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ROSCIUS HARLOW BACK, son of Roscius and Harriet C., born in Union, Conn., May 28, 1865, educated at common schools of Union and High School of Brimfield, Mass., studied law at Boston University Law School, admitted to the bar at Boston, 1889. Married Katharine E. Hart at Boston, December 1, 1888, residence in Boston.
DUDLEY P. BAILEY, son of Rev. Dudley Perkins and Hannah Barrows (Cushman), born in Cornville, Me., October 24, 1843, graduated at Colby University 1867, studied law with William L. Putnam, of Portland, admitted to Maine bar April 28, 1870, to Suffolk bar April 15, 1873, representative 1886-7. Residence at Everett, Mass., un- married.
ANDREW JACKSON BAILEY, son of Barker and Alice, born in Charlestown, Mass., July 18, 1840, graduated at Harvard 1863, was second lieutenant in the war, studied law with John W. Pettingill and Hutchins & Wheeler, admitted to bar 1867, repre- sentative 1871-72-73, senator 1874, city solicitor of Boston 1881. Married in January. 1869, Abby V., daughter of John and Hannah Getchell, of Charlestown.
THOMAS COGSWELL BACHELDER, son of Dr. Samuel Fogg and Martha (Badger) Bach- elder, born at Gilmanton Iron Works, N. H., November 6, 1860, graduated at Har- vard 1883, studied law at Harvard Law School, and admitted to Suffolk bar January 26, 1886, residence Dorchester District of Boston.
EUGENE PENDLETON CARVER, son of Nathan P. and Frances A. (Pendleton) Carver, born in Searsport, Me., September 5, 1860, educated at Boston University, studied law at Boston University Law School, admitted to Suffolk bar in June, 1882. Mar- ried Clara P. Porter. August 11, 1886, residence Arlington.
JOHN H. CASEY, son of Jeremiah and Margaret, born in Somerville, Mass., Decem- ber 9, 1860, educated at public schools, studied law with Stearns & Butler and at Bos- ton University Law School, admitted to Suffolk bar January, 1885, residence Dor- chester District of Boston.
JAMES COONEY, jr., son of James and Jane (Fields) Cooney, born in Ellington, Conn., January 3, 1851, educated at public and private schools, studied law at Yale Law School and in office of Judge De Forest, of Bridgeport, admitted to bar in New Haven, June 27, 1883, in Boston, January 20, 1885, residence Boston,
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EDWARD O. COOKE, son of Russell and Mary V. (Otis) Cooke, born in Boston, Sep- tember 5, 1839, educated at public schools, studied law with John F. Colby in Boston, admitted to bar in Boston, November, 1879. Married daughter of Charles W. Morse, of Boston, residence Scituate. .
FRANCIS DANA, son of Col. George H. and Frances Anne Matson Burke Dana, born in Singapore, educated at St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., studied law at Harvard Law School and in the office of Joseph Willard, Boston, admitted to Suffolk bar in December, 1888, residence Boston.
RICHARD) ELA, son of Richard and Lucia (King) Ela, born in Washington, D. C., No- vember 30, 1850, graduated at Harvard 1871, studied law with Jewell, Gaston & Field and at Harvard Law School, admitted to bar in Boston, June, 1873, residence Cam- bridge.
MICHAEL F. FARRELL, born in Kilkenny, Ireland, September 13, 1848, educated at Boston College, studied law with Edwin S. Hovey, admitted to Middlesex bar June, 1871. Married Elizabeth M. Treanor at Somerville in 1874, residence Somerville.
WILLIAM ASPINWALL, son of Col. Thomas and Louisa Elizabeth (Poignand) Aspin- wall, United States consul in London from 1815 to 1853, was born in London, February 16, 1819, educated at a private school in Hammersmith, England, and graduated at Harvard in 1838. He graduated at the Harvard Law School in 1840, finished his law studies in the office of Franklin Dexter and George W. Phillips, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1841. In 1847 he became a resident in Brookline, was town clerk from 1850 to 1852, representative in 1851 and 1852, member of the Constitutional Con- vention of 1853, senator in 1854, and assessor, selectman, and water commissioner. He married in January, 1848, Arixene Southgate, daughter of Richard King Porter, of Portland, and died at Brookline, October 25, 1892.
