' .: ';V v ;' 3 .Am Yale University Library 39002003047538 Wilson, Thomas L. V. Aristocracy of Boston Boston, 1848 aa YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY THE AMSTOCMCY OF BOSTON; WHO THEY ARE, AND WHAT THEY WERE BEING A HISTORY OP THK BUSINESS km BUSINESS ME-N ^ "w mm ^ ,ft) FOM THE I^AST FORTY YEARa f BY ONE WHO KNOWS THEM. BOSTdN. PUBLISHED, BY THE AUTHOR, AND FOR SALE BV ALI. DEALERS IN CHEAP BOOKS, 18 4 8. ADVERTISEMEN T. Sope years ago there appeared a book, purporting to be an account of the wealthy men of Boston, it was easy to be seen, that the person who pre pared it, knew very little of the subject about which he was writing. The author of the present wprk was then induced to put down on paper — ^partly lor his own amusement, and partly for the information of his young friends — his own recollections of the " Business and Business Men ot Boston." These memoranda are now published, ^|pt is believed there is nothing iu them that need not be known, and much that will gratify a rational curiosity. He will only say for himself that for upwards of forty years he has oeen a Boston merchant, and that he claims to Know something of the business and society of Boston ; and what is here written, may be considered a portion of his experience and recollections. Entered, according to Act of Congress, tn the year 1848, by THOMAS L. V. WILSON, in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Massachusetts. mt ARISTOCRACY OF BOSTON : WHO THEY ARE, AND WHAT THEY WERE. ADAMS, BENJAMIN. Long a shrewd, polite dry goods dealer, in Kilby- street, of the firm of B. & C Adams, and later of the firm of Adams, Homer &Co. ALGER, CYRUS, from Bridgewater ; Iron Founder, South Boston, who has pushed his way, by sagacity and good conduct, to eminence and wealth. The geologist of this name, hia soi^ has contributed mapy valuable papers upon that science in Silliman'S Journal. jHe was sent by his father to explore Nova Scotia, in the vicinity of the coal i^P&s,' many years ago. He has been much employed by government, and was selected by Col. Bomford to cast some immense pieces of ordnance. ALLEN, ANDREW J. Many years a lively, busy, and prosperous sta tioner, &c., in State-st., near the Massachusetts Bank, arid now as busy ab'but railroads. He was one of their first advocates in Bostoni AMOR Y„ CHARLES & WILLIAM. Sons of the lato Col. Thomas C. Amory. Charles married a daughter of the late Gardiner Green ; William a' daughter of David Sears. The commission house of " Thomas C. Amory & Co.," was among the first in Boston. The late " good " Jonathan Amory was' the other partner. On the dissolution of that firm, by the death of Thomas C, Jonatljan retired to a snug business alone. The oldest son of Thomas C, formed the house of Adaras & Amory. Joseph H Adams from Newbury port, did a large business, but failed, involving Daniel Appleton, now alarge^ and prosperous bookseller and publisher, in New- York. This Thomas C Ainory has distinguished himself in organizing the present Fire Department,' and is president of an insurance company. AMORY", JONATHAN, Jr. A son of" good " Jonathan, succeeded to the commission business in dry goods of Brown, Brothers & Co., in New,-,York, in the unfortunate house of Amory, Leeds & Co., who were prostrated by the storms of 1836 and 1837. ' AMORY, JAMES, a cousin of Charles and William, and son of " good " Jonathan, married another daughter of the late Gardiner Green. ' ANDREWS, EBEN. T. Formerly the partner of Isaiah Thomas, under the firm of Thomas & Andrews, books^Iers and publishers. Mr. Thomas retired to Worcester, and was the principal founder of the Antiquarian Society. APPLETON, SAMUEL & NATHAN. Brothers, and formerly partners, and importers of British dry goods, in Sou^ Row, till Broad-street was made., Samuel lived in Manchester many years, as the buyer for the firra, when Timothy Wiggin did also, who bought for, Benjamin & Timothy Wiggin in Boston, and afterwards succeeded to the business of Timothy Williams, in 4 THE ARISTOCRACY OP BOSTON. London. On Samuel Appleton's return to Boston, " wanting a good house keeper," he married Mrs. Gore, widow of John Gore, a former hardware im porter, and nephew of Gov. Christo]iher Gore. Mrs. G. kept a select boarding- Aouse in High-street. He invested largely in the Lowell and other manufac turing establishments. He has a clear head, large heart, but not free ut terance. ' Nathan managed the business in Boston. Like other importing houses, forty-five years ago, they often shipped pot and pearl ashes to Liverpool'. Then the packet ships went but twice a year, for spring and fall goods. One of these ships, commanded by little Andrew Scott, who afterwards commanded the Governor Strong, owned by LeRoy, Bayard & McEvers, of New-York, made the passages of two successive voyages to Liverpool and back, in 33 and 34 days : that is, four passages in 67 days, — little less than steam ! Nathan took an active part with Francis C. Lowell, Patrick T, Jackson, Paul Moody and others, in establishing the cotton manufactory at' \yaltham, and was one of the associates in the first purchase at Lowell. He.has been a member of Congress, but declined re-election, and many years a Director of the Boston Bank. His tastes are retiring and literary. It should be mentioned, to the credit of Samuel Appleton, that he com menced life with a single fourpence halfpenny, paid to him by a drover who passed his father's house, for his assistaijre in driving. He afterwards went to , Maine, and worked as a common laborer. He is without children — Nathan has several. One of his daughters rnarried a son of Sir James Mcintosh, and another the poet Longfellow. A nenpew is married to the only daughter of Daniel Webster. APPLETON, WILLIAM, is a nephew or cousin of S. & N. He first ap peared in Boston as a clerk and buyer of goods for a country store in New- Hampshire. He was afterwards an importer of British dry goods, with J. W. Paige. His investments in manufactories -have been very successful, as well as his operations in the Canton trade. , In spite of feeble health, as a dyspeptic, he has shown great energy and perseverance. His perceptioss are very quick, and his judgraent sound and upright. He has been zealous for the prosperity of the Episcopal Church, and was one ofthe founders of St. Paul's, and has recently made an ample donation to advance the education of clergy men in the Church. He married a daughter of " good " Jonathan Amory. APTIIORP, JOHN T. , For many years President of the Suffolk Insurance Office and the Boston Bank. Married a daughter of the late WilUam Foster. He is of courteous manners — and, like raany other gentlemen, derived his title of Colonel from having coraraanded the Cadets. It has been generally sup posed that he held the two offices as President through family infiuence and warra personal friendship, and not his own wealth. He has saved and inherited mpne.y. Harrison Gray Otis and he married sisters. ARiVI^RONG, SAMUEL T. Bred a printer with Samuel Etheridge. of Charlestown. Married a daughter of Col. Timothy Walker, a wealthy packer of beef in that town. He kept a book-store in Cornhill, and printed for the Andover Theological Institution. He has been Mayor of Boston, and Lieutenant-Governor. ' Mr. Etheridge was afterwards of thp firm of Hastings, Etheridge & Bliss Jonathan Hastings, the old postmaster, and Elam Bliss, pow of New- York ATKINS, BENJAMIN, of the firm of Hay & Atkins, for many years industrious, saving, and thriving crockery-dealers in South Row, next the Old South. Joseph Hay, the pattern of a polite shop-keeper. AUSTIN, SAMUEL, Jun. Son of an old Clerk in the State-House— who was brother of a good old ship-bread baker at the North-End. Formerly THR ARISTOCRACY' OF BOSTON. O partner with Capt. Joseph W. Lewisi brother lof Winslow Lewis, the light house man. They were the agents of the first line of Boston and Liverpool packets — the Topaz, Amethyst, and Emerald — established with groat difficulty, liy a joint stock company, in 1818 — 19, and soon given up. The ships could not be then filled from , Boston. . AUSTIN, JAMES T. Son-in-law (and author of the life of) Elbridge Gerry, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence; afterwards Governor of Massachusetts, and Vice-President pf the United States. Mr. Austin has boen City-Attorney and Attorney-General of Massachusetts, He was lon^ an ardei«t politician and orator of the Republican Party. He is a nephew of the famous old " Ben Austin," who used to edit the Chronicle,. one of the great guns of Democracy in the tinges of Jefferson and Adams. BALDWIN, AARON. President of the Washington Bank. Married a sister of Philip Marrett, President of the New-England Bank. Mr. B. was long a safe and successful coramission merchant on India Wharf, and dealt very extensively in molasses. He is a native of Milton. BALLARD, JOHN. For many years kept a carpet-store at the corner of School and Marlborough-streets. His father kept a livery -stable. A sister married Thomas Carter, an Englishman — formerly Jackson & Carter, owners ofthe ship Warrington, in the Liverpool trade, and large importers of hats. .BANCROFT, GEOEIGE. Son of the Rev. Dr. Aaron Bancroft, of Wor cester, a Unitarian. Having finished his studies at Cambridge, he went to Gottingen to pursue them further. On his, return, he pleached, and was a. Unitarian; then, associated with^Mr, John G. Cogswell, established, a' school at Round Hill, near Northampton, Mass.,, [intended 1.0. embrace a wide course of instruction, including gymnastics. He, did not succeed. He has since beeni Professor at Cambridge, and distinguished as an author, chiefly on American^ history, and as a Demoiiratic politician ; a Collector of Boston, Secretary of the Navy, and now Minister to Great Britain. He maiTied first into the wrealtby Dw.ight family of Springfield, and since to the widow Bliss, also with a fortune. Mr. Cogswell is now employed by John Jacob Astor, to collect and arrange his great library. BANGS, BENJAMIN. Formerly an importer of dry goods in Court-street,. where he succeeded Andrew Homer ; then. of Bangs & Bradford, in Broad- street; then in navigation, (sometimes with the late Seth Knowles, who'mar- ried a daughter of Matthew Bridge, of Charlestown,) principally to South Amt^rica. BARTLETT, JAMES. Began as a hired truckman to Samuel Harrison, brother of James. Harrison, fjrst of Harrison & Hall, then Harrison & Wilby. He had no means, but succeeded to Harrison's business by the aid ofthe latter firrp-i, He united dealing in coals with his trucking, and then invested in a, wharf at the North End, in Lynn-street. >> , BARTLETT, SIUNEY. A lawyer from the Old Colony. Formerly partner with Lemuel Shaw, now Chief Justice — and a leading practitioner. BARTLETT, THOMAS. A retired druggist of long high standing in Cornhill, near Stale street, at the' sign of {he "Good Saraaiitan." One. of. the few in whom physicians and the public had great confidence — and a gen tleman. , ' BASSETT, FRANCIS. Studied law with Timothy Bigelow. Has been Member of tlie State Legislature and Clerk of the U. S. District and Circuit- Courts. He is a baqhelor. B-^^TES, JOHF^i D. Saaof a ship-master and merchant, late of Concord. Rel^i^ed to Joshua Ba^es, of Barings' house,' London, [see Wm. Grav.] Du- 5 THE AHIStOCKACY iv? BOSTON. ring his minority, he served sevetal years with a heavy mercantile house m BELKNAP, JOHN. Son of tbe late Dr. Belknap, minister of Federal-st. Church, before Dr. Channing, and historian of New Hampshire. Professor McKean, who succeeded John Quincy Adams at Cambridge, preached there also, immediately before Dr. Channing, in the old church, before the present was built. Mr. Belknan was always one of Boston's retiring, prudent, snug, and honorable men, principally in the Calcutta trade, not largely at once. Un fortunately, his eyesight has been impaired. He derived benefit from the sci- entific skill of Dr. Elliot, the celebrated oculist of New-York. His brother Jeremiah was partner of a house in Marseilles, and embarked in a granite quarry at Quincy, that furnished the stone for the present New- York Ex change, under the direction of that deserving architect, Solomon Willard, who was also the architect of the Bunker Hill Monument. BELL, JOSEPH. From Haverhill, N. H., where he acquired his fortune. He and Rufus Choate married sisters of the family of Olcott, of Hanover. He has been a member of the Legislature. ^ BIGELOW, JACOB. A respectable physician, and son of a clergyman in Sudbury, — once Rumford Professor in Harvard, — now Professor of Materia, Medica in the Medical College. When Dr. James Jackson retired from active practice, he recommended Dr. Bigelow to many families. He has published on botany. Under a demure, almost bashful exterior, he possesses great shrewdness and dry humor — it was " human nature," for him to parody " the ode to the passions." , BINNEY, AMOS. Son of the late Col. Amos Binney, one of the few na tives of Hull, forty years ago, kept a small retail grocery in Salem or Hull- st, and then at the lower 'end of Long Wharf. He was a man of enterprise, great -sagacity, and a decided democrat, 'and leading man with the Methodists. He was appointed Navy Ageint, during the war of 1812, when the government' was straitened for means, treasury notes