom the Old Colony . Formerly w f — n e n . partner with Lemuel Shaw , Chie Justice an d a leadi gpractitioner
A . f h BARTLE T T , THOM S A retired dru ggist o long hig standing in ' “ ” n r t o , ea S ate s t re et o f . O ne o f Cornhill , at the sign the Good Samaritan , f w — tpe e in whom physicians and the public had great c on fi de n c e and a gen t eman . A B SSE TT , FRANC IS . Studied law with Timothy Bigelow: H as been o f nd . t Member the State Legislature a Clerk o f the U S . District and Circui is Courts . He a bac helor .
‘ A T - E N . S o n of r r m erCh an t o f c d . B S , JOH D a ship maste an d , late Con o L ’ 5 to u tes of B arin s u n W M G ua m D u» Related Josh a Ba , g ho se, Londo , "see . ] T E A R T R Y D ? T N H IS OC AC BO S O .
his w i ring minority , he served several years ith a heavy mercant le house in i E u m e p .
L o f - N A P . . of . BE K , JOHN Son the late Dr Belknap , m inister Federal st c f o f H . f Chur h , be ore Dr Channing , and historian Ne w ampshire . Pro essor M c K e an c A , who suc eeded John Quincy dams at Cambridge , preached there
a f . o ld f also, immedi tely be ore Dr Channing , i n the church , be ore the prese nt ’ ’ M r l . . o n e of s n u was bui t Belknap was always Boston s retiring , prudent , g, f a ri in e U n and honor ble men , p ncipally the Calcutta trade , not largely at onc . fo u . s r f rt nately his eye ight has been impaired . He de ived benefit rom the sci
ifi - e n t c l o f . l of . ski l D r E l iot , the celebrated oculist New York His brother a h o f in Jeremi was partner a house Marseilles, and embarked in a granite
f fo r - quarry at "uincy , that urnished the stone the present New York Ex t he n o f W wh change , under directio that deserving architect , Solomon illard , o o o f l was als the architect the Bunker Hil M onument.
E . . w f u BE L L , JOS P H From Haverhill , N H here h e acquired his ort ne . f f f o f o f o . He and Ru us Choate m arried sisters the amily Olcott, Hanover has f He been a member o the Legislature . W L O . n s on of in BIGE , JACOB A respectable physicia , and a clergym an — R f f in - f o f Sudbury , once u m ord Pro essor Harvard , n ow Pro essor Materia W f Medica in the Medical College . hen Dr . James Jackson retired rom active
m . to f . practice , he reco mended D r Bigelow many am ilies He has published
o n . fu l botany Under a demure , almost bash exterior , he possesses great " s — it w as for him “ hrewd ness and dry humor human nature , to parody the ode a to the p ssions .
‘ I f n o f f ~ o . o e e w B NNE Y, AMOS . Son the late Col Amos Binney , the n a tives of f a o l in Hull , orty years g , kept a sma l retail grocery Salem or Hull W st . o f f. o f , and then at the lower end Long har He was a man enterprise , an d great sagacity , and a decided democrat . leading man with the Methodists . o f 1 812 He w as appointed Navy Agent , d uring the war , when the government
- w as fo r s w fi ve . straitened means , trea ury notes at t enty per cent discount . He fi o e e f t u t . . o f w a r xerted hims l with energy and success . to the U S ships
o ne of f o f . d ( He was the ounders the New E ngl an Glass Company , at Lech
n u f his . m re Point , rom intimacy with Daniel and Joseph S Hastings , and De ing W . to Jarvis , and influenced E . A inchester build there extensive provision ’ C ra ie s f and soap and candle works near the glass works . g Bridge ollowed w C ra ie e o f their improvements . Andre g was a larg holder Yazoo scrip , but
derived little benefit from the government appropriation fo r its partial payment . or d his He w asf ce to meet payments at the Boston Bank , endorsers buying the
- c r fo r o n e . s ip as sold at auction , third its ultimate value ' W c ro ce o n f. B INNE Y , JOH N , kept a ship handlery and g Long h ar ’ fi f i . a or l The present Mr . B nney married John s d aughter y his taste natura ’ f for of his science be devoted with his ather s zeal the benefit his country , and ’ w ealth used with his father s j udicious benevole n ce W o f l o f 1 81 2 BLAKE , SARAH . idow Edward Blake , til the war a large
in - - of B st . importer ritish dry goods , State then in the com mission business — ’ M c L ell an M c L ellan o n . Mc L ell an with Isaac , as Blake and Mr Blake s death , M r one of dau h dc . s . C hadwick , (see E benezer Chadwick ) Blake is the two g
o f f m . ters Samuel Parkman , by his first wi e . Edward Tuckerman arried the other W Di w of o f G e . . s BLAKE , MRS . ido Joshua , brother orge , the l ate U S ’
i t . t r c Attorney Joshua was a captain in David Hinckley s employ , in the Medi f sea d terranean , and m ade money in it . A ter quitting the , he continue in f h a . on e o t e the Sicily , and embarked in the Calcutt trade Francis Stanton , “ ” see his - ia - w ho Algerines , ( George Hallet ) brother law , died a bach elor ,
W f to M rs . was fte n rn w . and whose ealth ell mostly Blake , o conce ed ith hi m ' r n a aa rs roc a s c r or s cam s . 7
G w in t 8 A b P E as o ed . . BLAKE , EORG , mpp U District ttorney y resident w ff ffi . . as n Je erson , and held that o ce till removed by Gen Jackson He an arde t o re u blic an in F a n euil H a ll . A f f . , but not a ready speaker ter the ch oice Mr d in f n ffl A ams , his republicanism grew col d act, he was co stitutionally a icte d ’ ' w I n dofle d a w as ith chills . a barber s shop he more clothes th n ever done by
c - of any a tor in playing the grave digger in Hamlet . He was a patron the
a o f o & c . theatre , and crony Co ke , A K A C W BL E , F R N IS , another brother , a l awyer in orcester, died young , f f s o f h G in public li e , a ederalist , who gave promi e m uch higher talent t an eorge possessed . M A m an ufac BOIE S , JE RE I H SMITH . First a paper, and then a cotton M — a s of old turer, above ilton Bridge , venerable and re pected gentleman th e
s . school , and a thorough busines man , aged nearly ninety o s , , f f , John Bussey his nea.r neighbor and ather Captain Bu sey i n the Liver o o f o f be po l i and brother the wealthy Benj amin Boston , deserves equally to remembered . W H f o f B da e o n A M . o BORDM N , . , the late , was the firm ord man Pop , a W a f P o r n L in W a n d n Indi h r . "see , PASCA engaged the North est , Canto — a a . His tr de , very large private underwriter accomplished and celebrated daughter married H . G . Otis , Jr . W A W o ne m m . BORDM N , I L LIAM, had , I think , but child , who arried
Lawrence . IVido w of “W wh o BORDMAN , LYD IA . illiam Bordman , lived in Han
- st . f r over , in the house standing back to back with the Codman estate , a terwa ds ’
- ff st. E arl s Co ee House . He removed thence into Hancock w as n o r n He origi ally a hatter , and was commonly called Black Bill B dm a , f as w as in . rom having been engaged , said , the trade in blacks N be f as on e o f fi rm o f o n dz A h BORLA D , JOHN , gan li e the Oliver , B rla d bo t - on IVharf r , auctio neers , in Kilby street , and then Central , including gene al — d f fr s com missions inherite a ortune om his uncle , James Lloyd cho en sen ator f f rom Massachusetts , a ter John Quincy Adams resigned . Among other E ng Mr f o f . o r e lish agencies , Lloyd h ad that S . S mith C laph am E astbu n , L eds .
. w f o f fi rm f n as o C o . Mr James E astbur a terwards the E astburn Kirk , ex
- N e w . w as a i in tensive publishers in York He well re d , espec ally Theology , and a liberal Methodist . on son h Bishop E astb urn is his s . Another died soon after graduating e had given promise o f great talent .
Z A . f m w as r r BOURN E , E RA , ro Sandwich , Cape C od , first in th e c ocke y W W — W W 85 . w f . . d . n w as tra de ith illiam ood a terwards T N . oo Mr Bour e i u r — on e attacked with bleed ng at the l ngs , and t avelled south rode m uch hors ih o f his H back the upper part Georgia , and recovered health . e then kept a
. 1 . w his crockery store No South Row He lived ith mother , in a small h ouse , ’ f - n . o w as mf an d ear D r Lowells church , which he a member, in Sta ord street , W W i i . O n o f w as se n nher ted a sm all property the death illiam ard , he ch o
o f . in f i w of r es president the State Bank Late li e , he marr ed the wido Cha l ; w as ck c f in i Thorndike He always qui , are ul every thing, and h ghly honorable . W . S o n of D r . ow h BO DITCH , NATHANIE L L the l ate . N ath B ditc , ’ t e — of h celebrated mathematician , translator La Place s great work , L a Me ” — f as of canique Celeste , m ore extensively and practically use ul , the corrector ’ h e t n of t ables in Blunt s N avigator . He had been many years preside t an i f to to e nsurance o fice in Salem , and reluctantly removed Boston , bec ome pr si f f 00 o the o f 5 0 n . e n . dent Li e Insurance Company , at a salary $ per an u m Eb as i to u ce in i ste er Fran cis w sa d h ave had great infl en promot ng this wise p, prop 8 r a n A R S T C RA Y o r nos'ro I O C n .
fo r e of f l f th tables stimating the value human li e being yet hard y ormed , and e. o f f whole subject annuities imper ectly understood . B N r . . d f . a o . N L owditch married a ughter E ben Francis , and is well
versed in real estate practice . D C E f of o 85 C o . fo r BRA FORD , HARLE S , the firm C harles Homer ,
for n - merly Homes Homer, largely in hardware , m any years in Unio street ,
‘ m - r . H o fi st Henry Ho es , Homer first clerk . then partner Mr . omes was an r tho do x a i o f v congreg t onalist , m ost extensi e christian benevolence . His chari e n a in fo r b ti s and kind ess alw ys ready , and liberally amo un t every good o ject .
M . r . . Homer was greatly respected R A o f B a B DLE E , JOSIAH . Son a oston tinm n . His valuable commissio n be e n f m u es f business has principally ro the heavy Salem India ho s ) and rom
f s. n fe w s Nantucket and New Bed ord , in oil and sperm candle His seco d wi a ’ o f . N ath l . o f Miss Frothingham . sister the Rev Frothingham , and daughter ’ E . a s te n ben Frothingh m , who kept a small crockery store in Marshall L ane , “ - ~ — . in th e ded mainly by his brother in law , old Mr Langdon , neat as a pink ; a f n F . . . w as err nds , the uture clergyman , the prese t D r , used to assist Mr. F . e o f f v ry proud his boy , who distinguished himsel in the public schools , and by o f u the ai d Theophil s P arsons , Samuel Dexter , and others , he was sent to a C mbridge . Z erah Colburn appeared in Boston about that time , and the sam e gentleman f ff . m ade great o ers to his ather , to give him u p to be educated , but in vain : he E n l an df o r was bent U pon taking him to g a show . M or for w Mrs . Bradlee ( iss Frothingham) was secretary Treasurer the Ho ard
- t A s o r n di en t 1 804 o r 1 805 . lum f I g Boys , in ’ B oil tin in in To se h . u p P radlee , Josiah s brother , united the and b s ess But ’ ~ l er s R o w .
sB R A DL E E W son of d of , JAME S BO DOIN , Josiah , m arrie a daughter
M a old - of i rich P errin , y, an south ender , and crony Joshua Dav s , Josiah m M rs . a . in Knapp , and others Gl ss would have i mortalized their fish , dipped f fat an d to Indian meal , ried , or rather boiled , in salt pork , browned , don e a ’ - w abble . But it was at supper O , whist, whist W 85 W t of . . BR A D LE E , JOHN . Surviving par ner Thomas D J . Brad
o f - in lee , long in th e wholesale liq uor business at the corner Fl ag alley, th e ” Bite .
in - m s D. Tho a , addition to this business , bought many n otes and kept his mone y rolling very carefully and sn ugly unt il his only d aughter w as married W — l Wm . . C o . , to , P inchester w hich marriage he liked so well that he gave f f illi le t the m more than hal a m on . "See
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- are man , in South row , cast
85 0 . ings , I ‘ W f l o n C h rist m as 1 81 0 old U. . n Gen . inslow ai ed D ay , , when the S Ba k o f r fo r 81: began to pull in hard , in consequence endo sements Barker Bridge ,
- of o . 85 . auctioneers in Kilby street , corner D ane , where B C Adams an d
— ~ T . 85 . b ein o n th s c or E lis ha Parks afterwards kept K . Jones C o g ; e oppo ite ’ ner o f D e ane - street . O g fi h w B ar 85 e h . a s a Barker Brid e wer once partners wit Robert G Shaw , ,
- - & in S . ber . Bridge , tate street , nearly opposite Kilby street m the s m . Gen . John Peabody made a great crash at Newburyport , at a e ti e
R W ; o f 65 r er - e B E E R , THOMAS Formerly Stone B ewer , crock y war
' His if of m . . w e is mercha nts , in Salem sister to Stone , and char ing address — w to the n They dissolved Brewer continuing the business . Stone ent in distilli g ' T H E a arsr o c as c v or no s ron . 9
— f ro . bu siness and became celebrated by his controversy with , and success ul p N w . f e . n tio n o f . . o ot s ec u , the Rev Mr (now Dr ) Cheever , York Brewer did 85 W su c ceed ; and was hired to remove to Boston , by Harrison ilby , to keep o f 8: W t their retail sho p at the corner Franklin ashing on (then Marlboro) street ,
M c F a rlan e C 82: . n where John had kept , an d since ollamore Churchill He the ’ - - W n - opened a cheap dry goods shop in ashingto street , near Boylston market ;
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a n d i by of s on . then a distiller ; speculated , lost much , rega ned the aid his
o f o f M . WE A . . . BRE R , G RD INE R Son Thomas , and brother Dr Thos , " o n e o f the editors and proprietors o f the Boston Atl as . H as been a d istiller f n o w o f M 8c h c with his ather ; but Sayles , erriam Brewer, w olesale domesti
G 0 ood s .