CHARLES SUMNER HAMLIN, son of Edward Sumner and Anna Gertrude Hamlin, was born in Boston, August 30, 1861, and graduated at Harvard in 1883. He graduated also at the Harvard Law School in 1886, and finished his law studies in the office of Robert M. Morse. He was admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1886. He is an ardent Democratic politician, deeply interested in civil service and tariff reform and an ffective speaker on the political platform. In April, 1893, he was appointed by President Cleveland assistant secretary of the treasury. Residence Brookline.
HENRY A. SCUDDER, son of Josiah and Hannah (Lovell) Scudder, born in Barn- stable November 25, 1819, studied law with his brother Zeno at Barnstable and in Boston with George T. Bigelow, admitted to Suffolk bar October 25, 1844, appointed in February, 1869, judge of the Superior Court, resigned 1872. Married, June 30, 1857, Mrs. Nanie B. Jackson, daughter of Captain Charles B. Tobey, of Nantucket, died at Washington, January 26, 1892.
ASA WELLINGTON, son of John, born in West Boylston, December 14, 1817, studied law with Ezra Wilkinson at Dedham, admitted to the Norfolk bar in 1850, practiced in Weymouth first, afterwards Boston. Married, November 9, 1850, Cornelia A. Thayer, of Weymouth, died in Boston, May 9, 1892.
GEORGE W. WARE, jr., born in Boston, October 3, 1837, graduated at Amherst 1859, Harvard Law School 1861. Married, December 14, 1865, Alice S., daughter of Edward S. Tobey, of Boston, died in Boston, February 12, 1890.
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GEORGE GREENLEAF PRATT, son of Rev. Enoch, born in Brewster in 1842, graduated at Harvard 1866, studied law with Richard H. Dana, jr., admitted to the Suffolk bar June 24, 1873, died at Waverly, May 4, 1890.
EDWARD F. HEAD graduated at the Harvard Law School 1842, admitted to the Middlesex bar October, 1843, was a member of the Suffolk bar in 1848, removed to California and became judge of the Superior Court of San Mateo county, and died in San Francisco in April, 1890.
JOHN F. COLBY, born in Bennington, N. H., March 3, 1834, graduated at Dartmouth, 1859, admitted to the Suffolk bar December 14, 1865, councilman in Boston 1878-79, representative 1886-87, died at Hillsboro', N. H., June 7, 1890.
GILMAN MARSTON, born at Orford, N. H., August 20, 1811, graduated at Dartmouth, 1837, studied law at the Harvard Law School and in the office of Hubbard & Watts, of Boston, admitted to Suffolk bar April 22, 1841, practiced in Exeter, N. H., repre- sentative in New Hampshire eighteen years, member of Congress 1859 to 1863, and 1865 to 1867, colonel and brigadier-general in the war, died at Exeter, N. H., July 3, 1890.
EDWARD DARLEY BOIT, son of John, who was chief officer of the ship Columbia, which gave the name to Columbia River, born in Boston 1815, graduated at Harvard 1834, and at Harvard Law School 1844, admitted to the Suffolk bar January 29, 1847, associated with Charles P. & B. R. Curtis, representative 1852-53. Married, June 13, 1839, Jane P., daughter of John Hubbard, of Boston, abandoned law to become treasurer of several mill corporations, died at Cotuit, Mass., October 15, 1890.
EDWARD P. NETTLETON, born in Chicopee, Mass., November 7, 1834, graduated at Y'ale, 1856, captain in Thirty-first Massachusetts Regiment, made colonel June ?, 1865, studied law at Springfield and Harvard Law Schools, admitted to Suffolk bar 1867, appointed assistant United States attorney 1869, fourth assistant city solicitor 1876, second assistant 1878, first assistant 1879, city solicitor 1881, corporation counsel of Boston 1882, judge advocate general on staff of Governor Robinson 1883. Married December 15, 1869, Mary E., daughter of Rev. Dr. J. T. Tucker, died at Boston, April 17, 1889.
PELEG WHITMAN CHANDLER, son of Peleg, was born in New Gloucester, Me., April 3, 1816, and graduated at the Bangor Theological Seminary in 1834 and at Bowdoin College in 1837. He studied law with his father and at the Harvard Law School and was admitted to the Suffolk bar. He was a city councilman 1843-45, president of the council the two last years, representative 1845-7, city solicitor 1845 to 1853, Fourth of July city orator in 1844, trustee of Bowdoin College, and received the de- gree of LL.D. from Bowdoin in 1867. He published two volumes of noted criminal trials and was connected for some time with the editorial management of the Boston Daily Advertiser. He married a daughter of Professor Parker Cleaveland and died in Boston, May 28, 1889.