at twenty-five per cent, discount. He' exerted himself with energy and success, to fit out the U. S. ships of war- He was one of the founders of the New Englatid Glass Company^ at Lech- nure Point, from his intimacy with Daniel and Joseph S. Hastings, and Deniing Jarvis, and influenced E. & A. Winchester to build there extensive provision affld; soap and candle works near the' glasfe works. Cragie's Bridge followed their improvements. Andrew Cragie was a large holder of Yazoo scrip, but d^ived little benefit from the government appropriation for its partial payment. He was forced to meet payments at the Boston Bank, his endorsers buying the scrip as sold at auction, for one-third its ultimate value. BINNEY, JOHN, kept a ship chandlery and grocery on Long Wharf. The present Mr. Binney married John's daughter. May his taste for natural science be devoted with his father's zeal for the benefit of his country, and his wealth used with his father's judicious benevolence ! BLAKE, SARAH. Widow of Edward Blake, till the war of 1812 a large importer of British dry goods, in State-st. — then in the commission business' withjsaac McLellan, as Blake and McLellan — on Mr. Blake's death, McLellan & Chadwick, (see Ebenezer Chadwick.) Mrs. Blake is one ofthe two daugh ters of Samuel Parkman, by his first wife. Edward Tuckerman married the other. BLAKE, MRS. Widow of Joshup, brother of George, the late U. S. Ois- trict Attorney. Joshua was a captain in David Hinckley's employ, in the Medi- , terranean, and made money in it. After quitting the sea, he continued in the Sicily, and embarked in the Calcutta trade. Francis Stanton, one of the "Algerines," (see George Hallet.) his brother-in-law, who died a bachelor, auld whose wealth' fell lAostly to Mrs. Blake, was often concerned with him. THR A.RIST0CRACY OP BOSTON. f BLAKE, GEORGE, was appointed U. S. Disti'ict Attorney by President Jefferson, and held that office till removed by Gen. Jackson. He was an ardeot republican in Faneuil Hall, but not a ready speaker. After the choice of Mr. Adams,, his republicanism grew cold ; in fact, he was constitutionally afflicted with chills. In a barber's shop he doffed raore clothes than was ever done by any actor in playing the grave-digger in Hamlet. He was a patron of the theatre, and a crony of Cooke, &c. BLAKE, FRANCIS, another brother, a lawyer in Worcester, died young, in public life, a federalist, who gave proraise of much higher talent than George possessed. BOIES, JEREMIAH SMITH. First a paper, and then a cotton manufac turer, above Milton Bridge, — a venerable and respected gentleman of the old schoolj and a thorough business man, aged nearly ninety. John Bussey,. his near neighbor, and father of Captain Bussey, in the Liver pool, and brotiier of the wealthy Benjamin of Boston, deserves equally to be remembered. BORDMAN, WM. H.. the late, was of tWe firm of Bordman & Pope, on India Wharf, [see Pope, Pascal P.,] engaged in the North West, and Canton trade, — a very large private underwriter. His accomplished and celebrated' daughter married H. G. Otis, Jr. BORDMAN. WILLIAM, had^ I think, but one child, who married Wm. Lawrence, , > . BORDMAN, LYDIA. Widow of William Bordman, who lived in Han- over-st., in the house standing back to back with the Codman estate, afterwards Earl's Coffee House. He remoyed thence, into Hancock-st. He was originally a hatter, and was commonly called " Black Bill Bordman," from haying been engaged, as was said, in the trade in blacks. BORLAND, JOHN,- began life as one of the firm of Oliver, Borland & Ab- bpt, auctioneers, in Kilby-street, and then on Central Wharf, including general commissions — ^inherited a fortune from! his uncle, James Lloyd ; chosen senator from Massachusetts, after John Quincy Adams resigned. Among other Eng lish agencies, Mr. Lloyd had that of S. Smith Clapham feEastbum, of Leeds. Mr. James Eastburn was afterwards of the firm of Eastbum, Kirk & Co., ex tensive publishers in New- York. He was well-read, especially in Theology, and a liberal Methodist. Bishop Eastburn is his son. Another son died soon after graduating ; he bad given promise of great talent. BOURNE, EZRA A., from Sandwich, Cape Cod, was first in the crockery trade with William Wood — afterwards W. & T. N. Wood. Mr. Bourne waS' attacked with bleeding at.the lungs, and travelled south — rode much on horse back in the upper part of Georgia, and recovered his health. He then kept a crockery store No. 1 South Rovv". He lived with his mother, in a small house, near Dr. Lowells' church, of. which he was a member, in Staniford-street, and inherited a small property. On the death of William Ward, he was chosen president of the State Bank. Late in life, he married the widow of' Charleri Thomdike^ He was always quick, careful in every thing, and highly honorable. BOWDITCH, NATHANIEL L. Son of the late Dr. Nath. Bowditieh, the celebrated mathematician, — translator of La Place's great work, " La Me- canique Celeste.,''— more extensively and practically useful, as the corrector of the tables in Blunt's Navigator. Ho had been many years president of an insurance office in §alem, and reluctantly remoyed to Bbston, to become presir dent of the Life Insurance Company, at a salary of $5000 per annum. Eben. Francis was said to Have had great ivSiueace in promoting this wise step, proper 8 THE ARISTOCRACV OP BOSTON. tables for estimating the value of human life being yet hardly formed, and the whole subject of annuities iraperfectly understood. Nr. N. L. Bowditch married a daughter of Eben. Francis, and is well versed in real estate practice. ^BRADFORD, CHARLES F., of the firm of Charles Homer & Co., for merly Homes & Homer, largely in hardware, for many years in Union-street, — first Henry Homes, — Homer first clerk, then partner. Mr. Homes was an or thodox congregationalist, of most extensive christian benevolence. His chari ties and kindness always ready, and liberally in amount for every good object. Mr. Homer was greatly respected. BRADLEE, JOSIAH. Son of a Boston tinmkn. His valuable commission business has been principally from the heavy Salem India houses, and 'from Nantucket and New Bedford, in oil and sperm candles. His second wife was Miss Frothingham, sister of the Rev. Nath'l. Frothingham, and daughter of Kben. Frothingham, who kept a sraall crockery store in Marshall's Lane, ten ded mainly by his brother-in-law, old Mr. L^ngdon, "neat as a pipk;" — in tbe errands, the future clergyman, the present Dr. F., used to assist. Mr. F. was very proud of his boy, who distinguished himself in the public schools, and by the aid of Theophilus Parsons, Samuel Dexter, and others, he was sent to Cambridge. Zerah Colburn appeared in Boston about that time, and the same gentleman made great offers to his father, to give him up to be educated, but in vain ; he was bent upon taking hira to England for a show. Mis. Bradlee (Miss Frothingham) was secretary or Treasurer for the Howard Asylum for Indigent Boys, in 1804 or 1805- Joseph P. Bradlee, Josiah's brother, united the oil and tin business in But ler's Row. BRADLEE, JAMES BOWDOIN, son of Josiah, married a daughter of ricSi Perrin May, an old south-ender, and crony of Joshua Davis, Josiah Knapp, and others. Mrs. Glass would have immortalized their fish,' dipped in Indian meal, fried, or rather boiled, in salt pork fat, " browned, and done to a wabble." — But it was at supper ! O, whist, whist ! BRADLEE, JOHN W. Surviving partner of Thomas D. & J. W. Bradr leoy Jong in the wholesale liquor business at the corner of Flag-alley, in the "Bite." Thomas D., in addition to this business, bought many notes — and kept his money rolling very carefully and snugly until his only daughter was married to*ol. Wm. P. Winchester — which marriage he liked so well, that he gave them his money very freely, and left them more than half a million. [See Winchester.], BRADLEE, SAMUEL. Long a snug, quiet,, hard-ware man, in South-row, (in the street, or next it, where Gen. John Winslow formerly kept,) iron cast ings, &c. -I Gen. Winslpw failed on Christmas Day, 1810, when tbe old U. S. Bank began to pull in hard, in con,5equence of endorsements for Barker & Bridge; auctioneers in Kilby-street, corner of Doane, where B. & C. Adams and' Elisha Parks afterwards kept— T. K. Jones & Co. being on the opposite cor ner of Doane-street. Barker & Bridge were once partners with Robert G. Shaw, as Shaw, Bar ber & Bridge, in State-stree,t, nearly opposite Kilby street. ' Gen , I ohn Peabody made a great crash at Newburyport, at the same time. ..BREWER, THOMAS. Fprmerly of Stone & Brewer, crockery-ware merchants, in Salem. His wifgis sister to Stone, and of charraing address. Ihey displved— Brewer continuing t^e business. Stone went ittlo the distilling THB ARISTOCRACY OF BOSTON. 9 business — and became celebrated by his controversy with, and successful pro secution of, the Rev. Mr. (now Dr.) Cheever, of New York. Brewer did npt succeed ; and was hired to remove to Boston, by Harrison & Wilhy, to keep their retail shop at the corner of Franklin & Washington (then Marlboro) street, where John McFarlane had kept, and since Collamoie & Churchill. -He then opened a cheap dry-goods' shop in Washington-street, near Boylston'-market ; then a distiller; speculated, lost rauch, and regained bv the aid of his son. BREWER, GARDINER. Son of Thoraas, and brother of Dr. Thos.M., one ofthe editors and proprietors ofthe Boston "Atlas." Has been a distiller with his father ; but now of Sayles, Merriam & Brewer, wholesale doraestic goods. BRIMMER, MARTIN. (Late Mayor.) Nephew of the* late good old Andrew, who lived hospitably at Atkinson-street, entertaining many of his old English connexions. He left an araple fortune to Martin. BROOKS, PETER C. The richest man in New England A native of North Yarmouth, Me. Related to the late Gov. Brooks — the Colonel Brooks of the Revolution. ' Mr. B. married a daughter of Nathaniel Gorham, of Charlestown, brother of Stephen Gorham, associated with Phelps in Genesee and Holland Land pur. chases in the State of New York. He kept a private insurance office in the same building with the " Bunch of Grapes," at the corner of State and Kilby-streets, where the New England Bank is. Crowell Hatch, of Jamaica Plains — of imputed " Black-Bird " memo ry, (the slang term ofthe day for slave-trading — Barnabas Hedge, of Plymouth- Benjamin P. Homer and Adam Babcock, who lived near or on parr of the site of the present Tremont House. i.. Mr. Brooks was watchful of the value of outstanding risks, claims, and accounts. Heavy balances were often left in his hands. He purchased accounts — that is, all the outstanding interests of parties who might wish to close up — or where deaths would make it important to settle estates. Tuthill Hubbard's books were said to have given him a large sura. His savings were always very carefully invested. Security before large profit. He would take mortgages when few capitalists would touch them, on account ofthe long term ofthe equity of redemption — then three years. He was afterwards President of the New England Insurance Office, at the corner of Exchange and State-streets^the New England Bank, then below. This was always a quiet, business office— very unlike the gossiping Fire and Marine. Ozias Goodwin and Jolm Holland — two old, worthy, retired ship- piasters and intimate friends — leading Directors, His town house is at the corner of Atkinson and Purchase-streets, near Russia Wharf; bis country seat, in Medford, where, in summer, he was a, regular attendant and admirer of the late Dr. Osgood. Mr. Brooks has four sons and three daughters. One of his daughters mar ried Edward Everett : another, Chas, F. Adams, .son of John Quincy Adams ; and the third, Rev. Dr. Frothingham. One of his sons is a merchant in New York, and is very wealthy, t ' BRYANT, JOHN — Of Bryant & Sturges— ^who began business nearly forty years ago, after they had been to China and the N[Drth- West Coast, as supercargoes for Theodore Lyman and J,^& T. H. Perkins. Mr, Bryant has always been the desk man. They opened their first Canton goods in Codman's ritore, Lindell's lane. B UMS TE AD, JOH N — Of T rott & Bu mstead— formeuly iraporters of Brit- iish dry goods, in Cornhill; near Dr. Bartlett, then in State-street, ijear Boot &', Pratt, Since in manufactures. Mr, Bumstead inherited a good property from to THE ARISTOCRACY OF BOSTON. his fathfer, Deacon Josiah Bumstead. His mother was sister of the late Gover nor Gore. BURROUGHS, GEORGE. Many years Cashier ofthe Union Bank— when Oliver Wendell, Samuel Brown, and Thomas L. Winthrop were Presidents thereof. ¦ , BRAY, Mes.