M A . of old B RIM E R , M RTIN . (Late Mayor ) Nephew the l ate good
- m o f his old Andrew , who lived hospitably at Atkinson street , entertaining any M f . E n glish connexions . He le t an ample fortune to artin a R . i of B OKS , PE TE R C The richest man in New E ngl nd A nat ve O — Y m G ov. o s North ar outh , Me . Related to the late Brooks the Colonel Br ok o f the Revolution . M f of r. . o o B married a daughter Nathaniel Gorham , Charlestown , brother f n G o t ha m s Stephe , associated with Phelp in Genesee and Holland Land p ur. c hases i n the State o f New York . He kept a private insurance offi ce in the same building with the Bunch o f ” o f - Grapes , at the corner State and Kilby streets , where the New E ngland — ” B C l o f o f - ank is . rowel Hatch , Jamaica Plains imputed Black Bird memo — r o f da for - B o f y, (the slang term the y sl ave trading arnabas Hedge , Plymouth
n A a o w ho o r o n - f the Benj ami P . Homer and d m Babc ck , lived near part o f s s ite o the pre ent Tremont House . w as fu o f a o f Mr . Brooks watch l the v lue ou tstandin g risks, cl aims; and f i f n . accounts . Heavy balances were o ten le t his h ands He purch ased a c cou n ts — t s of t who hat is , all the outstanding interest par ies might wis h to u — o r close p where d eaths would make it important to settle estates . T uthill ’ su m Hubbard s bo o ks were said to have given him a l arge . fu i vest e d His savings w ere al ways very care lly p . Secu rity before large fe w profit . He would take mortgages when capitalists woul d touch them , o n o f m f o f — account the long ter o the equity redemption then three years . f w of f the He was a ter ards President the New E ngland Insurance O fice , at
‘ o f c - — corner E x hange and State streets the New E ngland Bank then below . — w offi c e an d T his was al ays a quiet , business very unlike the gossiping Fire — » i . d tw o old w i Mar ne Ozias Goodwin and John Hollan , orthy , retired sh p intimate f — m asters and riends leading Directors .
H is o f - town house is at the corner Atkinson an d P urchase streets , n ear s W f f in w as Rus ia har ; his country seat , in Med ord , where , sum mer , h e a
o f the . regular attendant an d admirer late D r Osgood .
M r. r f B ooks has our sons an d three daughters . One o f his daughters m ar i E . son o f r ed dward E verett another, Chas . F Adams , John "uincy Adams ; i . . . o f h s is N and the third , Rev Dr Frothingham One sons a merchant in ew
York , and is very wealthy . A — O f 85 — w ho b BRY N T , JOHN Bryant Sturges began usiness n early f f t he - W orty years ago , a ter they had been to China and North est Coast, as f ‘ or T he o do re a nd 85 . . has supercargoes Lyman J . T H Perkins . Mr . Bryant ’ m a n fi n s always been the desk . They opened their rst C anton goods in C odma ’ L in dell s ' l a n e store , . O H N — O f 8c —f o f BUMS TE AD , J T rott Bumstead ormerly importers Brit
‘ ish dr - r l l . in ee t 85 y goods , in Co nhi ; near Dr Bartlett, then State str t , near Boo “ P a : S i in fa r M r r tt nce manu ctu es . . Bumstead inherited a good prope rt y from T HE A R TO R A Y O F T ON IS C C BOS .
f n . His w as o f o h is ather , Deaco Josiah Bumstead mother sister the late Gover G n o r ore . — . a o f BURROUGHS , GEORGE Many years C shier the Union Bank when f W “ e n dell . Oliver , Samuel Brown , and Thomas L inthrop were Presidents thereof. M a — W o A s f . f B R Y , idow Mr Bray , an Englishman , ormerly o f the firm o f W 85 f. e o f Bray Boit , India har She is a d aught r the late Samuel E liot , and f inherited her property rom him .
A . so n o f ate C BOT , HEN RY Only the l George Cabot . President o f th e
o f U. . in o f Branch the first S Bank Boston , until its charter expired ; the ff o f f o Boston Insurance O ice and the Hart ord Conventi n . Once U . S . Sen a t or f a . A n a o f rom M ssachusetts aron Burr the s id him , that he never spoke , ” f ol but light lowed him . c hu ld i f is Such a m an not be w thout great in luence in trade and politics . H opinions were often r e quired a n d deferred to o n marine insuran ce and mercan
o f . u o f tile questions importance The State Courts were tied p by rules law . for a o f i and arbitrations were much resorte d to w nt equity j urisdiction . H s u nquestioned integ rity and independence gave confidence in the decisions o f f n m . b a t his clear and sou d ind He egan li e as a s ilor , (like a rue descendant o f of o f f the Cabots , the first discoverers the continent North America , ) rom
Beverly . A beautiful and di s crimina tin g sketch of his character was given in a serm on
a h P - pre ched on his deat by resident Kirkland , at the church in Summer street , d w w h a e . fe w n here he orshipp d A copies only were printed , and give among his friends . u his P resident Kirkl an d m arried a da ghter , who accompanied him in voyage u a t ra ve l s in 85 0 . p the Mediterr nean and in his E gypt , a o flic e in l Henry studied law , and opened an Pemberton Hill , near Char es ’ ’ — . w influ en c e he Jackson s and E ben Gay s , ith great advantage and , among
k . o f others , as attorney to the Branch Ban He had the reputation great
i . H n r . h s e atu al talent But , lighter pursuits were more to taste became a
- His l wa lkin in . g broker State street , in large operations principa resort , the
Suffol k Offi ce . ’ — — He inherited his father s w ealth n ot l arge and he adde d t o it by invesb n in a f me ts m nu actures . o f o n e w as a o b u rs tin o f The sight eye injured , some years g , by the g a gun , W — W B o o tt while shooting oodcock to which sport he and John . were devoted . A f o f . o e C ABOT , S MUE L Son the lat Andrew , brother George above .
o f . a n d o f Married a daughter Thomas H Perkins , was ad mitted a partner that
. o f b . firm . Mrs Follen , the authoress , (widow the late cele rated Dr Follen , ) is a sister o f Sam uel .
A H A - w a C INS , T OM S . Began the gl ass making business , in a small y , at
. f i South Boston He was inde atigable n introducing his goods , by carrying d round sam ples himself among the ealers .
A o f C o . A W . C RT RIGHT , CH RLE S H President the Marine Insurance o f a 85 e r f Formerly C rtwright Mitchell , commission busin ss , p incip ally rom
Nantucket . — . f 83 C o f Y B O . CAR , GEORGE Josiah Bradlee , a ter h aving been a clerk o f of f with Mr . Bradlee . Son Mr . Cary , Chelsea , a retired merchant ormer f — a eminence . He lived in a brick house about tw o miles rom Chelsea bridge
n — o u o f m . s olitary house , without tree or eighbor the north side Sale turnpike M A of G n CARY , THO S G. The brother eorge . Studied law with D eaco f t f u P O xen b rid e son of . o e (a terwards J dge) eter g Thacher, D r Thacher, Bra tl W — not u r t es urc . the bar the c n s a. fre uent at t C h h hile at , D ea o wa q pop la r ' o c c r wa s a a s r as r o BOST O N . 1 1
u on r wn e spo u te r a t Faneuil Hall , abo t the same level with Alexande To s nd and other F ederal as pirants .
m of . ot out al one Mr . C ary arried a daughter Thomas H Perkins , and g
- iiarr f of . . at a q y in Quincy in l uenced , probably , by the money Col Perkins
- T h a f . o e quarry was bought , and a r il road rom it to the landing built The st ne
- C o l f i for Bunke r Hill Monument was given by . Perkins rom th s quarry . w as l on — as his Mr . Cary long a g cadet , and a great m archer proved by f m daily walks ro and to Chelsea . W — o fi rm ’ B Z E . f of R o CHAD ICK , E E NE R From Portland First the 82: C o w h o s M c L ella s bert E lwell . , did a large eastern busine s , when the a , W d 85 C of t n A o f Wisc asset fi o urishe . o . ff Por la d , an d biel ood , , E lwell su ered W as o f M c L el la n 85 heavily by retu rned bills in e mbargo ti mes . then Chad — M c L ell n — w . M c L ell an f m 8? a L K E ick Isaac , ro Bath late Blake "See B A , R r o f ffi n SA AH , ] m ar ied a daughter John C o Jones , by whom he h ad property .
e fo r r C o . f or t of B came agent the Me rimack , the p urchase and ransmission
c . f otton Has invested in manu acturing stock .
P - 8: W C HA MAN , HENRY , A retired ship chandler . L ate Chapman ain wright .
r f - in - o f h Chapman ma ried a Green , and is ather l aw Maria C apman , the n ab ol itio ist . W . n is so n o f W of W r 85 n Mr ai wright a Henry ainwright , ( ainw ight Jackso , c - n - , i rockery ware merchants E xchange street an excellent E nglishman , m any years Treasurer o f the B ritish C harita ble Society ; and unfortunately d i n C . rowned while bathing C harles R iver , ambridge Samuel Stillman G ar (many years an intelligent supercargo ou t of Boston l of e of h 85 C o of ate the managing partner the hous Baring, Brot ers Liver o m o f p ol , ) arried a d aughter this Henry . W' . . o f is . Rev D r ainwright , Ne w York , a nephew f o f of e r The amily is L ancashire origin , and related to that the c leb ated ' r m W i n . a n w ri ht o n o ganist and usicia , Dr g , whose contest the organ at Hal fax w r l] is , ith the g eat astronomer Hersche , when a youth , well known . A W f. C LARK , BE NJ MIN C . Commission merchant , C ommercial har A 'w o r — — thy s o n o f a most industrious father John C lark long a tinman in ’
- Marshall s lane . — R ev . S o n o f f of 82: CODMAN , JOHN D D . John ormerly John Stephen ’ n W f r C odman , o ce extensive merchants in C odm a n s har (since swallowed o
u n e w - e . filled p by the mark t , ) and Market street
D r. f f i t he Codman inherited his property rom his ather , who lived in P ar s at d o f o f W V i in m . per o some the great changes France . ans , then in Paris also . l n f ff had arge deali gs with him , and tried a terwards , without e ect, to establish i i . cla ms aga nst his estate in Boston . They were barred by the statute The doctor h as been zealously Calvinistic ; and his settlement in Dorch e s — t or m o l f — dis aking division in the d p arish o Dr . Harris caused fierce and f grace ul disputes . ’ oc his The d tor s house and grounds are fine , and living generous and hospi t . W fo r an able Sir alter Scott would have taken him abbot , rather than a ’ d o f o n e of C escendant romwell s puritans . ’ - r ff - s w as C od The estate in Hanover street , once E a l s Co ee Hou e , John ’
i - man s dwell ng house .