FRANCIS BRINLEY, born in Boston, November 10, 1800, graduated at Harvard 1818, studied law with William Sullivan and admitted to Suffolk bar November, 1821, president of Common Council of Boston 1850-51, representative 1832, '50, '54, and senator 1852-53, '63. In 1857 removed to Tyngsboro', and then to Newport, R. I. Died at Newport, June 14, 1889.
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HENRY WELD FULLER, son of Henry W. Fuller and Esther, daughter of Captain Benjamin Gould, of Newburyport, born in Augusta, Me., January 16, 1810, gradu- ated at Bowdoin 1828, studied law with his father and at Harvard Law School, be- gan practice in Augusta, removed to Boston 1841, admitted to Suffolk bar October 30, 1841, and became a partner with E. Hasket Derby, afterwards appointed clerk of United States Circuit Court. Married in 1835 Mary Storer, daughter of Nathaniel Goddard, of Boston, and died in Boston, August 14, 1889.
FRANCIS FISKE HEARD, born in Wayland, January 17, 1825, graduated at Harvard 1848. He practiced in Framingham from 1851 to 1856, and was afterwards, while in Boston, associated with E. H. Bennett in the Digest. He married two wives, the first of whom was Harriet, daughter of Dr. Israel Hildreth, of Dracut, and he died in Boston, September 29, 1889.
BENJAMIN POND, born in Salem, February 6, 1822, educated at Latin School, studied law with William Whiting, Boston, councilman 1857-8, judge of Municipal Court of East Boston District, resigned in 1887, died November 21, 1889.
FRANCIS WINTHROP PALFREY, son of Rev. Dr. John G. Palfrey, born in Boston, April 11, 1831, graduated at Harvard 1851 and at Harvard Law School 1853, ad- mitted to Suffolk bar September 21, 1854, lieutenant-colonel, colonel of Twentieth Massachusetts Regiment, and brevet major-general, wounded at Antietam, author of "Antietam and Fredericksburg," register of bankruptcy. Married Louisa, daugh- ter of Sidney Bartlett, of Boston, and died at Cannes, France, December 5, 1889.
HORATIO E. SWASEY, son of Horatio J., born in Standish, Me., educated at Gor- ham Academy, studied with his father and in Boston with Henry W. Paine, after admission associated with Thomas J. Gargan till 1882, then with his brother, Demo- cratic candidate for Congress in 1888, died in Boston, December 24, 1889.
JOHN H. KREY, born in Boston 1859, studied at the Boston Law School, admitted to Suffolk bar 1884, died in Boston, December 26, 1889.
JOSEPH MCKEAN CHURCHILL, son of Asaph and Mary (Gardner) Churchill, born in Milton, April 29, 1821, graduated at Harvard 1840, and at llarvard Law School 1845, admitted to Suffolk bar 1845, overseer of Harvard 1856-58, representative 1858-59, member of the Executive Council 1859-60, of the Constitutional Convention 1853, captain Company B Forty-fifth Massachusetts Regiment in the war, special justice of the Boston Municipal Court 1867, associate justice 1871, married Augusta Phillips Gardner, and died at Milton, March 23, 1886.
GEORGE L. RUFFIN, born of free parents in Richmond, Va., December 16, 1834, came with his parents to Boston 1853, attended Chapman Hall School, opened a bar- ber's shop, studied law with Jewell & Gaston, graduated at Harvard Law School 1869, admitted to Suffolk bar September 18, 1869, representative 1870-11, councilman 1876-77, appointed judge of Municipal Court of Charlestown District in November, 1883, by Governor B. F. Butler, and died November 19, 1886.
ISAAC HULL WRIGHT, born in Boston in 1816, went into business with his father, afterwards connected with the press, appointed navy agent at Boston in 1846, lieu- tenant-colonel and colonel of Massachusetts Volunteers in the Mexican war, studied law with Theophilus Parsons, admitted to Suffolk bar January 22, 1863, died in Dor- chester, December 22. 1886.
ours respectfully 200 L. S. Fairbanks.