— Widow of Mr. Bray, an Englishraan, formerly ofthe firm qf Bray & Boit, India Wharf. ¦ She is a daughter of the late Samuel Eliot, and inherited her property frora him. CABOT, HENRY. Only son of the late George Cabot, President of the Branch of the first U. S. Bank in Boston, until its charter expired ; of the Boston Insurance Office ; and of the Hartford Convention, Once U. S. Sena tor from Massachusetts. Aaron Burr then said of him, that " he never spoke. but light followed him." Such a man could not be without great influence in trade and politics. His opinions were often required and deferred to on marine insurance and mercan tile questions of importance. The State Courts were tied up by rules of law. and arbitrations were much resorted to for wajit of equity jurisdiction. His unquestioned integrity and independence gave confidence in the decisions of his clear and sound mind. He began life as a sailor, (like a true descendant of the Cabots, the first discoverers of the continent of North America,) from Beverly. A beautiful and discriminating sketch of his character was g^ven in a sermon preached on his death by President Kirkla'hd, at the church in Summer-street, where he had worshipped, A few copies pnly were printed, and given among his friends, ' President Kirkland married a daughter, who accompanied him in his voyage up the Mediterranean and in his travels in Egypt, &c. Henry studied law, and opened an office in Pemberton Hill, near Charles Jackson's and Eben. Gay's, with great advantage and influence — he, among others, as attorney to the Branch Bank, He had the reputation of great natural talent. But, lighter pursuits were more to his taste. He became a ndlking broker in State-street,' in large operations. His principal resort, the Suffolk Oific&. He inherited his father's wealth — not large — and he added to it by invest-' ments in manufactures. The sight of one eye was injured, some years ago, by the bursting of a gun,,' while shooting woodcock — to which sport he and John W. Boott were devotedii CABOT, SAMUEL., Son of the late Andrew, brother of George above. Married a daughter of Thomas H. Perkins, and was admitted a partner of that firm. Mrs. Follen, the authoress, (widow of the late celebrated Dr. Follen,). is a sister of Samuel. ' CAINS, THOMAS. Began the glass-making business, in a small way, at South Boston. He was indefatigq,ble in introducing his goods, by carrying round samples himself among the dealers, OARTWRIGHT, CHARLES H. President of the Marine Insurance Co. Formerly of Cartwright & Mitchell, conjmissiou business, principally from Njahtueket, ¦' GARY, GEORGE B — Of Josiah Bradlee & Co,, after having been a clerk with Mr. Bradlee. Son of Hr. Cary, Chelsea, a retired merchant of former eminence. Hb lived in a brick house about two miles from Chelsea bridge— a solitary house, without tree or neighbor-^pn the .north side of Salem turnpike. GARY, THOMAS G, ' The brother of:GfePrge, Studied law with Deacon (afterwards Judge) Peter :Oxenbridge Teacher, son of Dr. Thacher, of Brattle- street Church. While at the bar, the Deacon was a frequent— not popular— THE ARISTOCRACY OF BOSTON; 11 spouter at Faneuil Hall, about on the same level with Alexander Towmsend and Other Federal aspirants. Mr. Cary married a daughter of Thomas H, Perkins, and " got out stone" at a quarry in Quincy — influenced, priibably, by the money of Col. Pei-kins. The quarry was bought, and a rail-road from it to the landing built. The stone for Bunker-Hill Monument was given by Col. Perkins from this quarry. Mr. Cary was long a l&ng cadet, and a great marcher — as proved by ^lis daily walks from and to Chelsea. CHADWICK. EBENEZER— From Portland. First of the firm of Ro bert Elwell & Co.. who did a large eastern business, when the McLellais, of Portland, and Abiel Wood, of Wiscasset, flourished. Elwell & Co. suffered heavily by retumed bills in embargo times. Was then of McLellan & Chad wick. Isaac McLellan, from Bath — late Blake & McLellan — [See Blake, Sarah,] married a dau*ghter 6f John Coffin Jones, by whom he had property. Became agent for the Merrimack Co., for the purchase and transmission of cotton. Has invested in manufacturing stock. CHAPMAN, HENRY, A retired ship-chandler. Late Chapman & Wain- wright. Chapman married a Green, and is father-in-law of Maria Chapman, the abolitionist, Mr. Wainwright is a son of Henry Wainwright, (of Wainwright & Jackson, . abbot, rather than a descendant of one of Cromwell's puritans. The estate in • Hanover-street, once Earl's Coffee-House, was John Cod man's dwellittg-house. Dr. Codman has recently deceased, CODMAN, CHARLES RUSSELL, Brother of John. Has done little business. Formerly, now and then an underwriter. Inherited a ^ood real estate from his father, much of it in Kilby-street and Lindell's-lane, and affects the "AatU tm." > 12 THE ARISTOCRACY OF BOSTON. Anpther brother, who had a surpassing bass voice, and sang in the Handel and Itaydn Society, died many years ago. q.„j:p,i i-w His CODMAN*. HENRY. . Son of Stephei,, above named. Studied law. tlis SteX cool? 'faithful, and judicious qualities, brought upon him --Y '.ffices of trust.- He is. and has long been, the patron friend of Lucius Manl.us Sar- sent : they " chum" together. ^ , . . j;„, „ ^ He married the only daughter ofthe late John Amory-whose commodious, old-fashioned town house, was on Washington-street, the garden running to tho rear of St. Paul's Church. One ofthe last remnants ofthe sickle pear was in it. His country house, as old-fashioned and comfortable, was m Roxbur^. "Amory Hall" was named after Mr. John Amory. _ . _ Stephen Codman was, for many years, conspicuous as a politician lo preside at the meetings in Faneuil Hall, " Stephen Codman ! was always Ben. Russell's first shout-and it never failed. :If Mr. Codman were not there. " Col. Messenger ?" was Ben's second call. Then for the tug of eloquence— ThacheT—Savage—Townsend— Harry Otis, and " the music of the axe and the hammer,"., the loss of which was sadly deplored during the embargo- William Sullivan, with his pleasing and persuasive tones— Christopher Gore, top pompous and formal for effect— and Samuel Dexter and John Lowell, rarely, but with wondrous and convincing power. When Dexter opposed and declared off from some propqsed measure ofthe Federal Party, during the war of 1812, the ,whole crammed Hall were aghast ! When Otis replied, "the charra of his eloquence was broken ; he had little power, and his audience no sympathy. Samuel Dexter ceased to be, a party, man. He became not only ^^ almost" but "altogether" an American ; he had no bonds to "except," Josiaii Quincy spoke often, when at home, but without effect. He foamed and frothed. Ben. Russell was of that class. Lfee old Gov. Y. Wright, (of Maryland,) in Congress, who said he was made up of "gin cocktail, whiskey, and Demo* craoy," Ben's face got as red as a turkey-cock's throttles; he got too full -for utterance. ' i - Benji Pollard, (afterwards street inspector,) was a favorite. Judge Dawes was always heard with welcome, "Little Tommy's lisp,*^ dry humor, jokes, and .^sop-like tales, always- put to the purpose, produced many a roar and loud hurrah. Moffet spoiled hjm. " ' But, after all, Otis was the master popular speaker, and could not fail to charm the jpost fastidious. At tiraes there were speakers on the " Republican" side, but not at strictly party caucuses. It is a New York (not a Boston) fashion, for- one party to break up the party-meeting of another. After Charles Jervis' death, the Republican Party had little speaking talent. Old Benj. Austin, Oeorge Blake, Jaraes F. Austin, Eben.- Clough, and " Ol£b Adams," the wire-sieve mender, were nearly all. • ; ; If ever an object of contempt deserved pity, .Jaraes T. Austin ^id, in Web ster's first reply to him, in old Faneuil. He. was torn limb from limb, and hung' up piecemeal — dangling — the scorn of all. • .1 On one occasiop, 1810 or ,1811 — the era of good feelings — the two parties dined together on the 4th of July. Twelve hundred in that noble hall ! -; Benj. Austin was the principal writer in the ." Independent Chronicle," and lived in an old-fashioned fraijie-lipuse at'the corner of Hancock and Cambridge- streets. . , ' . " ,• ' ¦','¦' ^ , When G,obl^ first played lago at the; Fedpral'Strect Theatre, he denounced' the play — Oihedo's black love being likely to corrupt Araerican daughters ! THB ARISTOCRACY OF BOSTON. i^ '; COOKE, JOSIAH P. A lawyer, from Keene, N. H,, who has been, for a teng time, faithful and' diligent ; and, what rarely happens in his profession, as the world says, " of few words, and modest." COOLIDGE, JOSEPH In the China trade. Grandson of Joseph Cool- idge, first a goldsmith, then in paitnership with Samuel Parkman. Lived' in the house west corner of Bowdoin and Cambridge-streets. Joseph, his son, lived on the entrance from (^ourt-street to ' that oddly named "vVest Boston Square, next to Fulham's stable and dwelling-house. The house was once kept as a boarding-house- by Mr. Bond, once a broker iii Flag-alley, just out of State-street; — George Bond's father, (late of Whitwell, Bond & Co., the old Carnes' house.) . ' - CORDIS, THOMAS. Formeriy of Bellows, Cordis & Jones, importers of British dry goods. When Thomas Cushing failed in the hardware business with Charles Scudder, Cordis slid into it, by providing capital for Scudder. ' John Bellows, (of Bellows, Cordis & Jones,) was afterwards President of the Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Bank. The Rev. H. W. Bellows — a Unitarian minister in New York-is his son. John Bellows had a brother, of the firm of Bellows & Gates, in Montreal; afterwards Horatio Gates & Co,, (or nephew,) who did a heavy American busi ness in ashes, exchange, and specie. CROCKETT, GEORGE W. Formeriy of the firm of Cro'ckett, Seaver & Co. — ^.established by Whitney, Culler & Hammond, in the West India goods business. , ' Seaver is a brother of Benj. Seaver, of the then firm of Whitwell, Bond & Co., (now Whitwell & Seaver ) CROWNINSHIELD, BENJAMIN H. Was wealthy in Salem before the war of 1812. Was successful in private^ng — a leading Democrat — and once Secretary of the N avy. CRAFT, EDWARD. Long in the Russia and Swedish trade, 09 Han cock's Wharf — near Wm. Parsons, a very different kind of man. He bought the house in Pearl-street, formerly owned and occupied by Chief- Justice Parsbns, and afterwards by Mrs. Brown, as a boarding-house — the celebrated Mrs. Brown, whp had kept tiie house over the Fire and M'krine Insurance Office. This house was resorted to by Barnabas Hedge, of Plymouth, an extensive merchant, ship-owner, and underwriter, of Plymouth; Dr. Na thaniel Haven, of Portsmouth, and John his brother, (father'of the Havens in New York ;) Reuel Williams, late U. S. Senator from Maine; Isaac Adams, .of -Portland; besides resident city boarders — among others, Wm. B. Smith , and Oliver Putnam, who left nearly one hundred thousand dollars for the ' public sch"bols in Newburyport. Good whist was played there, CUNNINGHAM, AN DREW AND CHARLES. Brothers— partners. Sons of the late Andrew Cunningham, long Secretary of the Mass. Mutual Insurance Office: — then the only office ofthe kind. ' A most worthy Bostonian, ICURTIS, CHARLES P. A kind and good lawyer. Studied with Williatn Pullman, Son of Thomas Curtis, formerly Loring & Curtis, merchants and" U'Bderwriters, ' , CURTIS,, THOMAS B. Brother of Charles. OP Curtis & Greenough, in the Russia trade. When in the U. S. Navy — a midshipman — he was in the action of the Chesapeake and Shannon. CUSHING. JOHN P. Made his fortune in Canton, in connexion with' James and' Thomas H. Perkins. On his return, he married the only and worthy daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Gardiner, of Trinity Church. ^ His bouse at Watertown is built to eo-rnbine comfort with elegance — being ' ^4 THE ARISTOCRACY OF BOSTON. double;' a house within a house — to be warm and cool. The best houses in New York were examined, for any thing that might improve, in ornament or use, on what was known in Boston. His spacious and elegant grounds are open to the public. He is liberal to those he employs. When tho assessors of Watertown called upon him to know on what sura he should be taxed, he asked what was the whole amount of the tax to be raised. The answer being given, he told them to charge the whole amount to him. CUSHING, THOMAS P. Son of the Rev. John Cushing, of Ashburn- harti, (formerly of the firm of Tuckerman, Rogers & Cushing, large iraporters of British dry goods, and lately of the firm of Cushing & Wilkinson.) He is a man of infiuence in bank, insurance, and rail-road operations, being cautious and sagacious. CUTLER, PLINY. From Brookfield. (Formeriy of the firm of Whitney, Cutler & Hammond, the most extensive wholesale grocers in the city, at the corner of Broad and Central-streets.) They were of the "Algerines." Mr. Cutler is a zealous orthodox Congregationalist, and commendable for many good and charitable deeds and judicious management. DANA, SAMUEL. (Late Dana & Fenno, stock and exchange brokers.) Married the only daughter of the late Edmund Winchester. [See Winchester.! DALTON, -PETER ROE. Son of the Cashier of the old U. S. Branch Bank, m the building afterwards bought by the State Bank. Mr. Dalton was of the firm of Richard D. Tucker & Co., a respectable commission house on India-street, for many years, Mr. Tucker was formeriy partner of Rufus Davenport— Davenport & Tucker. James Dalton, Cashier of the Man. and Mech. Bank, (formerly Atherton & Dalton, importers of British dry goo#. is another brother.) Henry Dalton, Secretary of the Providence Rail-Road, another. DAVIS, JAMES. An industrious and worthy coppersmith in Union-street, who desferves and has earned every dollar he is worth. Go frora his old stand a tew steps to Hanover-street, you come to the house where Franklin was 1?'a'J?tJ'°t'^t,^t''^ tallow-chandler's shop is turned into a bonnet store. lJA,Vlb, JOHN Late and long Judge of the U. S. District Court. He died lately in a good old age, respected for his character and literature. He wras trom Plymouth, and editor of " Morton's Memorial " Mrs. Wm. Minot is one of his daughters. DAVIS, SAMUEL. From Newburyport. Long an importer and retailer ot jewelryj military goods, and combs, until they were made in this counti-y. TiSrv 1%"?. h^a ?,",T^* °^-}!