Dr . Codman has recently deceased . " N n l ODMA . L of . Has CHARLE S RUSSE L , Brother John do e litt e busm ess . n ow o Formerly , and then an underwriter . Inherited a go d real es a f ’ his f m f - - and aff s t te rom ather, uch o it in Kilby stree t and Lindell s lane , ect th “ e has: too . ' ' 1 2 run s a is roc a s cr or B os ron.
who and n the an Another brother , h ad a surpassing bass voice , sa g in H del a o and Haydn Society , died m any years g . f . o n . u l aw . is CODMAN , HE NRY Son Stephen , above amed St died H t f f u s ffi es s eady , cool , aith ul , and judicio s qualitie , brought upon him many o c
f . H e is f of a o trust , and h as long been , the patron riend Lucius Manlius Sar ” : “ gent they chum tog ether . of —w mmodiou s He m arried the onl y d aughter the late John Amory hose , ol d- f o n W s - ashioned town house , was a hington street , the garden running to ’ h of o f the rear o f St Paul s Ch urc . One the last remnants the sickle pear was
- . as f f was in it His country h ouse , old ashioned and com ortable , in Roxbury. ” f o . Am ry Hall was named a ter Mr John Amory . n for a c on S ic u ou s as Stephen Codma was , m ny years , p a politician . To “ ” n " s r eside at the meetings in Faneuil Hall , Stephen Codma was alway ’ — fi f If . . n ot en . Russell s first shout and it never ailed Mr C odman were there , l l ” ’ . f r C o . Messenger was Be n s second call Th en o the tug of eloquen ce — — — t u of Thacher Savage Townsend Harry O is , and the m sic the axe an d ” of the hammer , the loss which w as sadly deplored during the embargo W — illiam Sullivan , with his pleasing and persuasive tones Christopher Gore , to o f for ff - l w pompous and ormal e ect and Sam ue Dexter and John Lo ell , rarely , but with wondrous and convincing power . When Dexter opposed and declared off from some proposed measure of the of 1 81 2 w " Federal Party , during the war , th e whole crammed Hall ere aghast When Otis replied; the charm o f his el oq u ence w as broken ; he had littl e power, and his audience no sympathy . “ . almost Samuel Dexter ceased to be a party man He became not only , “ ” “ ” etl er ri e t but a ltog z an Ame can ; he had n o bon ds to exc p .
f e w ff . He f Josiah "uincy spoke o ten , when at hom , but ithout e ect oamed f and rothed .
. W old G ov. . w as of . e of Ben Russell that class Lik Y right , ( Maryland , ) s u o f in a in Congress , who aid he was made p g cockt il , whiskey , and Demo ” ’ ’ B f as as - o o t too f fo r cracy , en s ace got red a turkey cock s thr ttles ; he g ull
utterance .
f t or w as f . e . c B nj Pollard , (a terwards street inspe , ) a avorite “ ’ Judge Dawes was always heard with w elcome . Little Tommy s lisp ,
ZE so - al c d dry hu mor , jokes , and p like tales , ways put to the purpose , prod u e
ff . many a roar and loud hurrah . Mo et spoiled him f w as n ot f to But , a ter all , Otis the master popular speaker , and could ail
charm the most fastidious . ” o n R e ublican At times there were speakers the p side , but not at strictly
. is n ot fa for o n e to party caucuses It a New York ( a Boston) shion , party
- f break u p the party meeting o another . ’ f t h ad ea A t . er Charles Jervis death , the Republican Par y little sp king talent
n . u . 0c Old Benj . Austi , George Blake , James F A stin , E ben Clough , and " A da ms - . , the wire sieve mender , were nearly all
I f of . ever an object contempt deserved pity , James T Austin did , in ’ ster s to o ld s u n f first repl y him , in F euil . He was tor limb rom limb , and — — up piecemeal dangling the scorn of all .
- — — O n o ne l occ asioa I B I O or 1 81 1 the era of good feelings the t wo parties
i 4th o f . d ned together, on the July Twelve hundred in that noble hall ” . w as Benj Austin the principal writer in the Independent Ch ronicle , and lived i n an old - fashioned frame House at the corner of Hancock and Cambridge
streets .
W n fi rst I ag o ed - a e, un c he C ook played at the F eral street The tr he deno ed . ” — ’ the play O tlm lo s black love being likely to corrupt American daughters " T E A R l S T O C R A C Y O F O TON 3 H B S . 8
’ f H who h s f K . , , . . , a , or a COO E , JOSIAH P A lawyer rom Keene N been
f f l an d dili e n t ; , r in his f long time , aith u , g and what ra ely happens pro ession , ” a o f f e w d . as th e world s ys , wor s , and m odest
he C . a o o f . t s o COOLIDGE , JOSEPH In hina trade Gr nds n Jo eph C o l
id e r , . g , fi st a goldsmith then in partnership with Samuel Parkman Lived in
- o f n a n d . e the ho u se west corner Bowdoi C ambridge streets Jos ph , his son , '
- W lived on the entrance from C ourt st reet to that oddly n amed est Boston ’ - ulha m s e . w as Square , next to F stable and dwelling hous The house once
- - . s o ut kept as a boarding house by Mr Bond , once a broker in Flag alley , ju t — ’ - f W f o 85 C o . the o f State street , George Bond s ather, (late hitwell , Bond , ’ o ld C arnes house . ) f 8: f A . o o COR DIS , THOM S Formerly Bellows , Cordis Jones , importers W f British dry goods . hen T homas Cushing ailed in the hardware business for with C harles Scudder , Cordis slid into it, by providing capital Scudder . of 85 w as f of John Bellows , ( Bellows , C ordis Jones , ) a terwards President ’ ’ the Manu facturers and Mechanics Bank . W — a — is his The Rev . H . . Bellows Unitarian minister in New York son . of o f l 8c e John Bellows had a brother , the firm Be lows Gat s , in Montreal h h 86 C o . or w o a eav afterwards Horatio Gates , ( nephew , ) did y American b usi
ness in ashes , exchange , an d specie . W of f E . o S C ROCK TT , GE ORGE Formerly the firm Crockett , e aver — W l 8: W s 8c C o . established by hitney , C ut er Ham mond , in the est India good business . W of . of fi rm of l Seaver is a brother Benj Seaver, the then hitwe l , Bond
85 C o (n o w Whitwell 8c Seaver . )
WN I N S H IE L D J . W as l f C R O , BE N AMIN H wea thy in Sale m be ore the W fu i — a — w ar o f 1 81 2 . as success l in pr vateering leading Democrat and once
Secretary o f the Navy .
DW . ss s on C RAFT , E ARD Long in the Ru ia and Swedi h trade , Han ’ — W . f W f a m ff i o . c ock s har ne r Parsons , a very di ere nt k nd m an
- f w e f He bought the house in Pearl street , ormerly o ned and occupi d by C hie
- — f M rs . o the Justice Parsons , and a terwards by Brown , as a b arding house
M rs . r celebrated Brown , who had kept the house over the Fire an d Ma ine
s f . to o f In urance O fice This house was resorted by Barnabas Hedge , Plymouth ,
- of a an extensive merchant , ship owner , and underwriter, Plymouth ; Dr . N ' o f f of thaniel Haven , Portsmouth , and John his brother, ( ather the Havens in W f New York Reuel illiams , late U . S . Senator ro m M aine ; Isaac Adams , — Wm . o f s . Portl and ; besides resident city boarder among others , B Smith f o n e r n fo r and Oliver Putnam , who le t n early hund ed thousa d dollars the
p ublic schools in Newburyport . Good whist was played there . N W — C N A A N D . t . U NINGHAM , DRE CHARLES Brothers par ners Sons
o f t of . the la e Andre w Cunningham , long Secretary the Mass Mutual Insurance — f c e ffi o . O ffi then the only o ce the kind . A most worthy Bostonian
. W CURTIS , CHAR LE S P A kind and good lawyer . Studied with illiam
. S on o f f r i 86 is and P ullman Th omas Curtis, orme ly Lor ng Cu rt , merchants r un de writers .
. o f O f i 8c CURTIS , THOMAS B Brother Charles . C urt s Greenough , — — . W . h e in in the R ussia trade hen in the U S . Navy a midshipman was t he a o f s ction the Che apeake and Shannon .
. his f n h CUSHING , JOHN P Made ortune in C anton , in co nexion wit
. i . i James and Thomas H Perk n s On his return , h e marr ed the only and f u o . . of r . worthy da ghter the late Rev Dr Gardiner , T inity C hurch — His h ouse at Watertown is built to c ombine c omfort with elegance being s nrs 'roc a A c r o r T 14 wa s BOS ON .
w — " T h double ; a house ithin a house to be warm and cool . e best hou ses in N e w for w York ere examined , any thing that might improve , in ornament or u se o n was . His n are , what known in Boston spacious and elegant grou ds
t o . open the public He is liberal to those he employs . When the assessors of Watertow n called u pon him r to know on what su m w o f t ax he should be taxed , h e asked what was the hole amount the to be the w raised . The answer being given , he told th em to charge hole amount to him .
~ U . o f . o f C SHING, THOMAS P Son the Rev John Cushing, Ashburn f of o f ham , ( ormerly the firm Tuckerman , Rogers C ushing , large importers f W is of o o f 85 . British dry goods , and lately the firm Cushing ilkinson ) He
o f u in - u a m an infl ence bank , insurance , an d rail road operations , being cautio s and sagacious . W U . B ro ok fi eld. of o f C TL E R , P L INY From (Formerl y the firm hitney, u C tler Hammond , the most extensive wholesale grocers in the city , at the “ ” f - o f A corner o Broad and Central streets . ) Th ey were the lgerines . for Mr. Cutler is a zealous orthodox Congregationalist , an d com me ndable many good and charitable d eeds and judicious management .
DANA , SAMUE L . (Late Dan a Fenno , stock an d exchange brokers . ) o f W Wi c ria s n sr a . Married th e only d au gh ter the late E d mund inchester . "See ]
P . o f o f old . h DAL TON , E TE R ROE Son the C ashier the U S . Branc
f . w as Bank , in the building a terward s bought by the State Bank . Mr Dalton f of o . 8: C o . u o n the firm Richard D Tucker , a respectable commission ho se
- fo r m India street , any years . f of f — u Mr. Tucker was ormerly partner Ru us D avenport Davenport T cker . o f f 85 James Dalton , Cashier the Man . and Mech . Bank , ( ormerly Atherton
o f . Dalton , importers British dry goods , is another brother )
o f - Henry Dalton , Secretary the Providence Rail Road , another .
V rt - DA IS , JAME S . An industriou s and wo hy coppersmith in Union street, rv has i f who dese es and earned every dollar he s worth . Go rom his old stand
fe w - w e R N K L N w s a steps to Hanover street , you come to the house h re F A I a ’ - r bred , not born . T he tallow chandle s shop is turned into a bonnet store . V o f He DA IS , JOHN . Late and l ong Judge the U . S . District Court.
e old a e fo r u . He di d lately in a good g , respected his character and literat re ’ ” w f of M a s . rom Plymouth , and editor orton s Memorial Wm r o ne f . M s . . Minot is o his daughters V E DA IS , SAMU L . From Newburyport . Long an importer and retailer of m m . j ewelry , ilitary goods , an d combs , until they were ade in this country
He collected large quantities of horn tips fo r shipment to E ngl and . “ A . a s DE RBY , RI C H RD C . From Salem An amateur , known Dickey ” ‘ f o f . h w as Derby , in the Fine Arts , and very ond m usic C arles Matthews ” a t at home his house .
f r . M rs . Derby has long been celebrated o her beauty
X . s . O son D E TE R , FRANKLIN . A lawyer . U . S Di trict Attorney nly o . f the l ate Samuel Dexter , whom Franklin resembles He is highly respected f as of . o a lawyer, a man , and m an taste He married a daughter the late
f of son o f C o l . Judge Prescott , the ather the historian , and Prescott , who com m n d a e d the troops at the battle o f Bunker Hill . o f m X n . . D I ON , THOMAS . Bor in London Son a Scotch an Came first to of o f V a n R D o f Boston as partner the house aggen , Parker ixon , Amster
is a . H as d am , to get commission business to that house . He Dutch C onsul
l m l . m a r e the d skil in usic , and can pl ay many drol tricks He r i d celebrate o f u F . da ghter the late Benjamin Homer . Y F T H E A R IS T OC R AC O B O S T ON .
N . m . r DOR R, JOH A retired erchant Forme ly in the India and North h J — a w as c on West Coast Trade . His brot er oseph partner with whom he
— f o f i o . ce rned a bachelor , li ved abroad , ond Par s and Lond n of 85 A I . DRA PE R , D N E L Formerly a victualler ; the n Draper Hudson , ” fr an d o s . in the Bite , uit provision dealers , chiefly p rk , and large lemon dealer f l W D . . o D IGHT , E MUND From Springfield Married a daughter the ate
' ’ Samuel Eliot ; and has made large donations to carry out Horace Mann s m pla n o f nor al school s .