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BENJAMIN F. BROOKS, born in Sturbridge, October 26, 1818, admitted to Suffolk bar October 7, 1840, many years a partner with Joshua D. Ball, died at Newton, Jan- uary 4, 1887.
CHARLES ATWOOD, born in Haverhill, May 15, 1803, graduated at Yale 1821, died February 13, 1887.
HENRY BROMFIELD ROGERS, born in Boston, April 4, 1802, graduated at Harvard 1822, admitted to the Suffolk bar October 27, 1825, alderman in Boston in 1844-48-49- 50-51, senator 1857, died in Boston, March 30, 1857.
HENRY LUNT, son of Rev. Dr. William Parsons Lunt and Ellen Hobart, daughter of Barnabus Hedge, of Plymouth, born in Quincy, Mass., March 28, 1842, graduated at Harvard 1863, studied law with Brooks, Ball & Storey, admitted to the Suffolk bar September 17, 1866, died at Quincy, April 7, 1887.
JONATHAN PALMER ROGERS, son of Andrew and Elizabeth (Palmer) Rogers, born in Shapleigh, now Acton, October 10, 1802, went with his father at the age of twelve to Augusta, Me., studied law with Ruel Williams, admitted to the Penobscot bar 1826, settled in Bangor, attorney-general of Maine 1832, senator 1834, and removed to Bos- ton 1840, and admitted to Suffolk bar. He married Lucretia, danghter of Henry Page, of Hallowell, Me., and died in Boston, November 26, 1846.
JUSTIN ALLEN JACOBS, born in Cranston, R. I., February 3, 1818, graduated at Har- vard 1839, admitted to Middlesex bar June, 1850, died at Cambridge, January 3, 1887.
WILLIAM DAVIS BLISS, son of Alexander Bliss and Elizabeth, daughter of William Davis, of Plymouth, born in Plymouth, May 1, 1826, graduated at Harvard 1846, ad- mitted to Suffolk bar January 22, 1851, removed to Petaluma, Cal., and there died, November 1, 1886.
CHARLES FOLSOM WALCOTT, born in Hopkinton, Mass., December 22, 1836, gradu- ated at Harvard 1857, at Harvard Law School 1860, died at Salem, June 11, 1887.
FRANCIS BARTLETT PATTEN, son of J. Bartlett and Lucy P. Patten, born in Boston, January 11, 1858, graduated at Harvard 1879, studied law at the Boston University Law School, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar July 10, 1883, residence Boston.
WILLIAM PAGE, son of Thomas and Sarah (Cogswell) Page, born in Boston, August 24, 1795, graduated at Harvard 1815, studied law with James T. Austin, and was admitted before 1822 to Suffolk bar, and died in Boston, April 11, 1867.
GEORGE SUMNER FORBUSII, son of James E. and Elizabeth W. Forbush, born in Ash_ land, Mass., April 17, 1853, studied law at Boston University Law School and with Judge Mellen Chamberlain in Boston, admitted to the Suffolk bar December 12, 1874, and married Grace Shipley Etheridge in Boston, June 25, 1877, residence Brookline.
JOSEPH R. CHURCHILL, son of Asaph and Mary Churchill, born in Dorchester, July 29, 1845, graduated at Harvard 1867, at Harvard Law School 1869, admitted to the Norfolk county bar 1869, is judge of the Municipal Court of the Dorchester District of Boston. He married, February 21, 1871, at Dorchester, Mary, daughter of Dr. Benjamin Cushing, of Dorchester, residence in Dorchester.
EDWARD JAMES FLYNN, son of Maurice and Mary Flynn, born in Boston, June 16, 1859, graduated at Boston College in 1861. He studied law at Harvard and Boston
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University Law Schools, and was admitted to Suffolk bar in January, 1884, repre- sentative in 1885-86-88, member of the Executive Council 1889-90-91, director of East Boston ferries 1887-88-89, president of Boston College Alumni Association, res- idence Boston.
ELIOT L. PACKARD, son of Nelson and Martha P. Packard, born in Brockton, Mass., June 4, 1854, graduated at the Bridgewater Normal School in 1872, studied law at the Boston University Law School and with Jonas R. Perkins and W. W. Wilkins at Brockton, admitted to Plymouth county bar in 1877, councilman in Brockton 1885, married at Hopkinton, Mass., December 25, 1884, Cora Lethbridge, residence in Woburn since 1886.