°'''' ''P' ^°' shipment to England. D.^W'^' .u^^^^^^ ^- F'""" ^^'^"- ^" ^'"^t^"'-. l^»«^n ^« " Dickey ?fhLe'"at hi!h:ute"^' ^"' ^^"^^ '°''' °' ""^^^- ^^-'^ Matthews wJ ^^^¦•ji^T^^y h? ^°"S been celebrated for her beauty, of ST'^.?' ^ Y^^I'IN. A lawyer. U. S. Dislict Attorney, Only sp.| of the late Samuel Dexter, whom Franklin resembles. He is highly respLted as a lawyer, a man, and man of taste. He married a daughter of the late Judge prescott, the father ofthe historian, and son of Col. Prescott who com manded the troops at the battle of Bunker Hill -f rescott, who com- DIXON, THOMAS. Bom in London. S;n of a Scotchman Came first Im to^J^'omS'''.^ '""^^ of Van Baggen, Parker & D^xon. o^ AmsS '^ skm' in Ssl .nT ^"^™««« to that house. He is a Dutch Consul. Has SghterTf^; iB^njafip-'^it" "^^'^- ^^ "^^"'^^ ''^ ^^^^^-^-^ THE ARISTOCRACY OP BOSTON, IS DORR, JOHN, A retired merchant. Formerly in the India and North- "West Coast Trade. ' His brothei; °J oseph — a partner with whom he was con cerned — a bachelor, lived abroad, fond of Paris and London. DRAPER, DANIEL, Formerly a victualler ; then of Draper & Hudson, in the " Bite," fruit and provision dealers, chiefly pork, and large lemon dealers, D W IGHT, E DMUN D, From Springfield. Married a daughter of the late Samuel EUot ; and has made large donations to carry out Horace Mann's plan of normal schools. Thirty-five years ago, .Tames and Henry Dwight, of Spi^ingfield, were pro bably the most extensive country traders that came to Boston, They had stores in Northampton and other country towns. Their heavy goods went in sloops up the Connecticut River. As the younger branches of the faraily came for ward, they spread. An importing house was established in Boston. The beloved and lamented William H, Dwight was lost when the Albion was wrecked on the coast of Ireland, The Bank at Geneva, N, Y., was established by them. One of the family was President. Edmun4 has not toiled in the drudgery of active business. He is clear headed, and sagacious in counsel. He always liked the Suffolk corner, to -the annoyance, it has been said, of his father-in-law, who had given close, .active attention to business. ' ELIOT, SAMUEL A. Son of the late Samuel Eliot. Studied divinity at Cambridge, but has not been ordained. Ex-mayor, and promoted useful reforms in the Fire Department. Like his late lamented brother, William H, he is fond of music, and is President of the Boston Academy. He married a daughter of the late Theodore Lyman. William H. was the prime mover in bt^Uing the Tremont House. He gave a great impulse to musical taste. He had heard Italian music in Italy, and hsid loved it, especially Rossini's, in its native language. The adaptations of Thompson, with their delightful poetry, had lost the charm of Rossini and Mpzart. Samuel Eliot was a true Sir Oliver Oldschool — with cocked hat, breeches, open bosom, and large ruffle ; no cloak or over-coat in the coldest weather ; and of stately politeness. Sir Samuel ! — could it have been ! The value of wealth is little here. We cannot found a family. We have no law of entail. He little knew how many of his faniily were Nature's noblemen — and would receive more precious honors tiom their fellow citizens, than A«« wealth could confer upon them. Like other sensible men, he loved old wine, old books,- and imported dry goods in the old store at the west corner of little old Wil- (son's Lane, at the entrance to old Cornhill from Old Dock Square ; and died, the only American we have ever known who deplored the want of an aristo-^') cracy. He lived in Tremont-street, opposite the stone chapel, or King's Cha pel, and had a good library. , FAIRBANKS, STEPHEN. From Dedham, (Fairbanks, Loring & Co.,' old hardware dealers, long in Union-street.) FALES, SAMUEL, Began a retailer of dry goods in Washington-street ; > then wholesale-man in dry goods ; and in the African trade with Samuel Sam ' ford, (not slave trade ;) now President of the Union Bank, FAY, RICHARD S. Son of the Hon, S. P. P. Fay. Judge of Probate for Middlesex County, in, which office be succeeded that corrupt Judge, Janies Prescott, pf Groton, who was tried before the Legislature in 1816— and broken, though defended by Daniel Webster. Richard S, has the confidence of several large corporalions, and ia their i treasurer. 16 THE ARISTOCRACY OF BOSTON. More than twenty years ago. Judge Fay co-operated with the late Abraham Bigelow-excellent gentleman !-long Clerk ofthe Courts in Middlesex Coun ty—to renovate that beautiful Episcopal Church on Carabridge Common, (op posite the Colleges,) after it had long been without worship, and in a state oi Utter delapidation. To tlieir honor be it remembered, all the officers of the College, though Unitarian, contributed. , „. r -i e FROTHINGHAM, SAMUEL, An experienced bank officer, formerly ot the State Bank; transferred to the late U.S.Branch; now agam in the State, as President, A great and deserved favonte with the late William Gray. ,...-- FOSTER, JAMES H. Has dealt long, steadily, and quietly, in paper- hangings. A most worthy man. Connected by marriage with the family pf John Quincy Adams. ; t td - FRANCIS. EBENEZER. A shrewd and close financier. Long I'resi- dent of the Suffolk Bank, and author of the deposit system that has conduced so much to preserve a sound currency to the New-England States. Aided greatly in the projects of the late Uriah Cutting, Married a daughter of the late Israel Thorndike. ;-,• GARDINER, WM. H. Son of the late Rev. Dr. Gardiner, of Trinity Church. He is a lawyer — of good talents, and amiable, gentlemanly inanners,' Married a daughter of Thomas H. Perkins. Dr. Gardiner was a man of talent — a good classical scholar — and a fine reader, when good readers were scarce. He was attached to the Episcopal Church; far from bigoted, and also free from cant and fanaticism. He had studied under that rare old Greciarf and walking library — Dr. Parr. - Dr. Doane — now Bishop of New Jersey-^was assistant minister of Trinity 'until Dr. Gardiner's death, in Englafld. Dr. Doane married the widow of Jaraes Perkins, Jun., the only child of James, (ofthe great house of Perkins,) with a large fortune. . GARDNER, JOHN L. Sob of the late S. P. Gardner, a merchant, origi nally from Salem. John L. married a daughter of the late Joseph Peabody, pf Salem, who became the most extensive merchant in that place after Williain Gray left it. John L. inherited a large property from his father — and his wifefs fortune must have been very large. He is a good merchant. GARDNER, HENRY. Resides in Dorchester, on the lower road to Quincy. He is called Dr. Gardner, having been bred a physician, though he does not practice. He is son of Henry Gardner, late of Stowe, a member of the Provincial Congress, and afterwards many years Treasurer of the Com monwealth. His fortune has grown under judicious and safe management. GASSETT, HENRY. Began the importing business with Phineas Upham, as Gassett & Upham, afterwards Henry Gassett & Co. GIBBS. MISS SARAH. A benevolent lady, and zealous Episcopalian. Gibbs & Channing. of Newport, (uncle of Dr. Channing ) made a large fprtune. Before the act prohibiting the slave-trade took effect in 1816, they furnished cargoes to ve&sels in the African trade, and received cargoes of pro duce from Cuba in payment for their advances. Other houses in Newport and Bristol pursued a similar trade. The De Wplfs, of Bristol, were always j said to follow that detested traffic without any compunction. Much of the ancient wealth of Newport and Bristol may be traced to this source. GODDARD, NATHANIEL. From "Far down east," where he was Vijell versed in the trade on the lines. He has been a large ship-owner, in the Baltic ^nd freighting business ; a large underwriter ; aiicl long President of the New England Bank— when he said,: that every man who failed, ought to be sent to the State Prison. He was a man of great energy and stern will, ' THE ARISTOCRACY OF BOSTON. 17 Mr. Gould— long celebrated as head master of the Latin School — married a daughter of Mr, Goddard, and joined him in some business, William Goddard — ^a brother — pursued a similar shipping business with great success. He died, after a short sickness, about the same time with Fran cis ^tanton. GOODWIN, O^IAS. Son of the late Capt. Ozias Goodwin, and cousin of Ex-Mayor Chapman. Served his clerkship with Henry Lee, of Joseph & Henry Lee, in the Calcutta trade. Was afterwards a successful supercargo in the same trade. Inherited property from his father, and married a cougiB Chapman. GORHAM. BENJAMIN. Son of the late Nathaniel Gorham, of Charles town. [See P. C. Brooks.] Studied law with Artemas Ward, and was Mem ber of Congress until he becarae tired of it. Whenever he would examine a case, and give an opinion, no opinion had more weight. He married a LoweK. GRANT, ANNA P. Widow of Patrick Grant — a fine-looking Scotchmah, who went from Boston to England nearly forty years ago. All were lost on the return passage. Mrs. Grant is a daughter of the late Jonathan Mason, GRAY, JOHN C. Son of the late Wm. Gray. Married a daughter of the late Samuel P. Gardner — bji whom, as well as his father, he had a fortune He has not embarked much in trade. Is studious and retiring, and is a contributor to the " North- American Review," He studied law witii Samuel Dexter, and has been State Senator several tiraes. GRAY, FRANCIS C, A bachelor. Studied law with the late erainent Wm. Prescott, but has practiced little except in his late father's affairs. He has been in the State' Legislature ; and is devoted to literature and political economy, in the protection interest. GRAY, HOI^A.CE. The youngest son of the late Wm. Gray. Married first. Miss Upham, of Bropkfield, a neice of Thoraas Upham ; and on her death, a daughter of the late Samuel P. Gardner — with a fortune. .On coming of age. he w'ent freely into business — -the Baltic, French, and India trades; afterwards into the iron works on the Mill Dam. From this he extended in the iron business ; and at the tirae of his late failure, his house was concerned the most deeply in the iron manufacture of any establishment in New England. ' They pwned the iron works at Pembroke, Me., (originally built by Jonathan Bartlett, once President of the Passamaquoddy Bank, at Eastport, which failed about 25 years ago ;) an establishment at South Boston ; one in Clinton Co., N. Y, ; and yet another at Saugerties, N. Y. His partner, Francis, is a nephew of Francis the bookseller, formerly Mun- roe & Francis. He was once a clerk for the father of Horace Gray, and is a very worthy man. It is ascertained, that the debts against Horace Gray & Co. exceed' a million, falling heavily on the iron works and coal dealers in different parts of the coun try. It is feared, from the heavy nature of the property, and the sacrifices that must be made in the sale of it, that the dividend wcill be small. The iron works on the Mill Dam — pwned by Francis C. Gray, Horace Gray & Co. — and the estate of Paul Ivioody, have passed to Wm. Appleton, by whom they are carried on, Mr, Gray has lately occupied the house in Brighton, formerly owned and lived in by Commodore Downes. This was the northerly house of the two built by Joseph Haven and Joseph Wiggin, The other was occupied many years by Geo, Mannus, Esq., British Consul, 'l^illiam R. Gray- — the eldest son of William, and who usually managed his father's business in Boston, while he lived in Salem — died some years ago. He married a daughter of the late Judge Clay, of Georgia, Wfho then lived 18 THE ARISTOCRACY OF BOSTON. on hisplantation near Rinborough. Became a Baptist P'-«''?>'«^ *»/ .