- v i o f ro Thirty fi e years ago , James and Henry D w ght , Springfield , were p
bably the mos t extensive count ry traders that came to Boston . They had stores i in Northampton and other country towns . Their heavy goods went n sloops the o u n e r o f f for up the Connecticut River . As y g branches the amily came
A n o . wa rd , they spread . imp rting house w as establish ed in Boston s b The beloved a n d lamented William H . Dwight w a lost when the Al ion
was wrecked on the coas t o f Ireland . f Y . o f The Bank at Geneva , N . , was established by them . One the amily P was resident . t of E dmund has n ot oiled in the drudgery active business . He is clear
. ff to headed , and sagacious i n counsel He always liked the Su olk corner, the
n o f f - in - a noyance , it has been said , his ather law , who had given close , active
attention to business . o f t A M . E L IOT , S UE L A Son the late Samuel E liot . Studied divini y
- f l i e . u at Cambr dge , but has not b en ordained E x mayor, and promoted use
W H . f . his re orms in the Fire D epartment Like late lamented brother , illiam , P o f b is f o f . e ond music , and is resident the Boston Academy He married a o l o a daughter f the ate The dore Lym n . W n e illiam H . was the prime mover in buildi g the Tremont House . He gav
u t . had an d a great imp lse to musical tas e He heard Italian music in Italy , ’
ad its . of h loved it , especially Rossini s , in native language The adaptations f o f an d Thompson ; w ith their delight ul poetry, had lost the charm Rossini
Mozart . w as S ir liver O ld sclrool— h at brea ches Samuel Eliot a true O with cocked , ,
e r ufll e - op n bosom , and large no cloak or over coat in the coldest weather ; o ir l— T h of and f stately politeness . S Sam uel coul d it have been e value
W . W . e f f e n o o f wealth is little here cannot ound a amily have l aw entail . ’ — He little knew how many o f his family were N a ture s noblemen and would e f llo w c itiz ens n his e l d r ceive more precious honors rom their fl , tha w a th coul
f . ol cl W old con er upon them Like other sensible men , he loved ine , books , and imported dry goods in the old store at the west c orner o f little old Wil ’ old f O ld son s Lane , at the entrance to Cornhill rom Dock Square ; an d died , the only American we have ever known wh o deplored the want o f a n aristo ’ - o r C ha cracy . He lived in Tremont street , opposite the stone chapel , King s
pel , and had a good library . A C o FAIRB NKS , STE PHE N . From Dedham . (Fairbanks , Loring .,
l d w r - o n . hard are deale s , lo g i n Union street )
L M n o f dr W - FA E S , SA UE L . Bega a retailer y goods in ashington street ; then wholesale - man in dry goods ; and in the African trade with Samuel San
f not of . ord , ( slave trade now President the Union Bank f H on . . o C o f . . e FAY , RI HARD S . Son the S P P Fay . Judge Probat fo r w f s Middlesex County , in hich o fice he succeeded that corrupt Judge , Jame e o f was f r 1 81 6— Pr scott , Groton , who tried be ore the Legislatu e in and broken , f W though de ended by Daniel ebster . has o f e is t ir Richard S . the confidence s veral large corporations , and he r as t e urer . T HE A R T O R Y o r n o s ro x 1 6 IS C AC .
a o o w th A More than twenty years g , Judge Fay c operated ith e late braham ' —i — Bigelow e xc e ll e nt gen tlem an l lon g Clerk o f the C ourts in M iddl v sex Coun i t — be au tiful E isc o al o y to renovate that p p Church on Cambrid ge Common , ( p o e f e of posit the C oll ges , ) a ter it had long b en without worship , and in a state u dela idation . f r o f tter p To their honor be it remembered , all the o fice s the
r . College , though Unita ian , contributed M ' . ffi e f of FROTHINGHAM , SA UE L An experienced bank o c r, ormerly
B . n e w i t he State ank ; transferred to the l ate U . S Bran ch ; again n the
as . f W State , President A great and deserved avorite with the late illiam
FOSTER , JAME S H . Has dealt lon g , steadily, and quietly , in p aper w h . f of angings A most worthy m an . Connected by marriage ith the amily
J oh n "uincy Adams .
E Z l . FRANCIS , E B NE E R . A shrewd and c ose financier Long Presi d n o f S ff of e t the u olk Bank , and author the deposit system that has cond uced
- s o much to preserve a s o un d currency to the New E ngland States . Aided
' o f the l a te M of greatly in the projects Uriah C utting . arried a daughter the late Israel Thorndike . W M . . S on of of H the l ate Rev . D r. Gardiner , Trinity — . of Church He is a lawyer good talents , and amiable , gentlemanly manners .
o f . Married a daughter Thomas H . Perkins o f — a — Dr . Gardiner was a m an talent good cl assical scholar and a fine o r w w . w e eader . hen good readers ere scarce He as attach d to the Episc pal far f f f m f Church ; rom bigoted , and also ree ro cant and an aticism . He had — studied under that rare ol d Grecian and w alking library Dr . Parr . e n — n o w B o f N w e rse — o f Dr . D a e ishop e J y was assistant minister Trinity ’ u . ntil Dr Gardiner s death , in E ngland . ‘ ' ‘ Drx Do an e Widdw o f J o n of married the James Perkins , , the only child
s of e of al f . Jame , ( the great hous arge ortune
' ' f ‘ h R L . S P G c GA D NE R , JOHN Son o t e late . . ardner , a mer hant , origi n f . J . m o f ally rom Salem ohn L arried a daughter the late Joseph Peabody , of s f W Salem , who becam e the most exten ive merchant in that place a ter illiam ' f f — his G ray left it . John L . inherited a l arge property rom his ather and ’ f e m e rch a n tl Wife s ortune must hav been very l arge . He is a good
. on t o GARDNE R , HE NRY Resides in Dorchester, the l ower road r h s Quincy . He is called D r . Ga d ner , h aving been bred a p y ician , th ough he f f of n ot t . o t o does prac ice He is son Henry Gardner , la e Stowe , a member e f o f th Provincial Congress , and a terwards m any years Treasurer the Corn
l h f n udi i u . mon w e a t . His ortune has grown u de r j c o s and safe m anagement '
G A S S E T T . h u sin e ss ivith , HE NRY Began the importing Phineas Upham , f G . as assett Upham , a terwards Henry Gassett Co
GIBBS . MISS SARAH . A benevolent lady , and zealous E piscopalian .
G dz r m of e r o f . r m ibbs Cha ing , N wpo t , (uncle Dr Cha in g m ade a large
f - ff 1 81 6 fortune . Be ore the act prohibiting the slave trade took e ect in , they f n s f o f ro ur ished cargoes to ve sels in the A rican trade , and received cargoes p
“ in duce from C uba payment for their advances . Other houses in Newport ‘ W n B . f o f a d ristol pursued a similar trade The De ol s , Bristol , were al ways M o f said to follo w that detested traffic w ithout any compunction . uch the w u ancient wealth of Ne port and Bristol may be traced to this so rce . ' ’ e he w as ( A . GODDARD , NATH NIE L From Far dow n east , wher
we l on n - l versed in the trade the li es : He has bee n a l arge ship owner , in the B altic and freighting business ; a l arge underwriter ; and long President o f the — m an who f New E ngland Bank when he said , that every ailed , ought to ’ ' n f w . be se t to the State Prison . He was a man o great energy and stern ill
1 8 r u n a nrsr o c mt c r or ne are st.
R inb o ro u h . i e was d o n his plantation near g Became a Bapt st preach r, and calle D r S a m u el l t o su cceed the late . _ Stil man , at the First Baptist Church i n Back
r w . street ; and fo a time occu pied th e house in hich D r S . had lived in Sale m
- f s f . s . o . treet , opposite Mr Edes the ship bread baker , ( ather the Rev Hy E de ,
i in . . afterwards a Unitarian m nister Providence , R I ) W R tne illiam . was a merchant i n Boston , principally in French , Baltic , a and India tr des . — —" W Henry Gray the second son studied l aw with Artemas ard , in Charles ’ t . o f be a u tiful dau hte rs o f own , but never practiced Married one the g James o f — o f Pierce , Clerk the M unicipal C ourt whom Joseph Bonaparte said , she . w as the handsomest woman he had seen in America . He also was a ship o w in fo a e in ner, and similar extensive reign business , and Dir ctor the State ’ o f . C o dm a n s Bank . He resided in Dorchester ; a member D r church ; and a be f r liberal n e actor to the Andover and other religious o thodox institutions .
He n o w lives in New York . ’ — o of d b - d Mr . Gray s nly daughter note piety and enevolence was marrie to C 01 . S e e ar m , Samuel Swett " Sw ] “ W — o r f mili —w as illiam Gray as he was a arly term ed , Old Billy Gray , b n in the 1 7 5 0. A t the o f 1 5 or in Ly nn , year age , he went to Salem , as clerk
f f . d to a Mr. Gardner . A ter our years , Mr Gar ner died , an d young Gray be
to i e o f I I l . came clerk R ch ard D rby , a Provincial Counsellor King George , H k D n d o f as e t e rb E s . as a eldest brother the l ate E lias y, q As soon as h e w — of h e o f . his a th age , owned part a vessel with Mr Derby sh re being e result o f his savi n gs while a clerk. m m s o f W He arried Miss Chi p an , a si ter ard Chipman , since a Judge in the f w B o . as of . ritish Province New Brunswick She a cousin Peter C Brooks , o f o f an d proved one the best wives and mothers . f the o f had e e o f 1 7 83 e A ter war the Revolution ended in the p ac , h e extend d — f r s . he had in oreign trade with va ied succes Once lost all but kept on , and regained , with u nimpaired credit . His n for to high integrity , and re putatio sagacity , gave confidence m any in a retired persons Salem , Marblehe d , and other towns , wh o placed large sums l o w o f f with h im at a rate interest , in pre erence to p ublic institutions at a
. f o higher rate On one occasion , a ter h e removed to B ston , more than thirty bla ck o w f M e thousand d llars ere brought to him rom arbl eh ad , which he had
f . f e re used to take at six per cen t nearl y orty years b fore . Th e owner had kept them safely in a cellar " W e W G f h is w as s h n illiam ray le t Salem , property valu ed at three m illion W f o n f m B . S rve tt s a. o dollars , a care ul esti mate m ade by the late and Jo hu ’ f B arin n o w o s . Bates , g house , London , then his clerks About that time , he owned and load e d more than forty vessels at his own risk : he was besides t hef o f a large u nderwriter , taking almost desperate risks , in ace British and
h i . r o n Frenc se zures His removal seems to have been necessa y , even the o f i a i score com miss ons ; but political c uses were not wanting . The open ng — to T o n nin ge n w as fo r a while vastly profitable ; and the war o f 1 812 when o f f — he had large stocks oreign goods added greatly to his wealth . D urin g
w a r . that , he advanced l argely to the Government O n t he o f be n s as f l b u t ft h return peace , continued busi e s ormer y , o en wit fo r the o f E ntre e o w n me t . loss , the nations on continent p had become their
. o r se e o n e o f a m chants But , he hated to lay up a vessel , his old c ptains une e Ploy d . A t f h o k f 8: s the time re erred to , Joshua Bates , w ose house f Bec ord Bate n s u f s n had not bee ccess ul , was sent to London to act a his agent , and the age t
~ his . h o f sons T is led by degrees to his connexio n with the B a rin gs . A stron r a n A a rsro c u c r or no sr oiv. 19
ge t credit than that o f any individual stranger would he often ne cessary in f London , i n large operations . f s f B d w as e r. an M Gray retired rom the pre idency o the ranch Bank , succ eded a r f f m as far as by the l te Gardine Greene . He soon a ter withdrew ro business
he 1 82 3 . could , and died in was in e Mr . Gray sim ple and unostentatious hi s habits , an early ris r , and W s f f s . in u ually wrote his letters and orders be ore break a t eiss, the barber, '
- o n 5 . O n one C ongress street , called him , summe r and winter , at o clock occa W w as e s t he sion , eiss told him he likely to los his ol d stand , nearly o ppo ite
- off s O ffi c e . of Po t . Unsolicited , he ered him the money to buy it (The son W I n in fo . un eiss is a Unitarian Minister New Bed rd ) such spontaneous ,
- — l fo r . do a n d o n e ooked acts , Mr Gray loved to good no did them with more d w as n h o elicacy . It his ature to help those whom he t ought were trying t
. O n c ff help themselves one o casion , he o ered to a person , al most a s r a f — s " tranger to him , to sa him rom stopping and without ecurity is o f a t t As h sons came age, he gave e ch ample means , hat they might s art n f a d work o r themselves . X e iie n i th o of His long e p c e had made him famil ar with e c mmerce the glob e. I n o f w as u o f o — e conducting his share it , he the so l hon r and Am rican ,
h eart and soul . How th at American spirit m ust have e x a l ted at the capture o f G uerriere He a b u t fo r C o nstitution o e the knew th t , him the c uld not hav — . e i i been fitted out The n avy agent Colon l B nney another noble spir t , had
e s bis e o f the xhau ted means , and broken his private credit . R gardless alike o f r ba tin s bad erin s denu nciations the public press , and the sco nings , g , and g g
’ o f t he ff o O Hic e fo r — j unto at the S u lk , he stood his country and the Consti t u t io n se a o f invinc ib zlit I went to , to break the charm y
. u n f de he w as L ieu t en Mr Gray being th s drive rom the Fe ral Party , chosen a nt - of a n r r Governor the St te . w hen Elbridge Gerry w as chose Gove nor ove Ch ristopher Gore t a d for c l o f e A char er was then obt ine the State Bank , with a apita thre mil
s . U fo r a B o o f n lion ntil then , a charter bank in oston , with an dor Republ ica 1 m c o uld n o t be f i . w as o o the , obta ned Mr . Gray ch sen first President State 13an l\ m en wh o h d a ce Mr . a ublic The denoun d Gr y , gave Commodore Hull a p ' di nner . A f e t o f e a t t h e din ter the peac , and Trea y Gh nt , Mr . Gray presided public n e r to — e fa t o t re mu given John "uincy Adams the ve nerabl her, J hn Adams ,
a e , o n f o r the lous with g seated first his le t . A n ble t io "the first Merchant in — — country the P resident pas t and the Presiden t to c o me his r . w fo r ff . In daily intercou se , Mr Gray as m arked a ability Everybody
, r fo r T he of man knew him and he had a wo d everybody. calls the poorest ff had no put o s. His eyes glistened with delight when h e c ould con trive ' fo r o ld u a if f o n the fa ff r employment an acq aint nce ; and r m Lyn , all mily a ai s
o f . T o e f be d od n were subj ects inquiry many b ginning li e , truste go s whe h n o t h m — me t h t ey could get t e elsewhe re and th us starte d them . He wit s b ra e f it. m any los es y this p ctic , and o ten other inj ury , but he would continue HI S f " W ’ ” e o n t . re usal to any application , was ? ll , I ll think ll l S e n fo r hi o f the On r moval to Bosto , he bought s residence the mansion d G ’ e o v. a . his th or o f G ov. S . e deceas Sulliv n He intimated to e execut will , i u s the es tate s o u ld be or s le W c to w sh to p rcha e it , f h f a . hen he had de ided — . a i r fo h . sell t he n med the price thirty o rty t ousand dollars . Mr Gray sent a fo r check the money .