FRANK M. FORBUSH, son of James E. and Elizabeth W. (Goddard) Forbush, born in Natick, Mass., September 20, 1858, studied law at the Boston University Law School and in the offices of George S. Forbush and Patrick H. Cooney, and admitted to the bar in Lowell, September 13, 1882. He married at Natick, November 1, 1882, Annie Louise Mead, and lives in Natick.
JEREMIAH G. FOLEY, son of Michael J. and Catherine Foley, born in North Leomin- ster, Mass., October 2, 1863, educated at Boston College, studied law with Charles A. Prince in Boston and at Boston University Law School, and admitted to Suffolk bar August 4, 1891, residence Boston.
EDWARD TYRREL CHANNING, son of William, was born in Newport, R. I., Decem- ber 12, 1791, and entered Harvard but did not graduate, receiving, however, the de- gree of Master of Arts in 1819 and of LL.D. in 1847. He was admitted to the Suf- folk bar in January, 1812, and began practice in Boston. He was a frequent and able contributor to the North American Review, and in 1819 its co-editor with Richard H. Dana. He delivered the Boston Fourth of July oration in 1817, and in 1819 was appointed Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard, holding the place until 1851 and performing work probably more useful than that of any professor since the college was organized. He died at Cambridge, February 8, 1856.
WILLIAM H. BAKER, son of James E. and Eliza A. Baker, was born in Cornville, Me., July 22, 1865, and was educated at the Norridgewock Eaton School. He studied law at the Boston University Law School and with Charles Robinson and Blackmar & Sheldon in Boston, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar in August, 1887, and the Maine bar in Skowhegan in September, 1887, residence in Boston.
JOSEPH WHITMAN BAILEY, son of Loring Wourt and Laura A. (Avray) Bailey, was born in Fredericton, N. B., May 9, 1865, and was educated at the Collegiate School and University of New Brunswick at Fredericton. He studied law with Wetmore & Winslow, barristers at Fredericton, and at the Harvard Law School, and was admit- ted to the Suffolk bar in December, 1889, residence in Boston.
HORACE G. ALLEN, son of Stephen M. and Ann M. Allen, was born in Jamaica Plain, July 27, 1855, and educated at the Boston public schools. He studied law at the Harvard Law School, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar February 5, 1877. He has been councilman, and in 1891 was candidate for mayor of Boston. He married in 1881 Grace D. Chamberlain, of Brunswick, Me., residence in Roxbury.
HOLLIS RUSSELL BAILEY, son of Otis and Lucinda Alden (Loring) Bailey, was born February 24, 1852, and graduated at Harvard in 1877. He graduated at the Harvard
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Law School in 1878, and after a course of study in the office of Hyde, Dickinson & Howe in Boston, was admitted to the Suffolk bar in February, 1880. Ile married Mary Persis, daughter of Governor Charles H. Bell, of New Hampshire, February 12, 1884, and lives in Cambridge.
EDWARD I. BAKER, Son of J. Alonzo and Maria M. Baker, was born in Eddington, Me., February 25, 1866, and studied law in the Boston University Law School and in the office of Albert W. Paine, of Bangor, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar in October, 1887, residence in Boston.
WILLIAM B. DE LAS CASAS, son of Francisco Beltran and Elizabeth Cardes (Pedrick) de las Casas, was born in Malden, and graduated at Harvard in 1879. His father was a political exile from Spain in 1820, who had favored a constitutional govern- ment. He studied law in the Harvard Law School and in Boston in the office of Robert D. Smith, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1885. He lives in Malden, and for some years he has been an active and efficient promoter of civil service and tariff reform.
EBENEZER GAY, son of Martin and Mary (Pinckney) Gay, was born in Boston, Feb- ruary 24, 1771, and graduated at Harvard in 1789. He studied law with Christopher Gore, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1793. He began practice in Boston, occupying an office in Schollay's building, and secured almost at once a lucrative practice. He changed his residence to Hingham in 1805, but continued his business in Boston till 1809, after which date he enjoyed a large practice at the Plymouth county bar. He married Mary Allyne, daughter of Joseph Otis, of Barnstable, July 31, 1800, and died at Hingham, February 11, 1842.