^^ ^*"f to succeed the late Dr. Samuel Stillman, at the First Baptist C|}»'-f .'" X^' street; and for a tirae occupied the house in which Dr. S. had lived .n Salem- street, opposite Mr. Edes, the ship-bread baker, (father of the Rev. Hy. Edes, afterwards a Unitarian minister in Providence, R. I,) ' u -u i • William R, was a merchant in Boston, principally in tne French, Baltic, and India trades, -nr 3 - /-.i. i Henry Gray— the second son—studied law with Artemas Ward, in Charles town, but never practiced. Married one of the beautiful daughters of James Pierce, Clerk of the Municipal Court — of whom Joseph Bonaparte said, she was the handsomest woman he had seen in Araerica. He also was a ship owner, and in similar extensive foreign business, and a Director in the State Bank. He resided in Dorchester ; a member of Dr. Codman's church ; and a liberal benefactor to the Andover and other religious orthodox institutions. He now lives in New York. Mr. Gray's only daughter — of noted piety and benevolence — was married to Col. Samuel Swett. [See Swett.] William Gray;— or as he was familiarly termed, " Old Billy GrS,^," — was born in Lynh, in the year 1750. At the age of 15. he went to Salem, as clerk to a Mr. Gardner. After four years, Mr, Gardner died, and young Gray be came clerk to Richard Derby, a Provincial Counsellor of King George III., and eldest brother of the late Elias- Hasket Derby, Esq. As soon as he was of age, he owned part of a vessel with Mr. Derby — his share being the result of his savings while a clerk. He married Miss Chipman, a sister of Ward Chipman, since a Judge in the British Province of New Brunswick. She was a cousin of Peter C. Brooks, and proved one of the best of wives and mothers. After the war of the Revolution had ended in the peace of 1783, he extended in foreign trade with varied success. Once he had lost all — but kept on, and regained, with unimpaired credit. His high integrity, and reputation for sagacity, gave confidence to many retired persons in Salem. Marblehead, and other towns, who placed large sums with him at a low rate of interest, in preference to public institutions at a higher rate. On one occasion, after he removed to Boston, more than thirty thousand black dollars were brought to him from -Marblehead, which he had refused to take at six per cent, nearly forty years before. The owner had kept them safely in a cellar ! When William Gray left Salem, his property was valued at three millions of dollars, on a careful estimate made by the late Wm. B. Swett and Joshua Bates, now of Barings' house, London, then his clerks. About that time, he owned and loaded more than forty vessels at his own risk : he was besides a large underwriter, taking almost desperate risks, in the face of British and French seizures. His removal seems to have been necessary, even on the score of commissions ; but political causes were not wanting. The opening to Tonningen was for a while vastly profitable; and the war of 1812— when he had large stocks of foreign good8--added greatly to his wealth. During that war, he advanced largely to the Government, On the return of peace, he continued business as formerly, but often with loss, for the nations on the continenf of Europe had becorne their own mer chants. But, he hated to lay up a vessel, or see one of his old captains unem ployed. At the time referred to, Joshua Bates, whose house of Beckford & Bates had not been successful, was sent to London to act as his agent, and tho agent of his sons. This led by degrees to his connexion with the Barings. A stron- THE ARISTOCRACY OF BOSTON, ]L9 ger credit than that of any individual stranger would be often necessary in London, in large operations, , Mr. Gray retired from the presidency ofthe Branch Bank, and was succeeded by the late Gardiner Greene, He soon after withdrew from business as far as he could, and died in 1823. Mr. Gray was simple and unostentatious in his habits, an early riser, and usually wrote his letters and orders before breakfast. Weiss, the barber, in Congress-street, called on him, summer and winter, at 5 o'clock. On one occa sion, Weiss told him he was likely to lose his old stand, nearly opposite the Post-O^ce. Unsolicited, he offered him the money to buy it. (The son of Weiss is a Unitarian Minister in New Bedford.) In such spontaneous, un looked-for acts, Mr. Gray loved to do good — and no one did them with raore delicacy. It was his nature to help those whom he thought were trying to help themselves. On one occasion, he offered $50,000 to a person, almost a stranger to him, to save him from stopping — and without security ! As his sons came of age, he gave each ample means, that they might start and work for themselves. His long experience had made him familiar with the commerce ofthe globe. In conducting his share of it. he was the soul of honor — and American, heart and soul. How that American spirit must have exulted at the capture ofthe Guerriere ! He knew that, but for him, the Constitution could not have been fitted out. The navy agent — Colonel Binney — another noble spirit, had exhausted his means, and broken his private credit. Regardless alike of the denunciations of the public press, and the scornings, batings, and badgerings of the junto at the Suffi>lk Office, he stood for his country — and the Consti tution went to sea, - to break the charm of invincihilif-y ! Mr, Gray being thus driven from the Federal Party, he was chosen Lieuten ant-Governor of the State, when Elbridge Gerry was chosen Governor over Christopher Gore; A charter was then obtained for the State Bank, with a capital of three mil lions'. Until then, a charter for a bank in Boston, with an odor of Republican ism, could not be obtained, Mr, Gray was chosen first President of the State Bank, The men who had denounced Mr. Gray, gave Commodore Hull a public dinner. After the peace, and Treaty of Ghent, Mr. Gray presided at the public din ner given to John Quincy Adams — the venerable father, John Adams, tremu lous with age. seated first on his left, A noble trio ! the first Merchant in the country — the President past — and the President to come ! In his daily intercourse, Mr. Gray was raarked for affability. Everybody knew hira, and he had a word for everybody. The calls of the poorest man had no put offs. His eyes glistened with delight when he could contrive employment for an old acquaintance ; and if from Lynn, all the family affairs were subjects of inquiry. To many beginning life, he trusted goods when they could not get them elsewhere — and thus started them. He met with many losses by this practice.'and often other injury, but he would continue it. His refusal to any application, was-?-" Well. HI think on't." On his removal to Boston, he bought for his residence the mansion of the deceased Gov. Sullivan, He intimated to the executor of Gov, S.'s will, his wish to purchase it, if the estate should be for sale. When he had decided to sell it. he named the price — thirty or forty thousand dollars. Mr, Gray sent a ¦check for the money,' His residence in Salem, built by him^ has since been kept as the Essex Cof- fte-House. 20 THE ARISTOCRACY OF BOSTON. GRAY, SAMUEL C. Son of the late Samuel Gray, of Medfprd, brother of William, who had been a successful merchau* in Salem, and married a_ sister of Judge Chipman, of the Province of New Brunswick. They inherited a good property frora their father, and are quiet, careful merchants — mindmg their own business-*-chiefly in the Baltic trade- gray; JOHN— Called, for distinction, " FrmcA John Gray." He is the son of a Boston raerchant, and resided a long time in France, (Bordeaux, we think,) where he acquired his property ; and on his return, was distinguished by this narae. For many years he has done little busipess. GRAY, THOMAS— Of Hawes, Gray & Co., for many years prosperous' \yho,lesale grocers in India-street ; now on Central. Wharf, commission mer chants, though our old friend. Prince Hawes, still haunts the tea sales in Nejv York. , , GREENE, MRS. GARDINER. Widow of the late Gardiner Greene, (who, at his death, was considered the richest man in Boston,) is a daughter of Copley the painter, and sister of the present Lord Lyndhurst, ("a Boston boy,") Lord Cbanpellor of England. Mr. Greene inherited a good property, partly in Demarara, and increased it largely by successful traffic, before that colony was ceded by Holland lo Grea,t Britain, One of the sons — Wm. P. Greene — who resides at Norwich, Conn., studied law with Charles Jackson and Samupl. Hubbard, (then in partnership :) is en gaged in manufactures, and a main promoter of the Norwich and Worcester Rail-Road. Judge Hubbard married one of Mr. Greene's daughters, and is a principal trustee 'of the estate. ' Gardiner Greene's seat on Peinberton Hill was worthy of admiration. The large garden arpse in terraces to tbe top pf tJie hill, there commanding a noble view of the town, the harbor, the islands, and Boston Light-House, Massa chusetts Bay. It was the sole charge of the waggish Wyatt, an old, Scotch gardener, whodid not gpare his jokes on any oddities of bis employer, even to his fondness for string leans, of which he had to provide successive fortnight crops till l^te in, the fall. It was kept in fine order, and liberally open to stran gers. Wyatt's lodge was at the foot of the steps, where he had always a "swp" of George Murdoelii's pljoice pld Cpgnac to offer those whom he liked well enough to ask in. This gardener was hot green,. GREE N WOOD, W. P. A retired, dentist ; father of the late.Rev. F. W. P. Greenwood, successor of Dr. Freeman at Stone (or King's) Chapel. Dr. Greenwood operated successfully for himfelf, but rather harshly for his subjects— as the wri'ter of this has thought — many years in Friend-street. GORE, JOHN. Lives in Koxbury. Son of the late John Gore, who was brother to Gov. Chris,topher Gore, and a very large and successful importer of British dry goods, of the firm of Qore, Miller & Parker. _^ Samuel R. Miller— in his prime, one of the finest-looking men in Boston— nijured his healthby exposure on the frontiers of Canada. He had shipped large quantities of goods fromEnglanil to M6ntreal, to be ready for an openiug on the repeal of the non-intercourse act. "He suffered long a mai-tyr to dyS pepsia. Josiah Quincy, Jun,,;]^yor, married his only daughter. The late Governpr Gore effected a great improvement in the vegetable and fruit inarket of Bostpn. He had resided near London several years as one rf the Comrnissioiiers under Jay's treaty. Povent-Qarden Market did not escape his eye, On J^^s return, l?e biiilt an elegant seat in Waltham, and laid out T^ T^^J^v^^'t . g^/'le«ing- I'irst "he sent presents to his epicurean %nds, milia,pi P^ine,and pthers; but he Jiad b, great surplus'. His |ardener soon stood in the ma?ket with the^ finest and earliest vegetables that had been seen,- and some new varieties. THB ARISTOCRACY OP BOSTON. 21 Hill, of West Cambridge, Williams, of Roxbury, and others, soon followed the example. J. O. Reid, a lame man, (now a wealthy ship-chandler and ship owner on South-street, New York.) stood for M. Williams, of Roxbury, a bro ther of John D. HAMMOND., DANIEL. The former able and most efficient man in the house df Whitney, Cutler & Hammond. As honorable as he was able. [See Pliny Cutler and George Hallet.] Since that firm was dissolved, some bf Ilis speculations have not been fortunate. He occu'pied a house in Pearl near High-street, where Jones's boarding-house formerly stood. -HAMMOND, SARAH. Widow of the late Samuel Hammond, long in the boot and shoe business in Ann-street and Merchants'-row; arid in hides and leather, with Samuel Train ; and a private underwriter. The Rev. Dr. Palfrey married one daughter, and N. P. Russell another. A son was of , the firm of Swett & Hamraond — John Swett, of " Squirrel up a tree," in Union- ¦street. HANCOCK, JOHN . Son of Eben. Hancock, and nephew of John Han cock, President of Congress at the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and Governor of Massachusetts. John's widow married Copt. Scott, master ofthe ship Minerva, the onlv ship in the London trade, owned by^Dr. Eliakim Morse, wholesale druggist, in Dock Square. Mrs. Scott continued in the noble old " Hancock House," near the State House, on which estate Samuel A. Eliot's house now stands. Hancock's Wharf, (where William Parsons, Henry Sigourney, and Edward Craft kept, in the old wooden buildings,) belonged to Gov. Hancock's estate. The present John, (very long, and always stooping,) did a small business as agent for a powder company, in Merchants' Row, near the head of Cod- , man's Wharf, and opposite Faneuil Hall. He inherits Gov. Hancock's estate. HASKINS, RALPH. A retired distiller. Long connected with the late Oliver Keating, once in some partnership with Theodore Lyman, when he first came from near Kennebunk to Boston. The Rev. Mr. Haskins, of the Epis copal Churc'n, is a nephew of Ralph. HAYWARD, GEORGE. Physician, and son ot the late Dr. Hayward, He inherited a good property from his father, and has made rnoney in his pro fession, in which he is much esteemed. ' HENSHAW, DAVID. Came from Leicester, a poor ooy. Served his time with George Brinby. (formerly Dix & Bfiriby,) on the south side of F.aneuil Hall, in the wholesale druggist and dye-stuff business. Began for hiraself in State-street, in 1815, and afterwards unitpd his brothers, in exten sive business in the sarae line, in India-street. He established various che mical works in- Roxbury and at South Boston ; and it was said, at the time, that he was the only wholesale dealer in Boston, of practical chemical science. He became a warm politician ; furnished means for, and was a writer in tbe "Statesman," — advocating, first, the claims of Mr. Crawford, then those of _Gen> Jackson, for the Presidency. He was made Collector of the Port on the removal of Gen. H. A. R. Dear born; and afterwards appointed Secretary of the Navy, by President Tyler — but this appointment was not confirmed by the Senate, He has since been engaged in the purchase of mineral lands, and mining operations for copper, on Lake Superior. Those associated with hira, have great confidence in' his skill and energy. He now resides at Leicester, a martyr to the gout. Indomitable energy of character, and abstemious habits, sustain him under great suffering— great enough to break down common men. 22 THE ARISTOCRACY 07 BOSTON. HENSHAW, JOHN, Brother of David, Wholesale druggists and dye- stuff dealers. ,,.,, , ... HILL, DAVID. Long a small grocer in Milk-street, between Atkinson and Peari. Famed for "dun fish." „,,-,, ,, ^ a j HOMER FITZHENRY. Only son of the late Benj. P, Homer, berved his time with Whitwell, :^ond & Co, B. P. Homer was the largest private general underwriter in Boston— and soraetiraes in the Canton trade. He was noted for fairness and promptness in tbe payraent of losses. ^^„^„^ _, HOOPER ROBERT-HOOPER SAMUEL-HOOPER ROBERT C, Robert and John Hooper, fathers ofthe above, and William Reed, their brother- in-law, were the principal foreign merchauts of Marblehead. Wm. Reed was a zealous orthodox Congregationalist. One ofthe Hoopers removed to Boston — an Episcopalian. HUMPHREY, BENJAMIN, Born in Weymouth. An only son. Came young, to Boston, and served' with Abraham Wild. . Began himself in Fore (now Ann) street— then Humphrey & Clark, on Long Wharf— in the salt busi ness, and supplying fishermen with salt for the mackerel and Bank fisheries, and selling thfr cargoes on their return. He has always been a shrewd, careful, industrious man. INCHES, HENDERSON. A retired merchant, and long owner of Russia Wharf. Inherited an estate frora his father. INGERSOLL, JAMES. An intelligent merchant, Central Wharf, Has been much abroad as supercargo to different parts of Europe, JACKSON CHARLES L, L. D.