d n e in l m u t h s n e s C of His resi e c Sa e , b il by him , a si n ce bee k pt as the Es ex fee - House . T H E A n rsr o c v o r T ON 2 0 a BOS .
‘ ' A L . o f S am u el G ra of f r GRAY , S MUE C Son the late y, Med ord , brothe of W who h ad f in a e illiam , been a success ul m erchant S lem , an d married a sist r f o f o f o Judge Chip man , the Province New Brunswick . They inherited a f f u fu r — good property rom their ather . and are q iet , care l me chan ts minding n — c hiefl their o w business y in the Baltic trade . “ ” — fo r F ran c/z GRAY , JOHN Called , distinction , John Gray . He is the son of a w e a Boston merchant , and resided a long time in Fr nce , (Bordeaux ,
t w r o n , u d. hink , ) here he acquired his prope ty ; and his return was disting ishe F o r n by this name . m a y years he has done little business . — O f a G 62: fo r s GRAY , THOMAS H wes , ray Co many years prosperou w a - W f mm s n o holesale grocers i n Indi street ; now on Central h ar , co i sio mer o f t he a chants , th ugh our old riend , Prince Hawes , still haunts tea s les i n New
Y ork .
- W . G o f a e GRE E NE , MRS AR D INE R . idow the l te Gardiner Green , his t m a n in (who , at dea h , was considered the richest Boston , ) is a daughter “ o f o f n C opley the painter, and sister the present Lord Lyndhurst , ( a Bosto o f Lord Ch ancellor England . Mr . Greene inherite d a good property , in f f f partly D emarara , and increased it l argely by success ul tra fic , be ore that H colony was ceded by olland to Great Britain . — W — f m . o . . d One the sons P Greene who resides at Norwich , C onn , studie n r e n l aw with Charles Jackso and Samuel Hubba d , (then in partnership is f o f W gaged in m anu actures , an d a main promoter the Norwich and orcester ’ - . J o f . an d Rail Road udge Hubbard m arried one Mr Greene s daughters , is a s o f principal tru tee the estate . ’ W s o f Gardiner Greene s seat on Pemberton Hill a wo rthy admiration . The to o f large garden arose in terraces the top the hill , there com manding a nobl e
w of b a n d - vie the town , the har or , the islands , Boston Light House , Massa W c h usetts . w a s of the w Bay It the sole charge aggish yatt , an old Scotch n bt o n o f v n gardener , wh o did spare his jokes any oddities his employer , e e
' fo for strin bea m o f s f r to bis ndness g , which he had to provide uccessive o tnight f as in fi be l . w crops ti l late in the all It kept ne order , and li rally open to stran
' ’ W a d a t f of t he h a d gers . y tt s lo ge was the oot steps , where he always a “ ” ’ s up o f George Murdock s choice old C ognac to offer those whom he liked
l . a de r re we l enough to ask in This g r n e was not g en . W \V d f o f th e A . W G RE E N OOD , . P . retire de ntist ; ather late Rev . F . P . ’
G o o f D r . reenw od , successor . Freeman at Stone (or King s) Chapel f f s f . o u o r for hir Dr Greenwo d operated su ccess lly him el , but rather harshly i
— o — - subjects as the writer f this has thought many years in Friend street .
in bu . o f w as GORE , JOHN . Lives Rox ry Son th e l ate John Gore , who
G ov. G r f of brother to Christopher ore , an d a very la ge and success ul importer
o f f o f l . British dry goods , the irm Gore , Mi ler Parker
l — ia ri o f f - Samuel R . Mi ler his p me , one the inest looking m en in Boston
a injured his he al th by exp os ure o n the fr ontiers o f Canada . He had shipped of f to fo r n large quantities goods rom E ngland to Montreal , be ready an openi g on f - ff r d -v the repeal o the non in tercours e act . He su e ed long a martyr to ye
s i his l u . pepsi . Josiah Quincy , Jun Mayor , marr ed on y d a ghter The late Gove rnor Gore effected a grea t improvemen t in the vegetable a nd of e o of fruit market Boston . He had r sided near L ndon several years as on e ’ - the Commissioners under Jay s treaty . Covent Garden Market did not escape W his . O n his e s o ut eye r turn , he built an elegant eat in altham , and l aid for 5 n his extensive grounds gardening . First he sent prese ts to epicurean W His fr bu t . iends , illiam Paine and others ; he had a great surplus gardener s oon stood in the market with the finest and e arlies t vegetables that had bee n s a n d e n e een , som w varieties . A RI S T R Y o r T N r n e OC AC BOS O . 2 1
l o f W W o f f Hi l , est C ambridge , illiams , Roxbury , and others , soon ollowed
a - the example . J . O . Reid , a l me man , (now a wealthy ship chandler and ship
- o f W l f o r M . o b ro owner on South street , New York sto d i liams , Roxbury , a t her o f John D . f m f in A M D L . H M ON , DAN IE The or er able and most e ficient man the
o f W u . A s . house hitney , C tler Hamm ond honorable as he was able "See L rN Y UTL E R a n no n a r mer w as o f P C and G H ] Since that firm dissolved , some o He in n his specul ations h ave n t been fortunate . occu pied a house Pearl ear '
- - h J e n f m . Hig street , where on s s boardi g house or erly stood W o f in M A R A . HAM ON D , S H idow th e l ate Samuel Hammond , long ’ the boot and shoe busi n ess in A n n - street a n d M ercha n ts - row ; and in hides an d r r . . . leather , with Samuel T ain ; and a private underw iter The Rev Dr f th f . . . o e Pal rey married one daughter , and N P Russell another A son was “ ” of dc n — n S of u in firm Swett Hammo d Joh wett, Sq uirrel p a tree , Union st reet . f h H n N S o n o f . c o a HANCOCK , JOH . E ben Han ock , and nephew Jo n c o o f o f D o f ck , President Congress at th e signing the eclaration Independence , ’
n d o f d . a a . Governor M ssachusetts Joh n s widow m arrie C apt Scott , m aster y i o f h n . m the s ip Mi nerva , the onl sh ip the London trade , owned by Dr Eliaki M r in d in . s . Morse , w holesal e ruggist , Dock Square Scott continued the “ ” c l noble old Hanco k House , n ear the State House , on which estate Samue A l ’ H ’ W f W . E iot s house now stands . an cock s har , (where illiam Parsons , u w f in o ld l Henry Sigo rney , and E d ard C ra t kept , the wooden bui dings) ’ belonged to Gov . Han cock s estate . sto o rn did The present John , (very l ong , and al ways p g, ) a small business ’ as fo r w M R o w o f C od agent a po der company , in erchants , near the head ’ W f ’ O e H l . r . man s har , and pposite Fan uil a l He inhe its Gov Hancock s estate . P i HASKINS , RAL H . A ret red distiller . Lon g connected with the late O i in n i l ver Ke ating , once some part ership w th Theodore Lym an , when he first f f B . . o came rom near Kennebunk to oston . The Rev Mr Haskins , the Epis l c O a w o f . p Church , is a nephe Ral ph WA i n th . a d son of e . . HAY RD , GEORGE Physic an , late Dr Hayward f f has r He inherited a good property rom his ather, and m ade money in his p o f io n ess . , in which he is m uch esteemed W V A . f oo his HE NSHA , D ID Came rom Leicester , a poor y. Served
i B rinb f "Sr. B rin b - o n e o f time w th George y , ( ormerly Dix y, ) the south sid
- ff fo r Faneuil Hall , in the wholesale druggist an d dye stu business . Began
f in - in 1 815 an d f his in h imsel State street , , a terw ards united brothers , exten
‘ in - c he sive business the same line , i n India street . He established various in o w as mical works Roxbury and at South B ston and it said , at the time ,
in of n . that he was the only wholesale deale r Boston , practical chemical s cie ce i f for w as in He became a warm polit cian ; urnished means , and a writer “ ”— i of . f n of the Statesman , advocat ng , first , the claims Mr C raw ord , the those
. fo r Gen Jackson , the Presidency .
C . o f . He was m ade ollector the Port o n th e removal o f Gen . H . A R Dear f c o f born ; and a terwards appointed Se re tary the Navy , by President Tyler but this appointment was not confirmed by the Senate . f He has since been engaged in the p urchase o mineral lands , and mining o fo r o n s him perations copper, L ake Superior . Tho e associated with , have in great confidence his skill and energy . l n o f He now resides at Leicester, a martyr to the gout . Indomitab e e ergy u ai uffe i — e t character , and abstemious habits , s st n him under great s r ng gr a enough to break down common men . T E A R T R Y n ? S T H IS OC AC BO ON . W H E N S HA VV . of . e u d , JOHN Brother David holesal dr ggists and ye ff stu dealers .
V n a - HIL L , DA ID . Lo g a sm ll grocer in Milk street , between Atkinson “ du s fo r n h. and Pearl . Famed fi f Z E . o B e n P . HOME R , FI T H NRY Only son the late J. Homer . Served
VVhitw e ll o 85 . . . w a s his time with , B nd C o B P Homer the largest private — general underwriter in Boston and sometimes in the Canton trade . He was o n oted f r fairness and prom ptness in the payment o f losses . O P — — P B E H O E R ROBE R T HOOPE R SAMUE L HOO E R RO RT C . f o f W Robert and John Hooper , athers the above , and illiam Reed , their brother
- in f o f . law , we re the principal oreign merchants Marblehead
W m . o f Reed was a zealous orthodox Congregationalist . One the Hoopers — removed to Boston an E piscopalian . r VV R A . B o in e mo u th . A n so n HUMPH E Y, BE NJ MIN n y only . Came W . f young , to Boston , and served with Abraham ild Began himsel in Fore ‘ no w — n 85 c f— in s ( Ann) street the Humphrey Clark , on Long ar the salt bu i h for f ness , and su ppl ying fishermen wit salt th e m ackerel an d Bank isheries , an d t he . h as e f selling cargoes on their return He alway s be n a shrewd , care ul , m a n ind ustrious .
. a n d o f s INC HE S , HE NDE RSON A retired merchant , long owner Ru sia W fa f. f har Inherited an estate rom his ther.