WILLIAM H. OSBORNE, son of Ebenezer and Mary (Woodman) Osborne, born in Scit- uate, September 16, 1840, was educated at the East Bridgewater Academy and the State Normal School in Bridgewater, graduating at the last institution in 1860. He enlisted in 1861 as private in Company C, Twenty-ninth Massachusetts Regiment, was severely wounded near Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862, made prisoner, released on parole July 18, sent to hospital, and discharged in January, 1863. He studied law with Ben- jamin W. Harris in East Bridgewater, and was admitted to the Plymouth county bar June 15, 1864. He was representative from East Bridgewater in 1871 and 1883, published a history of the Twenty-ninth Regiment, and is now United States pension agent at Boston, having his residence in East Bridgewater.
WILLIAM PAYNE BLAKE, son of Edward and Mary M. J. (Dehon) Blake, was born in Dorchester, July 23, 1846, and graduated at Harvard in 1866. He studied law at the Harvard Law School and in Boston in the office of Hutchins & Wheeler, and was ad- mitted to the Suffolk bar September 14, 1869. He resides unmarried in Boston.
GEORGE ANDREW BLANEY, son of George Arnold and Hannah M. C. Blaney, was born in Roxbury, April 16, 1853, and graduated at Harvard in 1874. He studied law at the Harvard Law School and in Boston in the office of Charles Robinson, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar May 13, 1878. He married Ella A. Fowle at Woburn, June 2, 1880, and lives at West Newton.
ELISHA HUNT ALLEN, son of Samuel C. Allen, was born in New Salem, Mass., Jan- uary 28, 1904, and was a descendant from Edward Allen, who left England at the restoration and coming to New England settled on the Connecticut River. He re-
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ceived an early acadamical education and began life as a clerk in a store, but find- ing business distasteful he fitted for college, and graduated at Williams in 1823. He studied law in his father's office, and after admission to the bar began practice in Brattleboro, Vt., where he remained two years. In 1828 he removed to Bangor, which at that time was the centre of a new country, as attractive to enterprising young men in other parts of New England as the West has been in later days. He there associated himself in business with John Appleton, afterwards chief justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, the partnership continuing until the election of Mr. Allen to Congress in 1840. His election to the State Legislature in 1836 marked his entry into a political life, which continued unbroken except by his death. Though he had determined to devote himself to professional labors, a power beyond himself controlled his career and he remained in the Legislature five years, serving a part of the time as speaker of the House of Representatives. The period of his legislative service was a marked one in the history of Maine. Comparatively a new State, a vast number of important questions touching its establishment were to be settled, and added to these the question of the northeastern boundary became a perplexing and disturbing one. In the discussion of all these questions Mr. Allen took a promi- nent part, and a resolution introduced and advocated by him favoring the presence of a military force to prevent depredations on public lands and the removal of lum- ber beyond the limits of the State, did much towards securing that action of our gov- ernment which ended in the Ashburton treaty. In 1840 he was elected member of Congress as a Whig in opposition to Hannibal Hamlin the Democratic candidate, and thus the political field into which he had once resolved never to enter was en- larged instead of being abandoned. In 1846 he removed to Boston and became a member of the Suffolk bar. In 1849 he was a representative from Boston, and in that year was appointed consul to the Hawaiian Islands. During his residence in Boston the writer's acquaintance with him began which ripened into a friendship strengthening with years. A more cordial, warm-hearted, unselfish friend it has never been his fortune to find, and he is now glad of an opportunity to pay a tribute to his memory. His life in the Sandwich Islands was an agreeable one, and his pub- lic service was exceedingly creditable to himself and valiable to the government he for a time represented. The American element in Honolulu was by no means in- considerable and its influence with the Hawaiian government was a salutary one. Charles Coffin Harris, of Portsmouth, N. H., Stephen H. Phillips, of Salem, Edward P. Bond, of Boston, and many others occupied prominent official positions, and their presence went far towards not only making Mr. Allen's residence agreeable, but mak- ing also the performance of his official duties less irksome and difficult. After four years' service as consul he was appointed minister of finance of the Hawaiian govern_ ment, and in 1857 chancellor of the kingdom and chief justice of the Supreme Court, holding the last mentioned office twenty years. During his official life he made re- peated visits to Washington in efforts to secure the adoption of treaties which he be- lieved would be advantageous both to the government he represented and to the United States. The treaty of 1875 was wholly his work in both inception and con- summation, and the admission of sugar and rice into the United States free of duty reciprocal with a like admission of the products of our own country into the Hawaiian Islands has accomplished all he expected and more than he promised. In 1876 he re-
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