— JACKSON JAMES— JACKSON PATRICK TRACY. Sons of Jonathan Jackson, late of Newburyport. He had an office on or near the corner of Bromfield's-lane, forty-five' years ago, as Comraissioner under the General Government. A quick, small gentleman in black, of the old school. Charles studied law with the late Theophilus Parsons, who said of him, that " he was bringing up a young hawk, to pick out his own eyes." He opened an office on Pemberton Hill, near the late Eben. Gay — where Francis Blan- chard was associated with him. He removed into the Lowell building, near the then new Court House, constructed by John Lowell for law offices ; and on the death of Blanchard, invited Samuel Hubbard, who had studied with him, and was then in Saco, to take Blanchard's place. His practice was very great and very profitable. He studied thoroughly every case, not only in the law, but on all that related to it. Among other means to serve him for facility of illustration and the use of technical words, in cases of Marine Insurance, he procured a model ship, with every piece of tiraber marked with its technical name. His kindly sympathies won the hearts (often suffering ones) of his clients. His integrity — " that e'en his eye, when turned on empty space, beamed keen with honor" — was united with delicacy that shrunk, unconscious of its worth. His mind was of the largest coraprehension ; his perceptions, quick as light ning; his knowledge of law, profound ; and all his aim was .truth. No won der that all his tirae and all his talents were demanded and rewarded. In the midst of this success, the public called for his services on the bench of the Supreme Court. He obeyed that call, and became the Justice Duller of America — relinquishing a practice worth four times the araount of his salary^ His health — never robust — began to fail. He went to Europe, and was en lightened and delighted by the wonders of manufacturing industry, relieved and guided by science ; but most of all, by the potteries of Staffordshire— the rough elements of nature wrought into perfect forms and uses. THE ARISTOCRACY OF BOSTON. 23 The Bench in England awarded him distinction not before conferred on any foreigner — he was seated with Stowell. He returned from Europe with iraproved health, and has since lived in retirement. May he live long, and happy ! After James had pursued his studies in this country, he wont to Europe, to benefit by its iu.stitutions. On his return, he opened an office in Hanover- street, (near the residence of Wra. Cooper, the old town-clerk, whose house is still standing — No. 5.) How few are left united of those who got their marriage certificates of good old Mr. Cooper! When Dr. Jackson opened his office, a career of unex ampled success opened to him. Wealth and honors followed him. The hearts of his patients, especially females, were always with hira. No man ever attended woman with more patience and delicacy, through scenes and sufferings that woman only knows. Their mental suffering he tried to alleviate, by introducing a lady thoroughly educated jin midwifery. He was opposed by a majority of the profession. He retired from active practice, to the regret of many families, when receiving a large income from it. For more than twenty years he has been consulting physician only. JACKSON, PATRICK T.— More than forty years ago, was extensively engaged in the Calcutta trade, with Joseph and Henry Lee. Beerboom.Gurrahs, Chittabilly Baftahs. and Cawnpore Sonnahs or Mamop- dies, are now unknown here. They have been driven away by Waltham and LqwbII cottons — and these are now shipped to India. Mr. Jackson is identified with the change, and has been a principal agent in producing it ; and Lowell is as likely now to equal Manchester, as it was forty years ago to be what it now is. He is said to have lost rauch property in building Pemberton Square and Tremont Row LAMB, THOMAS, President ofthe Washington Insurance Corapany, . James and Thomas Lamb were old merchants in State-street, to Holland and the Baltic. Thomas is son of one of them ; the other died a bachelor. The property of both fell to hira, LAMSON, JOHN. Long of Lane & Lamson, retailers, (now Lane, Lam- eon & Co.) iraporters of dry goods. They have a house in New York, LAWRENCE. AMOS— LAWRENCE, A BBOTT— LAWRENCE, WIL LIAM — LAWRENCE, SAMUEL — Are sons of a farmer not rich, in Groton, Middlesex Co. The oldest brother — Luther — studied law with Timothy Bigelow, (the Rev, Timothy Bigelow, Unitarian minister, late of Taunton, is his son,) popular in Middlesex and Worcester Counties, and long Speaker of the House of Re presentatives, Mr, Bigelow removed to Medford, and Luther succeeded to some of the business of his office in Groton. He was afterwards appointed to an agency in Lowell : fell into a mill-race, and was drowned. He was a worthy man. Amos removed first to Boston ; was joined by Abbott in the dry goods busi ness,- in a very small way. in Cornhill, (near David Greenough and old Caleb Bingham's boojt-store.) They removed to New Cornhill, on the north side, in Chambers, near the alley'leading down the steps to Brattle-street Church, While in Cornhill, their standing was jeopardized once, in consequence of some severe steps taken by Mr. Lodge, an Englishraan, resident in Boston, They surmounted the difficulty, and ever after maintained undoubted credit. How much of future life hangs by a thread ! Amos married a daughter of Col, Robert Means, of Amherst, N. Hampshire, an extensive country trader. Col, M, was an Irishman, who for many years travelled round the country with a pack of goods on his back as a pedler. 84 THE ARISTOCRACY OF BOSTON, He afterwards established himself in Amherst, and became wealthy, James Means, of Boston, is a nephew. Thomas Means, of New York, is another. Mrs. Amos Lawrence had had a previous husband— orte ofthe Judges of New Hampshire. . a^ tj Abbott married a daughter of Timothy Bigelow, before mentioned. Mr, B. had married into the Williams' faraily— a sister of Sarauel Williams, of Lon don, then doing all the best business from Salem and Boston. Timothy Wil liams, his agent, was a Director in the Boston Bank ; a.nd Williara Pratt (late of Boott & Pratt,) had married a Williaras also, who was another Director in the Boston Bank, David Greenough, before mentioned, a zealous friend, was a Director in the New-England Bank, where Amos or Abbott became a Di rector also, and afterwards in the Suffolk Bank. Williaras, Pratt, Greenough, and the New-England Bank, were al! dealers in sterling exchange. Before the war of 1812, the bulk of importations was made but twice a year. Long credits were given here. To buy well in England, and give such credits, required large capital, or ample means somewhere. From the above sources the Lawrences could always command thera. Their country connexion also gave them_ great advantages. Means was a leading man in New Hampshire. The Brazers (large traders in Groton and Worcester,) and Timothy Bigelow, were known to all New England, and familiar with every member of a Legis lature of six or seven hundred, whom he could call by name. Thus few young men \yere better prepared to start for a prosperous career ; and their respective talents fitted them well too. Amos — mild, sagacious, qilick, (he could add three columns of figures at once, as rapidly as nnost men could one,) the desk man, the counsellor ; Abbott — ^frank, bold, decided, but not repulsive — as ready to break through bbstructions as he was "to break the back of a long invoice," examine the goods, and mark them for the shelves. Industry, high honor, and vigilance in looking after debts, secured success. Vigilance was not the least necessary under the detested law of attachment oh mesne process. As manufactures advanced, they felt their way cautiously,. securing the advantage of consignments. The honors of bold pioneers cannot be awarded them. When less prudent neighbors were shipwrecked, they were able to profit by their disasters, and buy into profitable concerns. Go vernment had forced manufactures upon the country ; their interests became gradually identified with them ; importations of many foreign goods could no longer be honestly and gainfully made. Abbott Lawrence was the natural trained champion ofthe tariff policy, aqd boldly appeared as such in Congress. There his open-hearted manners conciliated good opinion, and neutralized or put to flight all suspicion of the shrewd Yankee. He spoke but seldom — with more weight, of course, when he did — readily, well-informed, to the purpose. He had a great interest to watch ; animosities must not be raised on minor questions : he was a wise representative, and dangerous opponent. The feeble health of Amos, and more retiring habits, have made the public less acquainted with his merits. Many who know them well, consider him the superior man. Their best addition is, they do good with their money. A week hardly passes,^ without some report of large munificence. Institutions connected with education seem to receive their first attention. Simple manners add charms to their gifts. ] William Lawrence came to Bostpn after Amos and Abbott were established, w-ii^°"'^Tf^*° ^"'° '^^ ^^ ^°°^^ business. He married the only daughter of Wilham Bordman, [see Bordman, Lydia,] ^yith large expectations: then took as partner Samuel, (now at Lowell ;) then Mr, Stone— and the firm be- THE ARISTOCRACY OF BOSTON; 26 came W, & S. Lawrence & Stone, His career in business has been somewhat .similar to that of his brothers. The source of his wife's fortune may have infused a raore adhesive property into his. The Hurd concern at Lowell, [see Hurd,] forced them more into the manufacture of woollens — not yet so safely and profitably established as cottons. .LODGE, GILES. An Englishman. Came from Liverpool 50 or 5^ years ago. John and Adam Lodge, his brothers, (among the first American mer chants in Liverpool at that time,) aided him. They were the shipping houses of the "Wiggins, Appletons, and all the principal importing houses. Giles was an importer of dry goods, hats, &c. He married a Miss Langdon — a sister of the wife of Thomas Cardis. After living in Green-street, ' he bought the elegant house at the foot ofthe common in Boylston-street, built by Nathaniel Tucker, who had acquired a fortune^ in the wholesale grocery business in Mer chants'-row — first Alanson and Nathaniel, then Beza and Nathaniel. Nathaniel Tucker was more fortunate than Thomas Day, (not the " old Thomas," nor the " young Thomas," of the old glee he loved so well— biit the author of " Sandford and Merton,") who educated two orphan girls, frorn whora he might choose a wife — but neither would have him ! Tucker educated but one — and she did have him. Tucker afterwards retired to Newtown, where he died prematurely. He was one of the early promoters of the Handel and Haydn Society, "To return to Mr. Lodge. He is a quiet,' good man-^and, were foreigners always as quiet, there would be less corruption in politics ; few votes would be bought or sold, either for rum or office : but, for forty years, corruption has gone on increasing. Thousands of foreigners are annually bought before they are naturalized; by raany, perjury is coraraitted ; and yet each party—- that should be Americans — vies with the other for success in the damning pro cess 1 Where will it end I This has meaning : the writev refers to what he knew in Boston, of the first men of both parties, nearly forty years ago, LORING, 'CALEB. Of the late firm of .Loring & Curtis, merchants, and be long a large underwriter. His first wife — Ann Greeley, of Marblehead — was mother df his children. His second wife was the daughter of the late Rev. Mr. Lathrop. He is a native of the large town of Hull, and was a member of tbe Massachusetts Senate in 182S. LORING, CHARLES G. Son of Caleb. Studied law with Chas. Jack- (^on — the best school for law, manners, aud morals. He is a good scholar, and reaps his reward in a large practice and the confidence of all who know him. LORING, BENJAMIN. Of Hingham. Whitman, the annalist, (of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company,) says of him, that ha is universally popular and justly esteemed, and