. h W H C f. as I NGE RSOL L , JAME S An intelligent merc ant , entral har ff o f r been much abroad as su percargo to di erent parts E u o pe . — — D . JACKSON CHARLE S L . L . JACKSON JAM E S JACKSON f . n o o f . PATRICK T RAC Y So s Jonathan Jackson , l ate N ewburyport He ’ ffi o r of B ro mfield s - f o - fi ve a a o had an o ce on near the corner l ane , rty ye rs g , as u r Commissioner nder the Gene al Government . A quick , small g entle man in o f old black , the school . o f C harles studied l aw with the late Theophilus Parsons , wh o said him , that ' ” . u a o u n o u t . he was brin ging p y g hawk , to pick his own eyes He opened Hil l — a ~ ofiic e on n . an Pemberton , ear the l ate Eben Gay where Fr ncis Blan l chard was associated with him . He removed into the Lowel building . near the then n e w Court House constructed by John Lowell f or law o ffices and o n o f i i the death Blanchard , nvited Samuel Hubbard , who had studied w th him , ’ . t and was then in Saco , to take Bl anchard s place His practice was very grea and very profitabl e . He studied thorou ghly every case , not only in the law , to fo r f of bu t on all that related to it . Among other mean s serve him acility o f of illustration and the use technical words , in cases Marine Insurance , he o f procured a model shi p , with every piece timber marked with its technical n am e . f ff o f His kindly sympathies won the hearts (o ten su ering ones) his clients . ’ his o n k His integrity that e en eye , when turned empty space , beamed een ”— f w o . ith honor was united with delicacy that shrunk , unconscious its worth w as o f a His mind the l rgest comprehension ; his p erceptions , quick as ligh t
o f f . ning ; his knowledge l aw , pro ound ; and all his aim was truth No w on der that all his time and all his talents were demanded and rew arded . o f for In the midst this success , the p ublic called his services on the bench of . the Supreme Court He obeyed that call , and became the Justice Buller A — f o f merica relinquishin g a practice worth four times the amount o his salary . — — f . an d e u His health never robust began to ail He went to E urope , w as o f uf lightened an d delighted by the wonders m an acturing industry , relieved — of o f ff the and guided by science but most all , by the potteries Sta ordshire r h of u rf t f u oug elements nat re w rought into pe ec orms and ses . ' T H E a n rs ro a c y o r BO S T ON . 2 3
T he Be nch in E ngland a warded him distinction not before conferred o n — any foreigner he was seated with Stowell f e He returned rom E urope with improv d health , and has since lived i n
re tirement . May h e live long , and happy a s A fter J me h ad pursued his studies i n this country , he went to E urope , f i n . O n to benefi t by ts institutio s his return , he opened an o fice in Hanover
W l - o f m . C oo pe r o d street , (near the residence , the town clerk . whose house — is still standing No . H o w fe w are left united o f tho se who got their m arri a ge certificates o f good
l W . o O o fiic e of o o d Mr . Cooper " hen Dr Jacks n pened his , a career n ex W s f w . a mpl e d success opened to him . ealth an d honor ollo ed him The
s f s f . heart o his patient , especially emales , were always with h im No man m n e ever attended wo a with more patience and delicacy , through scen s and
o . r ff sufferings that w man only knows Thei mental su ering he tried to alleviate , f by introd ucing a l ady thoroughly ed ucated in midwi ery . He was opposed f f e m o f . by a ajority the pro ession He retired rom activ practice , to the regret
o f f m c f . F o r e many a ilies , when re eiving a large income rom it mor than n n tw enty years he has be e consulti g physician only . — A T . f t a o w as e x te n sive lv JACKSON , P T R ICK More than or y years g .
in t . 1 e ngaged the C alcut a trade , with Joseph and Henry Lee B ee rb o o m C hitta bill B aft a hs S o nn ahs N o Gurrahs , y , and C awnpore or amo
. W dies , are now unknown here They have been driven away by altham and — L owell cottons and these are now shipped to India . has n Mr. Jackson is identified with the change , and bee a principal agent as w as i n producing it ; and Lowell is as likely now to equal Manchester , it s e forty years ago to be what it now is . He is aid to h a v lost much property ’ in buildi n g l e mbe rto n Square and Tremont Row W A . o f o L MB , THOMAS President the ashington Insurance C mpany .
o ld - st re e t James and Thomas Lamb were merchants in State M to Hollan d o f o ne o f a n d . the Baltic Thomas is son the m ; the other died a bachelor . f him The property o f both el l to .
“ HN . o f dz. L AMSON , JO Long Lane Lamson , retailers, (now Lane , Lam s o n 8: . of . Co ) importers dry goods They have a house in New York . L A WR E N C E A MO S — L A W R E N C E A B B O T T — W VV I L , , LA RE NC E A — A W C S A M UE L — of f n o t in LI M L RE N E , Are sons a armer rich , Groton ,
Middlesex Co . — r— Th e oldest brother Luthe studied law with Timothy Bigelow , (the Rev . U o f is so n p Timothy Bigelow , nitarian minister , late Taunton , his , ) po ular W o f in Middlesex and orcester Counties , and long Speaker the House o f R e
r e se nt at ives . . d t o M e l rd t o p Mr Bigelow remove fi , an d Luther succeeded of e of o tlic e il w as f some the busin ss his in Groton . e a terwards appointed to
- an : f t m w as . w agency in L owell ell in o a ill race , and drowned He as a o w rthy man . Amos removed first to Boston was joined by A bbott in the dry goods busi e n ss , in a very small way , in C ornhill , ( near David Greenough and old Caleb ’
- - s . o n n Bingham s book tore ) They removed to New Cornhill , the orth side, in n th e to B ia tt le - e C Chambers , ear the alley leading down steps str et hurch . W e in o f hile in Cornhill , th ir standing was jeopardized once , conseq uence o M r. i n . s me severe steps take n by Lodge , an E nglishman , resident Boston the f f a . They surmounted di ficulty , an d ever a ter maint ined undoubted credit Ho w much o f futu re life hangs by a thread
u o f . a o f Amos married a da ghter Col Robert Me ns , Amherst , N . Hampshire , an . C ol . . w as r fo r extensive country trader M an I ishman , who many years tra ell r un the c o n r w ac of o od o n hi as v ed o d u t y ith a p k g s s bac k a pe dle r . T HE A M S T O C R A C Y O F S T N BO O .
f w f He a ter ards established himsel in Amherst , and becam e wealthy . James
of w . M e an s o f Y o rk is . Means , Boston , is a nephe Thomas f New p another — o f t he J o f N e w Mrs . Amos L awrence had had a previous husband one udges
Hampshire . o f f M r Abbott married a daughter Timothy Bigelow , be ore mentioned . . B . ’ ha d W f — a t o f \Vil lia ms o f L on married into the illiams amily sis er Samuel ,
f a d “ - Wil a n . don , then doing all the best business rom S lem Boston Timothy his th e B a n d W a liams , agent , was a D irector in oston Bank ; illiam Pr tt (late h W of B oott 85 ad 8. who in Pratt , ) married illiams also , was another Director s f f w as the Bo ton Bank , David Greenough , be ore mentioned , a zealous riend ,
- B A A b c a Director in the New E ngland ank , where mos or bott be ame a Di f ff rector also, an d a terwards in the Su olk Bank .
W n an d N e w - n s illiams , P ratt , Gree ou gh , th e E glan d Bank , were all dealer i x n sterling e change . 8 f o f 1 1 2 o f im ort ation s a w . Be ore the war , the bulk p was m de but t ic e a year
h . T o w a a n d h s Long credits were given ere buy ell in E ngl nd , give suc cred it , m u e s required large capital , or ample means somewhere . Fro the above so rc n the L awrences could always com ma nd them . Their coun try connexio also
. n m a n e . gave them _ great advantages Mea s was a leading in New Hampshir T e a n Wo h Brazers (large tr ders in Groto and rcester , ) and Timothy Bigel ow , all N e w f o f were known to E ngland , an d amiliar with every member a Legis l at u re o f or v u n six se en hundred , whom he co l d call by ame . Thus few young men were better prepared to start fo r a prosperous c areer ; — . A a an d their respective talents fitted them well too mos mild , s gacious , u e o f as m me n q ick , (h e could ad d thr e col umns figures at once , rapidly as ost c u o u A — f d o ld one , ) the desk m an , the c nsellor ; bbott rank , bold , ecided , bu t — ‘ “ n o t repulsive as ready to break throu gh o b sn u ctio n s as he was to break ” f o r . o a . f the back long invoice , examine the goods and m ark them th e shelves
' I n du str ii h f se u . y, J g honor , and vigilance in looking a ter debts , cured s ccess V igilance w a s not the least necessary under the detested law o f attachment o A s f c f w a on mesne pr cess . manu actures advan ed , they elt their y cautiously , v o f m of o sec uring the ad antage consign ents . The honors bold pi neers cannot W r be awarded them . hen less prudent neighbors were shipw ecked , they
G ~ f . O were able to profit by their disasters . and buy into pro itable concerns ve rn m en t had forced manufactures upon the cou ntry ; their int erests became gradually identified with them importations o f m an y foreign goods could n o n longer be honestly a d gain fully made . Abb ott Lawrence was the n atural
o f ff an d bo ea in C o . trained champion the tari policy , ldly a pp red as such ngress
his - m n o There open hearted an ers conciliated go d opinion , and neutralized or al l o f h hre w d — h put to flight suspicion t i ‘ Yankee . He Spoke but seldom wit
— - w o f w he rilie did f to . more eight , course , readily , well in ormed , the purpose He had a great in terest t o m' atc h ; animosities must n o t be raised o n min o r
he n e O . questions was a wise represe tative , and dang rous pponent f o f m The eeble health Amos , and m ore retiring habits , have ade the public w who less acquainted ith his merits . Many know them well , consider him
the superior man .
i . w l Their best addition is , they do good w th their money A eek hard y h of m u uifi c e n c e . passes , without some report large Institutions connected wit s s educatio n seem to re ce ive their fi rst attention . Sim ple m anner add charm f to their gi ts . 3 W wr st f e b a illiam La ence came to Bo on a t r Amos and Ab ott were est blished , of and went also i nto the dry goods business . He married the only daughter W OR DM Y D A w a n illiam Bord man , "see B AN , L I , ] ith large expect tions the — be » o as now L . and to k partner Samuel , ( at owell then Mr Stone the firm
r u e a ntsr oc n ac r o r T N BOS O .
a n a m e be Lowell , ) th t in g given to his house . He wore o u t a feebl e frame in t a t o e fibc t t s o s udy and nxiety he e bjects . A shu of the l ate Francis C o l . . m r a o f a A n his (John L we l Jr ) a ried a d u g hter good Jonath n mory . Losi g f c hild1 e n r1 a wi e and , he avelled broad , and died in Egypt , h aving by will “ f ou t he o w n t n nded L ell I s itute . Mr . Fra cis C . Lowel l is Actuary to t he l f s Massachusetts Hospita Li e In urance Company . — W H A o f the a LO E LL , JO N Is son l ate John Lowell , nother son o f
. a n w r l Jud g e Lowell He was able la ye , an d zealous in politics and a l us eful
. a a u ro public w orks His rdent spirit g ve impet s to , and carried through , the p c e o f fa a j t the Mill Dam in ct , h e g ve fire to all he did , and great knowledge a y —fi and s gacit . As zealous in ho rticulture and agriculture re s idin g in Rox ” . o f f bury He was the Boston rebel orty years since . The Lowell Build
- e u him of hi ings in School stre t were put p by . By the will s late nephew e a r C o f above nam d , he was m de Fi st urator the Lowell Institute , with power c — the o f to appoint h is suc essor which he did , in person his son , Mr . John A . n a fo r s o f Lowell , who is ag e t lso everal L well actories .
M R . S o n o f LY AN , GE O GE H the late Theodore Lyman , who came to w f M e . e f w as Boston rom York , ( h re his ather minister , ) on board a wood sloop,
s f o r - W to eek his rtune . He had g eat success in the North est Coast an d Can ’ to n a s trade . Deep nimo ity existed between him and the Perkins h o u se fo r a — . fo r n long time law suits He agreed not to pursue , a certain time . w ithi — t the - W a W cer ain limits , North est Co st trad e . George . Lym an his son fo r went into the trade , the first time "
W m - W . Sturgis had been in his employment to the North est Coast and
o f . Canton . On the return th e ship , her teas were sold at auction Sturgis o ff o f f bid a large lot at the sale , under the usual conditions satis actory endorsed a t sf u th e paper . No p per could be sa i actory , tho gh it were covered w ith best o o f a n names in Bost n . He was a m an strong mind and bad p ssio s . Such sm u ul o u of ff men are not p s i n the choice means to e ect their purposes . Shy lock could s a c xifi c e w ealth to revenge . It i s delightful to see a nd feel such a character softened down by association — with his retreat at VValtha m long the m ost elegant among the many eleg an t seats around Boston .
G i - u eorge s President of the Lowell Rail Road Company . Married a da ghter f r w o f “7m or m o f . . o f . f . H G Otis his first i e , and Swett his second His anner o f is coldest the cold . n o f N e w MARE T T , PHIL IP . Formerly Cashier , and since Preside t the f e E n gl and Bank , His ather died when he was young , leaving two childr n m l r . a s a Philip , and a sister , married to Aa on Baldwin His mother kept l i shO W a n n M . e t p in shington Street , ear Boylsto arket Philip g much cred t in f f . . the city councils . His recent un ortunate di ficulties with th e N E Bank ,
- have made much n oise . He n o w resides on Long Island .
W S o n o f . MASON . ILLIAM P . the l ate Jonathan Mason Studied law — m n — o f w n . a w ith C harles Jackso Is an excellent inning deportment and , as he deserves to be , in good practice , and highly respected .
M A Wa s o f . . MASON , JE RE I H . President the late U S Branch Bank ’ a f at Portsmouth . N . H . President J ckson s ailure in attempting his removal , was the first public intimation o f his in t entio n to control or destroy that insti f o f N e w e . o tuti n Mr . Mason is one the great men Hampshire , and an able f a f o f . o lawyer . His w i e is a daughter the late Col Means , Amherst , and sister to the wi fe o f A mos Lawrence .
- . m MAY , SAMUE L . The old est hard ware dealer in Boston Kept any ’ - - o f years in Union street , near Marshall s lane , and removed to the corner State s has i treet and Broad , when the latter street was opened , and rema ned there
ever since . a r. a nl sroa c v or B S T N . J O O 2 7 ,
t o f n d He is a pat ern industry a exactness , and h as prosperousl y glided through n o f u f f m an y ch anges . He is the be eficial author one general and se ul re orm . l o f the M C o . H is late brother , Joseph May , was long Secretary Boston arine P Insurance Company , where George Cabot was resident . He was much em a M f ha d s ployed o n arbitr tions . is ortunes in business not dimini hed general respect and confidence . W ith Perez Martin , E benezer Oliver , and others , he took an active part in ’ ch anging the E piscopal Kin g s Ch a pel into the Unitarian Stone C hapel M o r
. m . o f ton , Oliver , and May , ordained the late Dr Free an The Liturgy the th e in Ch urch w as castrated . Th e Church remains only eunuch the country . M o n o f \VI L L I A . A . S MINOT , good lawyer and a gentleman the late D rs w f a o f M . Judge Minot . His i e is a d ughter the late Judge avis . Robert f w is . r t o f s Sedg ick o f New York , a sister His g and ather was the his orian Mas a
c hu se tts .
W - f e . o 65 N ILE S , . J . Liv ry stable k eeper Once Newell Niles , merchants
. h f and speculators , in Dorchester T ey ailed , and Niles took up his present business .
A n ld . w D . o O IN , GE ORGE bachelor Long a hard are dealer i n Dock — l n w a s Sq uare as was his older brother John , whose retai departme t a n oted J o f & curiosity shop . ohn Breed , Ebenezer John , opposite to him , once made o f a bet with a person , that he could not name an article h ard ware that would ’ ’ n ot be found in John Odin s shop . The man named a pig s muzzle . John
. O f w a s found it , and won his bet course , the man would not quiz John , who ” H o fo r— from pig town , and had bought g Island , and noted personal neat n ess " W W f . J n o . fo r oh Odin m arried a Miss alter , daughter the Rev Dr alter ,
of - — o f merly C hrist Church , Salem street the steeple which blew down d uring the great Octobe r gal e o f 1 803 . L o f — — fath e r t o ynde Walter , a brother this lad y once a m erchant was the ” W Transcript alter .
- r L V . a nd o f fi rm o f B o O I E R , HE NRY J A North End boy , the Oliver , A e f land bbott , wh n they began th e auction business ; a terwards i n City and t t h e of rfo d unc tilio us State employmen s , duties which he pe rme with p fidelity . W X A . as a n in o f O N R D , HE NRY intelligent shipmaster, the employ IV f m m . as Gray , D avid Hinkley , and others a terwards erchant , and sent
r a fo r f r . C o n fide d agent to New O le ns , Lowell acto ies in , deservedly , by all , fo . r fidelity , sound jud gment , and integrity
K . 85 L a s a PAR S , E LISHA Formerly E lish a uther Par , uctioneers , in
K - of De an e B — ilby street , corner , where arker Bridge had been now, P arks , 8: Baldwi n Parks , dry goods and domestic commissions . M — A — P A RKE R JA E S P RKE R P E TE R PA RK E R C HARLE S . of — a Sons the late John P arker m an made to have his m ark . Said to have ' ’
e u f b r . b g n li e y d iving a country butcher s cart At any rate , he soon had a o on e g od com mission business ; then a heavy , to w hich he admitted several — o f r. w as his sons as partners the late John , j , being the first . His business
s f o f N e w o 1 t . mo tly rom Newburyport , and towns east that , and P and Bristol o f W f l The business the De ol s was very arge . r f o f o f It was a sure p oo credit to be able to buy Joh n Parker . He was exact in selling , and looked more to security than to strained price . He had w often made advances . He a s said to go early to his commanding seat i n ’ . B iz e arrol a a s fo r Roxbury , to avoid Boston taxes y shop in Congress street ,
t w as o . - years his resor , nce a droll scen e John had been dressed , q ueue tail d as a n . tied powdered usual , an d gave Biz money In receiving change , he ’ ” 2 ” ” f . Ho w s I W i w as a r f . short a hal cent this hat, I want hal a cent ' 2 8 r u e a n ts ro c a a or or s osr o n .
” 0 sir— i w a a mm to yes , yes , sir The g took a cent , put it in , and began ?” ” W o 1 ve o u a f bend it . hat are you doing G ing to g y h l a cent , sir . It
— " bu t J o ff. a f fo r o ke was soon broken ohn was That h l cent was kept man y a j . hi u W s t . m . Shimmin married only da gh er W o w o f a k — . . the s o n PARKE R, MRS JOHN id the l te John Par er oldest
o f o . the noted J hn . Born a Sergeant o f r D. D M a . . e e o f PARKER , SA UE L Son the l te Rev Park r , R ctor u a n d s o f a e n f f Trinity C h rch , Bi hop the E stern Dioces , wh o remai ed aith ully w r u r n W r n ith his chu ch d i g the Revolutionary a . The Bishop o c e preached f y w a sermon be ore the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Compan , ith great a fe w f o f fo r pplause . A days a ter , he was complimented in one the papers u n o f n o f the eloq e ce his d iscourse ; and a co clusion its excellence was given , by its a greeing so closely with a sermon o f the celebrated Saurin The first ’ o f r u a be R o five volumes Saurin s se mons h ad j st ppeared , translated by Ro rt s b in s o n e a s o f C f s c , a not d B pti t minister ambridge , wh o a terward be ame an R f o n a w as n r f . A ri an or Soci i n . obert Hall a terwards mi iste the same church
R . o f f PRA T T , GE O GE Son the l ate Capt . John Pratt , who ollowed a s f d f o f w t n a . uccess ul tra e in the Gul Mexico , while Spain was at war i h E gl nd l e tiro d f a N e w ro m sea , and was the first to run regular p ckets in the Orleans a f G h a d f n 1 tr de ; and a ter eorge h ad a good training , orm ed with him , Joh P att — i n S o n still ke eping n the N e w O rleans packet and c otto n t ra de . Joh b a o f - f ought the large house at the he d P earl street , ormerly owned by Jona “ ’ " t r a d a han Ha ris , c lle H rris s Folly . o r m a1 rie d o f l a o n Ge ge a daughter Giles Lodge . E xcel ent parent ge both s ides " His indu stiy an d prudence h ave deserved and secured w e alth ; and n f l his ki d heart and cheer u temper will make him happy . W I . S o n o f t a f r a P RE SCOT T , L LIAM H hat s e , indust ious , s gaciou s , W a an d o f C ol . eminent lawyer , the late illi m P rescott , and grandson Prescott , w ho u commanded the American troops at B nker Hill . s his f d l f n f M r. an Pre cott studied l aw with ather , inherited a arge ortu e rom dis f . him , which was increased by marriage i n the Amory amily But he has tin uishe d f a l l o f a g himsel above the honors we lth , by his ability as an his o — o f o f H isto iies o f t rian one the first (perhaps the first) the age . His Fer ” ” ” din an d a of o f P eru an d Is bella , the Conquest Mexico , and the Conquest , rea d an d have achieved E uropean reputation . American books are , praised . The merit o f these books is enhanced by the persevera nce that h as overcome f w W the di ficul ties u nder hich they were composed . hile at th e University , o n e of o f of he received an injury i n his eyes , that deprived hi m the sight it . fo r n The other became so much debilitated , th at m any years together it h as bee r t f useless fo re ading and wri ing . The reader is referre d to th e Pre ace to his ” o f fo r ff o f Conquest Peru , an a ecting account his disadvantages and inge hi n io us contriv a nces . Manly courage and cheerful piety h ave sustained m t in his strug gles . A o f PUTN M , MISS C ATHARINE . Daughter and only child the l ate
- M r o f o f l . . Jesse Putnam , the firm Putnam Inga ls , in Kilby street Putnam fo r m was deservedly and highly reputed ercantile knowledge , good judgment , o f f and undoubted integrity . He was much called upo n in cases re erence and t arbitration . His steady democracy never lost him a friend in the hottest par y
. f b . times Suavity and good nature , su ch as his , so tened aser tempers in others f o f f As might be expected , rom bei ng long the companion such a ather, Miss ’ Putnam s m ind is highly accomplished by extensive reading and study . .
Y A . f e h as n QUINC , JOSI H D escended rom a tim honored ancestry , bee v u the distin guished by great ardor and energy through a long life . Pre io s to o f 1 81 2 w as F in war , he a ranting ederal spouter in Faneuil Hall ; and Con T H E A R IS TOC R AC Y O F B O S T ON .
f . r n ot to gress uttered the oolish tau nt, that the Gove nment could be kicked in ” “ tirrie of his a war . I t was about the that he said Henry Clay , th at he spent ”
- m his . days i n a ga bling house , and nights in a brothel l Mr Clay , however , r o f paid him in his own coin , when he em arked him , in a debate subsequent ” o n l as to this , that he soiled the carpet which he stood and that Judas w al l for o f Iscariot ould be remembered through time , his betray al the Savior , f r so he ("uincy) would be held in abject remembrance o his remarks upon w as of l o n o f Jefferson . He Jud ge the Municipa C ourt the trial Buckingham M a His the o ld o n fiit . for a libel charge denied doctrine , the greater the ” A s o f truth , the greater the libel . Mayor Boston , h e projected the new mar of f m ket , and the noble ranges stores where or erly stood the dangerous and ’ ’ unsightly buildings o f Merchants R o w and C odman s Wharf. He w as u n ff o b st ruc we aried in his e orts to promote cleanliness in the streets , remove he hil P w a f to ur t l . . a s t ion s rom the sidew alks , and p ify Benj oll rd his lieu
s f his . w as tenant , and was clo ely trotted a ter by the Mayor on pony He of afterwa rds elected President Harvard University . ’ f h . as c o Mr . Quin cy m arried into the Phillips amily He been a zealous
operator in agricultural improvements . Brighton Fair and C attle Show always f a f m an . found him there . Hearty , earless energy , h as m de Mr . Quincy a use ul R — of t of "UIN C Y , JOSIAH , J . The present Mayor Boston , inheri s many o f his f f n i him is the good qualities ather , so tened by greater ame ity . L ke h e of his fortunate by the progress great public improvements du ring mayoralty .
- i The new water works w ll eclipse the n ew market .
r of . se e n e He ma ried the only daughter the late Samuel R Miller , " Go , i f Hi r i r w f M a s . o n N o . s s o J , ] w th a moderate rtune p incipal w ealth the e ard f f t f . meri . rom trusts aith ully executed
- A . r o f n an d of the REE D , BE NJ MIN T P esident the E aster R ail Road W . His f r of M r . Shawmut Bank ather mar ied a niece the late s illiam Gray , h n ( Miss Blackler . ) He ad o t been s ‘c c e ssful in business at Marblehead and
- fo r . fo r him Mr Gray built the mill in the Mill Dam , grinding corn and w heat ,
to - i on h f r and furnished money carry t . This investment as resulted badly o
f . n T h the Gray amily They could o t get rid of it . e iron works we re added W I by Horace Gray , to use the hole w ater power. e i n o B nevolence prompted the first purchase . The property s w carried on
W m e . by . Appl ton i E W V O S P H . S o n of of v l u RE E RE , J Paul Revere , venerable re o tionary
as e - f - W memory , and eminent a b ll ounder and copper smith . Joseph . succeeded
f wi i ze . his ather in the sam e lin e , conducting it th sagacity and prudent enterpr
has son . who is as f e ca He a , (Dr Revere .) distinguished a pro essor in the M di l i o f f W n o Dr . t and Surg cal College the University New York . Mo t, (the arre s o f is f o at lea t that city , ) a pro ess r in the same C ollege .