that there is as much of a benediction in his couritefiance, as in that of the late President Kirkland. His brothers were — George, of Malaga, (justly celebrated for his dried fiuit— "Loring's" brand being preferred to all others;) he left a large fortune: Josiah, a stationer, and successful ipaker of cheap and improved globes: and Elijah, long wharfinger of Long Wharf, agent for George of Malaga, and a Director ofthe Eagle Bank. . ™ , „, LOWELL, REV. CHARLES, D. D.,— The amiable minister ofthe West Church, (Unitarian— formeriy that of the celebrated Dr. Chauncey,)— is son of the late Judge Lowell, pf the U. S. District Court; descended from an old Newbury farhily. The Rev. Dr. resides at Carabridge, and is father pf Lowell, LOWELL, FRANCIS C.,— Is son of the lato Francis C. Lowell, another son of Judge Lowell, to whom, inore than any other individual, belongs the credit of establishing the Waltham cotton factory, (the precursor of those at 26 THE ARISTOCRACY OP BOSTON. Lowell,) that name being given to his house. He wore out a feeble frame in study and anxiety tp effect these objects. . A son of the late Francis C, (John Lowell, Jr.) married a daughter of good Jonathan Amory, Losing his wife and children, he travelled abroad, and died in Egypt, having by will founded the " Lowell Institute." Mr. Francis C. Lowell is Actuary to the Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Compahy, LOWELL, JOHN A., — Is son of the late John Lowell, another son of Judge Lowell. He was an able lawyer, and zealous in politics and all useful public works. His ardent spirit gave irapetus to, and carried through, the pro ject ofthe Mill Dam ; in fact, he gave fire to all he did, and great knowledge and sagacity. As zealous in horticulture and agriculture — residing in Rox bury, He was the " Bostpn rebel" of forty years since. The Lowell Build ings in School-street were put up by hira. By the will of his late nephew above named, he was made First Curator of the Lowell Institute, with power to appoint his successor — which he did, in the person of his son, Mr. John A. Lowell, who is agent also for several Lowell factories, LYMAN, GEORGE H. Son of the late Theodore Lyman, who came to Boston from York, Me, (where his father was minister,) on board a wood sloop, lo seek his fortune. He had great success in the North-'West Coast and Can ton ti-ade. Deep animosity existed between him and the Perkins' house for a long time--law suits. He agreed not to pursue, for a certain tirae. within certain liraits, the North-West Coast trade. George W. Lyman — his son — went into the trade, for the first tirae ! Wm. Sturgis had been in his employment to the North-West Coast and Canton. On the return of the ship, her teas were sold' at auction, Sturgis bid off a large lot at the sale, under the usual conditions of satisfactory endorsed paper. No paper could be satisfactory, though it were covered with the best names in Boston, He was a man of strong mind and bad passions. Such men are not scrupulous in the choice of raeans to effect their purposes. Shy- lock could sacrifice wealth to revenge. It is delightful to see and feel such a character softened down by association with his retreat at Waltham — long the most elegant among the many elegant seats around Boston. George is President of the Lowell Rail-Road Company. Married a daughter of H. G. Otis for his first wife, and of Wm. Swetffor his second. His manner is coldest of the cold. (P<.rf«JC2^ MARETT, PHILIP. Formerly Cashier, and since President ofthe New- England Bank, His father died when he was young, leaving twp children — Philip, and a sister, married to Aaron Baldwin. His mother kept a small shop ill Washington Street, near Boylstoh Market. Philip got rauch .credit n the city councils. His recent unfortunate difficulties with the N. E, Bank, have made much noise. He now resides on Long-Island. MASON, WILLIAM P, Son of the late Jonathan Mason, Studied law with Charles Jackson. Is an excellent raan — of winning deportment— and, as he deserves to be, in good practice, and highly respected. MASON, JEREMIAH. Was President of the late U. S. Branch Bank at Portsmouth, N. H. President Jackson's failure in attempting his removal, was the first public intimation of his intention to control or destroy that insti tution. Mr. Mason is one of the great men of New Hampshire, 'and an able lawyer. His wife is a daughter of the late Col. Means, of Amherst, and a sister to the wife of Amos Lawrence. MAY, SAMUEL, The oldest hardware-dealer in Boston, Kept many years m Union-street, near Marshall's-lane, and removed to the corner of State- street and Broad, when the latter street was opened, and has remained there ever since. THE ARISTOCRACY OF BOSTON, 27 He is a pattern 'nf industry anH exactness, and has prosperously glided through many changes. He is the beneficial author of one general and useful reform. His late brother. Col. Joseph iMay . was long Secretary of the Boston Marine Insurance Company, where George Cabot was President. He was much era ployed on arbitrations. Misfortunes in business had not dirainished general respect and confidencjL^^^^T^.^^ With Perez l^oninT^benezer Oliver, and others, he took an active part in changing the Episcopal King's Chapel into the Unitarian Stone Chapel. Mor ton, Oliver, and May, ordained the late Dr. Freeman. The Liturgy of the Church was castrated. The Church remains the only eunuch in the country. MINOT, WILLIAM. A good lawyer and ^witlepan. Son of the late Judge Minot. His wife is a daughter of the late^^S^^'' Cavis. Mrs. Robert Sedgwick, of New York, is a sister. His grandfather was the historian of Massa chusetts. NILES. W. J. Livery -stable keeper. Once of Newell & Niles. merchants and speculators, in Dorchester. They failed, and Niles took up his present business, ODIN, GEORGE. An old bachelor. Long a hardware dealer in Dock Square — as was his dlder brother John, whose retail department was a noted curiosity shop, John Breed, of Ebenezer & John, opposite to hira, once.made abet with a person, that be could not narae an article of hardware that would not be found in John Odin's shop. The man naraed a pig's rauzzle. John found it, and won his bet. Of course, the man would not quiz John, who was from " pig town," and had bought Hog Island, and noted for — personal neat ness ! John Odin married a Miss Walter, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Walter, for merly of Christ Church, Salem-street — the steeple of which blew down during the great October gale of 1803. Lynde Walter, a brother of this lady — once a merchant — was father to the "Transcript" Walter. OLIVER, HENRY J, A North-End boy, and ofthe firm of Oliver, Bor land & Abbott, when they began the auction business ; afterwards in City and State employments, the duties of which he performed with punctilious fidelity, OXNARD, HENRY. Was an intelligent shipmaster, in the employ of Wm. Gray, David Hinkley, and others ; afterwards merchant, and sent as agent to New Orleans, for Lowell factories. Confided in, deservedly, by all, for fidelity, sound judgment, and integrity. PARKS, ELISHA. Formerly Elisha & Luther Pariil, auctioneers, in Kilby-street, corner of Doane, where Barker & Bridge had been— now, Parks, Baldwin & Parks, dry goods and domestic comraissions. PARKER JAMES— PARKER PETER— PARKER CHARLES.— Sons of the late John Parker — a man made to have his mark. Said to have begun life by driving a country butcher's cart. At any rate, he soon had a good coramission business ; then a heavy one, to which he adrnitted several of his sons as partners — the late John, jr., being the first. His business was mostly from Newburyport, and towns east of that, and Newport and Bristol. The business pf the De Wolfs wa^ very large. It was a sure proof of credit to be able to buy of John Parker. He was exact in selling, and looked more to security than to strained price. He had often made advances. He was said to go early to his commanding seat in Roxbury, to avoid Boston taxes. Bizearrolaya's sliop in Congress street, for years his resort, was once a droll scene. John had been dressed, queue-tail tied and powdered as usUal, and gave Biz. money. In receiving change, he was short a half cent. " How 's this ?" " What, sir V •• I want half a cent," 28 THE ARIST0CR.1CY OF BOSTON. "O yes, sir— yes, sir !" The wag took a cent, put it in a vice, and began to bend it. " What are you doing ?" " Going to give you half a cent, sif.'^ It was Boon broken— but John was 'off. That half cent was kept for many a joke. Wm. Shimmin married his only daughter. ' PARKER. MRS. JOHN. Widow of the late John Parker— the oldest son ofthe noted John. Born a Sergeant. PARKER, SAMUEL D. Son of the late Rev. Dr. Parker, Rector of Trinity Church, • and Bishop of the Eastern Diocese, who remained faithfully with his church during the Revolutionary War. The Bishop once preached a sermon before the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, with great applause. A few days after, he was complimented in one of the papers for th'e eloquence of his discourse ; and a conclusion of its excellence was given, by its agreeing so closely with a sermon of the celebrated Saurin.! The first five voluraes of Saurin's sermons had just appeared, translated by Robert Ro binson, a noted Baptist minister of Cambridge, who afterwards became an Arian or Socinian. Robert Hall was afterwards minister of the s.ame chui:ch. PRATT, GEORGE. Son of the late Capt. John Pratt, who followed a successful trade in the Gulf of Mexico, while Spain was at war with England. Retired from sea, and was the first to run regular packets in the New Orleans trade ; and after George had had a good training, formed with him, John Pratt & Son — still keeping in the New Orleans packet and cotton trade. John bought the large house at the head of Pearl-street, formerly owned by Jona than Harris, called "Harris's Folly." George married a daughter of Giles Lodge. Excellent parentage on both sides I His industry and prudence have deserved and secured wealth ; and his kind heart and cheerful temper will make him happy, ' prescott; WILLIAM H. Son of that safe, industrious, sagacious, and eminent lawyer, the late William Prescott, and grandson' of Col, Prescott, who commanded the American troops at Bunker Hill, Mr. Pre.scott studied law with his father, and inherited a large fortune from him, which' was increased by marriage in the Amory farhily. But he has dis tinguished himself above all the honors of wealth, by his ability as an his torian — one ofthe first (perhaps the first) ofthe age. His Histories of " Fer dinand and Isabella," the " Conquest of Mexico," and the " Conquest of Peru," have achieved European reputation. American books are read, and praised. The merit of these books is enhanced by the perseverance that ha^ overcome the difficulties under which they were composed. While at the University. he received an inj,pry in one of his eyes, that deprived him of the sight of 'it. The other becatne 'so much debilitated, that for many years together it has been useless for reading and writing. The reader is referred to the Preface to his "Conquest of Peru," for an affecting account pf his disadvantages and inge nious contrivances. Manly courage and cheerful piety have sustained him in his struggles. PUTNAM, MISS CATHARINE, Daughter and only child of the late Jesse Putnam, of the firm of Putnam & Ingalls, in Kilby-street. Mr. Putnam was deseiVedly and highly reputed for mercantile knowledge, good judgment, and undoubted integrity. He was much called upon in cases of reference" and arbitration. His steady democracy never lost him a friend in the hottest party times. Suavity and good-nature, such as his, softened baser tempers in others. As might; be expected, from being long the companion of such a father, Miss nTTTM "^""^ ^^ ^'g^^y accomplished by extensive reading and 8tu4y. QUINCY, JOSIAH. Descended from a time-honored ancestry, has been distinguished by great ardor and energy through a long life. Previous to the war of 1812, he was a ranting Federal spouter in Faneuil Hall; and in Con- THE ARfSTOCBAOY OF BOSTON, 29 gress uttered the foolish taunt, that the Government could not be " kicked into a war." It was about the time that he said of Henry Clay, that "he spent hi6 days in a gambling-house, and his nights in a brothel !" Mr. Clay, however, paid him in his own coin, when he remarked of him, in a debate subsetjuent to this, that "he soiled the carpet on which he stood!" and that as Judas Iscariot would be remembered through all time, for his betrayal ofthe SaVior. so he (Quincy) would be held in abject remembrance for his remarks tipon Jefferson. He was Judge of the Municipal Court on the trial of Buckingham for a libel on Maffit. His charge denied the old doctrine, — " the greater the truth, the greater the libel." As Mayor of Boston, he projected the new mar ket, and the noble ranges of stores where formerly stood the dangerous and unsightly buildings of Merchants' Row and Codman's Wharf. He was un wearied in his efforts to promote cleanliness in the streets, remove obstruc tions from the sidewalks, and to purify the Mil. Benj. Pollard was his lieu tenant, and was closely trotted after by the "Mayor on his pony. He was afterwards elected President of Harvard University, Mr. Quincy married into