. B ro okfi eld. an o e o f r RICE , HE NRY G From Formerly imp rt r B itish R i 85 — as 85 C o . w ho n o t su c dry goods , first ce Reed then Rice , Reed , were
c ess fu l . . r f o f of o Wm . . Mr Rice ma ried a daughter H Boardman , the firm 85 P e e f o f . r Board man p , and by her inheritance the ortunes Mr Rice we e His i much bettered . lady s sister to the celebrated and accomplishe d widow of r t r the late Ha rison Gray O is , j .
C S . his i w h the RI HARD , REUBE N Served t me it John Odin , long in
— - k n o w in a ree . h ardware business in Dock Square in metals , South M r et St t t his e The hardware business requires very close application ; , and constant d al u m i to f u a s . ing in files and sharp instr ments , ay g ve a keen edge the c ltie — R B — I RICHARD SON JE FFREY RICHA D SON JAME S . R C H
A R DS O N N . B r er extensi in the wire tr of lon BE NJAMI P oth s, vely ade , g T HE A R T R A Y O F B T IS OC C OS ON .
“ n n e t ‘ d s r o f s ta di g and gr a in u t y and shrewdness , at the head Central Wharf on India Street .
’ W - ~ . S o n o f o f ROBBINS , E D ARD H Lieutenant Governor Robbins , Mil t o o W a s f f . educated or a physician , but pre erred speculation in real estate , ‘ in f h and finally succeeded securing a ortune . He as a vigorous a n d manly r u o f of mind . He mar ied a da ghter Barnabas Hedge , Plymouth , once very wealthy .
- e fo r o o f Lieutenant Gov rnor Robbins was celebrated great p wers memory , fo r o f r and his l oose manner business , under many embar assments . He will 7 0 01071 ea st o f be remembered , as h aving been the original proprietor wh at W R ob in to n . was o f is now b , in ashington C ounty , Me He in the habit visiting th at place frequently about forty years agou He was Lieutenant- Govern or at was G the time Caleb Strong overnor.
. so n o f ROGE RS , HE NRY B Studied law with Charles Jackson . Is the e late Daniel Denison Rogers , who had be n in the d ry goods business , and f m n n l l ater in li e oved in stocks and otes , and i vested also in g ood rea estate . a ll f Henry B . deserves good ortune . W U P . as u R SSE L L , NATHANIE L long q iet , d iligent , and saving in
s of - fi rst r as t o - the bu iness Marine Insurance Secretary the Ne w E ngland ,
C . o f e with P . . Brooks , President He married a daughter the lat Sam uel f her r his o wn f Hammond , and rom prope ty and , h e invested in m anu actures , and has grown ri ch .
A L . f o f S ISBURY , SAMUE L Son o the late Samuel Salisbury , a deacon t t o f M the Old South Ch urch , wi h Deacon Phillips , and also a direc or the assa t r w — c hu se ts . w s h S . Bank He a in partne ship it his brother Stephen S . — n W i w a . Salisbury British dry good s an d hard re Stephen retired to orcester, w h as W do as o f ith wealth , and succeeded Daniel al there President the old W n ff k w . orcester Ba k , that ould never pay tribute to the Su ol Bank — — A V . f e m fro m his SE RS , DA ID Inherited a large ortun n early a illion f o f n o f ather, the same ame . He married a d aughter the late Jonathan Mason . a m f his e He has invested l rgely i n an u actu ring corporations ; and , by ampl ‘ an d a o f means , decision , s gaci ty, has profited by the reverses some concerns , whe re smaller capita l s have been lost . o f an d of Mr . Sears is a man cultivated mind , refined taste and manners , ’ ’
f . large public views . He le t Dr . Chan ning s church when St Paul s was built, a and joined th at parish . He has been a liberal benef ctor to that church and
a i u . r fo r sever l other public nstit tions His p oj ect abolishing slavery , deserves t o of more attention than it a ppears yet to have received . Previou s the w ar ' 1 81 2 that , he commanded the Cadets , and has recently been recalled to com
- fi ve f so f select c . m and , to retrieve the declining ortune that ompany Twenty
~ of M r. o n B e a c o n s tre e t years ago , the residence Sears was considered th e
' in ‘ h a s a th ho u se . a a e best Boston He a cott ge at N hant, and an other se t at
h o f P f a C ol . r mout enobscot River . His ather joined with the l te Tho ndik e W h m . t e u o f and Prescott , in p rchase several isl ands in that vicinity , and other o property in different parts f Maine .
H W B E . an d : s S A , RO RT GOULD C ame to Boston young poor a di tant o f a — o n e of n relation the late Samuel Parkm n whose daughters , by his seco d w f m F o r s w a s a o f the of h i e , he arried . several year he princip l firm S aw,
o k o r - after Bar er Bridge , aucti nee s , in State , nearly opposite Kilby street ; a f th fi rm o f 85 E a w ho w rds , o e Tuckerm an , Sh aw Rogers , ( dward Tuckerm n , ’ o f M r B f o f s h had married a daughter . arkm an s first wi e , ) large importers Briti n W f . i h e goods Dock Square . Subsequently , kept on Central har , in th e Sicily
- u n itin and Trieste trade , and general shipping and commission business g with B m a A R IST O C R AC Y o r OS TON . 31
him— o f P e rkin a Mr. e u a k er him , P rkins , (brought n son Samuel house paint
- flo o r f o f n . and cloth manu acturer , ) an d one his so s f w f T o . h e bland m anners Mr Sha , made him early riends ; and the great
n . o f a l co fidence reposed in him by Mr Parkman , gave him great command c pita u for any emergency . He could and would always advance , on ndoubted secu ’ I n r o f 8 6 W m fo r . 1 1 . s rity , an adequate commission the sp ing , he sold Gray ’ L fo r 65 f e W f 2 notes , received Rice Savage s (a t rwards Commercial) har , ) at e u s per cent . per month , to raise money to make advances w ith . Tr as ry note W re w e re worth but 7 5 c ents on the dollar . hat must they have paid who ? c eived the advances The money pressure was very great . The Southern banks were trying to resu me specie payments . n Mr . Shaw has always been a thorough and diligent desk man . He exami ed f for every bill and amou nt himsel , and a long time kept his own books .
- fi ve a a o - in r Forty ye rs g , auction sales Boston were disgraced , al most unive ‘
- b . r t o r sally , with y bidding Th e practice was so gene al , tha no disgrace dis
a h . O f s honor was thought to att c to it course , it was met by combination
— —fl among buyers fraud co n tending against fraud l au c tion e ers base enough to f " . f o f be tools Mr Shaw long continued wedded to this practice , rom orce habit . ’ o u rie rite o f Francis George Shaw , the F , and translator George Sands works ,
- is n o w o n . f is of a son , and lives Staten Island , N . Y His wi e a daughter
W . m . s o n Sturges Another is a Roman Catholic priest , and has recently f b e e n c u . returned rom Rome , where he has ompleting his st dies
W - H M . f o f o f s t s S A , L E UE L Chie Justice the Su preme Court Ma sachuse t . S o n o f . f f o . o h the Rev Oakes Shaw , Barnstable Married a daughter Josia
- . w as o f Knapp , the distiller He many years attorney the New E ngland Bank ,
as . e in and in moderate practice only a lawyer But , he was much engag d r f so w as l impo tant re erences , that his sound and comprehensive mind wel
w u n - kn o n . P blic opinio pointed to him as the successor o f C hief Ju stice P ar
- ker . Orthodox i nfl uence could n ot prevent it . C hief Justice Shaw is an U ni tart an . W — A N . V of B RRE , JOHN C The eminent surgeon the alentine Mott os — f . W . p n a nd ton succeeded his ather, Dr Joh n arren , in practice In re utatio s far cience , he has surpassed him . W Dr . John arren w as z ealous in the cause of his cou ntry during the Revo e as o W , r n luti n and served a surgeon through the war. General J seph a re was e his s a volunt er , and killed at Bunker Hill . Twenty years ago , remain W ’ ’ . nt were removed to Dr arren s tomb under St . Paul s Church , and a monu me to r W - . fo r its ni his memo y erected by Dr with an epitaph , elegant Lati ty f t ron ing the eastern entrance to the cemetery . W Dr . arren has m arried d aughters o f the late Jonathan Mason and Lieu - G o ve r or W tenant p inthrop . He took a warm i nterest in the settlement of ' . . W z an d D r Potter at St Paul s C hurch , where he was a arden . He is ealous t in o f ac ive the cause temperanc e . h m fe w f Since t at ti e , men have grown to fill so wid e a sp a n o f use ul nes s as — ’ z t o f f l l H Alon o Pot er now Bishop Pen nsylvania . He has u fi led Bishop obart s i i o o f w e o f n w op n n his early promise , h n h e selected him as President the e
at - o f a e s College Geneva , at twenty seven years g . To great talent he un ite Wi m i . W f sa o f sdo n government Preside nt ayland , an early riend , id him , “ ” He l S a great foot l W N , . O f W H as 8: m . I L LIAMS JOH D the firm John D . Moses illia s as a e — i d al e r o u . long been em nent in wine and spirits , especially the neck wa s r f f ed He fi st a market gardener rom Roxbury , where his brother long ollow A the same calling . long life o f devoted ind ustry and economy h as made h im T HE A R T O R Y O F T IS C AC BOS ON .
Fefi ne u have unde rstood better how to ad apt w tastes . He al ays took g reat care in sel ecting “ — consid e red good that many o f the first retail grocers were fo r o in a t he b pay a profit his selecti ns, his teas as well s a ove ' — fl W A S . 1 r r D M L Jo n . IL LI MS , ES A b other b ed by h and then n o w a a partner . He man ges the business . W W M P A o C . . S o n f IN HE STE R, RSONS the late E dmund W W h 8; m W . o o f . . a f t e fi rm E A . P . inchester ; and s that firm (the v r e d all r ision house in Ame ica ,) is still continu d , we shall i nclu e the p i
pa rties in this notice.
A f fi ft - fi ve s a o Ed mund and masa came rom Newton about y year g . ’ b utcher s stal l i n Faneuil - Hall Market was attended by Amasa for a bout thirty e r E o ut man a n d y a s , while d mund was the door , buyer at Brighton . T heir a a n d o f t n z t lent ind ustry early attracted the notice the la e Ebe e er Parsons , ' w h o ofi a red fo r the m a a B , unsolicited , to endo rse at the M ss chusetts ank W w u n . hich he did til his death hen that took place , that Bank discounted
w . a of o all they anted , without endorser T his comm nd capital enabled them t
all . k go into the m arket at times In the packing season , th ey, illed at L ec hm o re — ‘ P oint a thousand head weekly . Their packing bu siness is no w pt in c ipally
. fo r f a a nd n l s h at Cincinnati Their brands bee pork , so p , { ca d e , ave , alw ays — ~ st ood the first 1 11 the country s and this c re dit is mainly d ue to the u n ive aried ' W t e fi orts o f E dm u nd inchester . W n i e w as a a o f. the o ld Edmund nch ster lo g a ze lous Fed er list school , ahd ve r . w as o f t y influential among country members He great natural alent ,
r illite o f a ist r - n r g eat energy , and a G Baptist , the First B pt Chu ch livi g nea by in Richm ond street . s as i an m e Hi ta te a w d . s nd e of Am a less pro m nent , ore r tiring s a knowledg
- sf mu sic was s f n . w as u or its n el ac uired , and exte sive He zealo advanceme t, g q _ ’ f 8 a n d for many years led the choir o Dr . Stillman ch urch He was m any e P o f a n Ha dn c an d a o f r y ars resident the H ndel a d y So iety , member seve al 1 0 a 1 3 m other musical societies . no individu l Boston ore indebted i n time ,
1 in t 0 1 . a talent, and purse . promo ing the culture m usic H ndel and Mozart ’ e f o r f . 8 e w his . F e a e ere avorites many y rs a ter Dr S tillm an d ath , he w r ’ at . i er 1 846 . D r . Sharp s He died n Dece m b , 1 n Boston never had two better or more useful c rt z e s . W P w as f a nd an d illiam . bred with his ather uncl e, early admitted a p
He m u er of a ma . s arried the only da ght the l te Tho s D Brash , by whom, f — l f s u e a l arge ortune near y a million . He ollow p the busin ss with the euer — m n t i u the s of gy g g wes every w nter , to s perintend purchase & c . packing, Wi es of h s th Col . nch ter ( C adets) a shown a u “ q atic sports , by his fine y acht , the Northern r/ pi e ffi ta xi public o ce .
P osr' s c mr r' —I t o f i will be observed , that several the part es we " n h e e a i me d . tione , have lately deceased T is w oul d hav b e n st ted n the pl ace, had author been able was u passing thro gh the press . w e it is w eks , and probable that the w ork ill s o a s to include the prominen t m en of other
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