the Phillips' family. HaJpfs been a zealous co- operator in agricultural improvements. Brighton FaiiJRid Cattle Show always found him there. Hearty, fearless energy, has made Mr. Quincy a useful man. QUINCY, /OSIAH, Jr,— The present Mayor of Boston; inherits many of the good 'qiialities^of bis father, softened by- greater amenity. Like him he is fortunate by the progress of great public improvements during his mayoralty. The new water-works will eclipse the new market. ' He married the only daughter . of the late Samuel R, Miller, [see Gore, Mrs. JoHjf,] with a moderate fortune. His principal wealth is the reward of merit, from trusts faithfully executed. REED, BENJAMIN T. President of the Eastern Rail-Road and of the Shawmut Bank. His father married a niece of the, late Mrs. William Gray, (Miss Blackler.) He had not been successful in business at Marblehead ; and for him Mr. Gray built the mill in tbe Mill Dam, for grinding corn and wheat, and furnished money to carry it on. This investment has resulted badly for the Gray family. They could npt get rid of it. The iron works were addi^d by Horace Gray, to use the whole water power. Benevolence prompted the first purchase. The property is now carried on by Wm. Appleton. ' • REVERE, JOSEPH W, Son of Paul Revere, of venerable revolutionary memory, and eminent as a bell-founder and copper-smith. Joseph W. succeeded his father in the same line, conducting it with sagacity and prudent enterprize. He has a son, (Dr. Revere,) who is distinguished as a professor in the Medical and Surgical College of the University of New York. Dr. Mdtt, (the Warren at least of that city,) is a professor in t^ie same College- RICJE, HENRY G. From Brbokfield. Formeriy an importer of British dry goods, first as "Rice & Reed — then Rice, Reed & Co., who were notsuc- cessfiil. Mr. Rice married a daughter of V7m. H. Boardman, of the firm of Boardman & Pope, and by her inheritance the fortunes of Mr. Rico were much bettered. His lady is sister to the celebrated and accomplished widow of the late Harrison Gray Otis, jr. RICHARDS, REUBEN, Served his time with John Odin, long in the hardware business in Dock Square — now in metals, in South-Market Street. The hardware business requires very close application ; this, and constant deal ing in files and sharp instruments, may give a keen edge to ,the faculties, RICHARDSON JEFFREY— RICHARDSON JAMES B, — RICH ARDSON BENJAMIN P. Brothers, extensively in the wire trade, of long 30 THE ARISTOCRACY OP BOSTON. Standing and great industry and shrewdness, at the head of Central Wharf on India Street. .p, ... - -.»., ROBBINS EDWARD H. Son of Lieutenant-Governor Robbins, ot MU ton. Was educated for a physician, but preferred speculation in real estate, and finally succeeded in securing a fortune. He has a vigorous and manly mind. He married a daughter of Barnabas Hedge, of Plymouth, once very wealthy, , „ „ Lieutenant-Governor Robbins was celebrated for great powers of n^eraory and for his loose manner of business, under many embarrassments. He will be reraembered "down east," as having been the oiigmal proprietor of what is now RohUnton, in Washington County, Me, He was in the habit of visiting that place frequently about forty years ago. He was Lieutenant-Governor at the tirae Caleb Strong was Governor. ROGERS, HENRY B. Studied law with Charies Jackson, Is son ot the late Daniel Denison Rogers, who had been in the dry goods business, and later in life moved in stocks and notes, and invested also in good real estate, Henry B. deserves all good fortune. RUSSELL, NATHANIEL P. Was long quiet, diligent, and saving m the business of Marine Insurance— first as Secretary to the New-England, with P. C. Brooks, President. He married a daughter of the late, Samuel Hamraond, and from her property and his own, he invested in manufactures, and has grown rich. SALISBURY, SAMUEL, Son ofthe late Samuel Salisbury, a deacon of the Old South Church, with Deacon Phillips, and also a director of the Massa chusetts Bank, He was in partnership with his brother Stephen — S. & S, Salisbury — in British dry goods and hardware. Stephen retired to Worcester, with wealth, and has succeeded Daniel Waldo there as President of the old Worcester Bank, that would never pay tribute to the Suffolk Bank, SEAliS, David, inherited a large fortune — nearly a million — fiom his father, ofthe same name. He married a daughter ofthe late .Tonathan Mason; Jle has invested largely in manufacturing corporations ; and, by his ample m^ns, decision, and sagacity, has profited by the reverses of some concerns, vratere smaller capitals have been lost. Mr. Sears ip a man of cultivated mind, refined taste and manners, and of large public views. He left Dr.-Channing's church when St. Paul's was built, and joined that parish. He has been a liberal benefactor to that church and several other public institutions. His project for abolishing slavery, deserves more attention than it appears yet to have received. Previous to the war of 1812, he coraraanded the Cadets, and has recently been recalled to that com mand, to retrieve the declining fortunes of that select company. Twenty-five ¦years ago, the residence of Mr. Sears on Beacon-street was considered the best house in Boston. -He has a cottag'e at-Nahant, and another seat at tlie mouth of Penobscot River. His father joined with the late Col. Thorndike and Wm. Prescott, in the purchase of several islands in that vicinity, and other property in different parts of Maine. SHAW, ROBERT GOULD. Came to Boston young and poor: a distant relation of the late Sarauel Parkman — one of whose daughters, by his second wife, he married. For several years he was principal of the firm of Shaw, Barker & Bridge, auctioneers, in State, nearly opposite Kilby-street ; after wards, ofthe firm of Tuckerman, Shaw & Rogers, (Edward Tuckerman, who had married a daughter of Mr. Parkman's first wife.) large importers of British goods, in Dock Square. Subsequently, he kept on Central Wharf, in the Sicily and- Trieste trade, and general shipping and commission business — uniting with THB ARISTOCRACY OP BOSTON. 3l him, Mr. Perkins, (brought up him — a son of Samuel Perkins, a house painter and floor-cloth manufacturer,) and one of his sons. , The bland manners of Mr. Shaw, made him early friends ; and the great confidence reposed in him by Mr. Parkman, gave him great comraand of capital for any emergency. He could and would always advance, on undoubted secu rity, for an adequate commission. In tbe spring of 1816, he sold Wm. Gray's notes, received for Rice & Savage's (afterwards Commercial) Wharf,) at 2J pnr cent, per month, to raise money to make advances with. Treasury notes were worth but 75 cents on the (lollar. What must they have paid who re ceived the advances ? The money pressure was very great. The Southern banks were trying to resume specie payments. Mr. Shaw has always been a thorough and diligent desk man. He examined every bill and amount himself, and for a long time kept his own books. Forty-five years ago, auction-sales in Boston were disgraced, almost univer sally, with by-bidding. The practice was so general, that no disgrace or dis honor was thought to attach to it. Of course, it was met by combinations araong buyers — fraud contending against fraud ! — auctioneers base enough to be tools ! Mr. Shaw long continued wedded to this practice, from force of habit. Francis George Shaw, the Fourierite, and translator of George Sands' worksj is a son, and lives now on Slaten-Island, N. Y. His wife is a daughter of Wm. Sturges. Another son is a Roman Catholic priest, and has recently retumed from Rome, where he has been completing his studies. SHAW, LEMUEL. Chief-Justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts. Son of the Rev. Oakes Shaw, of Barnstable. Married a daughter of Josiah Knapp, the distiller. He was many years attorney of the New-England Bank, and in moderate practice only as a lawyer. But, he was much engaged in important references, so that his sound and comprehensive mind was well known,' Public opinioa pointed to him as the successor of Chief- Justice Par ker. Orthodox influence could not prevent it. Chief-Justice Shaw is an Uni tarian, WARREN, JOHN C. The eminent surgeon — the Valentine Mott of Bos- *^t6n — succeeded his father, Dr, John Warren, in practice. In reputation and science, he has far surpassed him. Dr. John Warren was zealous in the cause of his country during the Revo lution, and served as a surgeon through the war. General Jnseph Warren was a volunteer, and killed at Bunker Hill- Twenty years ago, his remains were removed to Dr. Warren's tomb under St, Paul's Church, and a monument to .his memory erected by Dr. W., — with an epitaph, elegant for its Latihity — fronting the eastern entrance to the cemetery. Dr. 'Warren, has married daughters of the late Jonathan Mason and Lieu tenant-Governor Winthrop. He took a warra interest in the settlement of Dr. Potter at St. Paul's Church, where he was a warden. He is zealous and active in the cause of temperance. Since that time, few men have grown to fill so wide a span of usefulness as Alonzo Potter— now Bishop of Pennsylvania. He has fulfilled Bishop Hobart's opinion of his early promise, when he selected liim as President of the new , College at Geneva, at twenty-seven years of age. To great talent he unites wisdom in government. President Wayland, an early friend, said of him, "He is a great foot!" WILLIAMS, JOHN D. Of the firm John D. & Moses Williams. Has long- been eminent as a dealer in wine and spirits, especially -on the neck. He was first a market gardener from Roxbury, where his brother long followed the same calliag. A long life of devoted industry and economy has made IiiiB 3g ¦ The ARISTOCRACY OP BOSTON. very rich. Few men have understood bett^if hbWto adapt wine _ and spiritfl to different tastes. He always t.6ok grelit'cafe'ih selecting— and his taste was considered good— that many; of the fir^V retairgro^ers were alwrays' willing ta pay a profit for his selections, in his' feas as, well as the abovp articles, , WILLPAMS, MOSE^. A brothet'— bred by John D., and then taken as a partnei. He now mariages the bu^i'iibss. , • ¦ ' WIMCH!BSTER, WM. PARSONS. Son of the late' Edmund Winchester, of the firm of E.A. & Wm. P., Winchtester ; and as'tSi^t'firm (the first pro vision-house in America,) is ^fill continued, we shall include all the printjipal parties in this notice. ' ' Edmund and Amasa carae from Newton ^abdut fifty-five year's 'a^o. The "butcher's stall in Faneuil-Hall Market wg^s attended' by Arnasa'fpr''afa.i)i\t thirty years, while Ed mdnd was the out-ddbr rhan, and buyer at Brighton.' Tti^ir talent and industry early attracted the ilptice of the late Eben'eze;:.Parspns, who offered, Unsblidited, to endorse for them at tlie Massachusetts Baiik-^ which he did until hisdeath. When that took place, that Bank discounted all they wanted, without endorser. This cfommand of capital enabled l;hiem to go into the market at all times. In the packing season, they killed at LecKmor^ Point— a thousand head weekly. Their, pa.cking business is now principatljr •at Cihcinnati. Their brands for beef pork, soap, and candles, have always 'Stobd' the first in the Country — and this credit is inaihly due to the unwearie^ ¦efforts of EdmUnd Winchester, Edmund Winchester was long a zealous Federalist of the old schopl,,, and very infitientialattiohg country members. He was of great natural talent, great energy, and a Gillitie Baptist, of the First Baptist Church — living near hf in Richmond-street. Amasa was less proiilinent, and more retiring; His taste and knowledge of ' mUsic was self-acquired, and extensive. He was zealous for its advUncemeat, aiifl for many years led the choir of MDr.*StllWnan% -church. He was mdiiV "JWEtars President of the Handel arid'Har^dn SbtnetJ'i atid a member of "Several other musical societies. To no individual is Bp'ston rnore ipdebted in time, 1*tilA¥if ' arid inlil-oa in Wl-ntnr^fSrirp t\\i» r»I7lfii,-» r.-f TnilQT/- -rTnnrtol an/? ItTrsWnw^- Boston never had tiV'O better or Ifidrd Useful citizens. 'William P. was bred with'his fhther and unCle, and early admitted a'parther. He rnarried the only daughter of the' late Thomas D. Brashie, by whom he ha3 ¦a large fortune-^neariy a mSllipa, He fblloW's up the business with the family energy^^gdihg wfest every winter, to superintend the purchases of pork, anS packing, &c. ' ' ' , ' ; Col. Winchester (of the Cadets) has shown thfe -parSalities of the famiij^ for ^aquatic sports, by his 'fine yacht, the " Northerh Li|[ht." Like his father, 'he ¦Smiids public bffice. ¦,;¦)¦ Postscript.— It will be observed, that Several of the paftfeS we have here mentioned, have lately deceased.- This would have been Stated iri'its proper place, had thife author been able to have overlooki^^the proofs whiy the work was passing through the press. Another number will be issued in a ffew weeks, and it is probable that the work Will be extended to'^ettJther numbers, 30 as to include tbe prominent inen of other plases as wetl as febstbn. : *** Any person furnishing important and reHabte m)a.tter for the futuife nump b^ of this wpiffc, will be fully CoknpeflSatefd, Address; with real name, "Publisher Boston ARisTdeRitcy,. Boston Post-Offico.^* YALE UNIVERSITY a39002 0030i*7538b r