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2. Mary Amory, born 1723, married Timothy Newell, long one of the Selectmen of Boston. They resided on Bowdoin Square. Mrs. Newell died in 1804, leaving no descendants.
3. Rebecca Amory, born 1725, married Edward Payne. They resided on State Place, King-street, and, on the day of the massacre, his arm was broken, while standing at his door, by a musket ball, as the troops fired on the people. Mrs. Payne died in 1796. Their children were one son and three daughters. William Payne, the son, married Mrs. Doble, born Gray, and had two sons, twins, Edward and William, who died unmar- ried. His sister Rebecca, married Governor Christopher Gore, at one time Minister to England, and who left a large estate to Harvard Col- lege, and his two sisters, Mary Payne and Sarah Payne, long lived on Beacon-street, in the house next to the Athenæum.
4. Jonathan Amory, born 1726, engaged early in business, and with his brother John as a partner, imported merchandise into this country from England. Their counting-house was on Dock Square, and afterwards on Washington, near Franklin-street, where still stands the large warehouse, with double-pitched roof, owned by the family of his nephew. Mr. Daniel D. Rogers and Mr. Joseph Taylor were at one time partners. Their letter books from 1760 to 1790 give some very interesting accounts of the events and agitations of that stormy period. They early predicted what actually ensued, a sanguinary conflict and eventual separation from the mother-country, if the government per- sisted in its measures of coercion. Many of Mr. Amory's own letters were published in the English newspapers, and to one, a correspondent,
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a member of Parliament, ascribed the merit of 'influencing in some measure the. repeal of the Stamp Act. At the commencement of the war, the house owed their English creditors thirty thousand pounds sterling, and while their own debtors, from inability, or taking advantage of the times, neglected to pay them, or if at all, in the depreciated cur rency, their whole debt was remitted within the year.
Jonathan Amory married Abigail Taylor, and resided in Washing- ton-street, then Newbury, in a house still standing, masked with shops, and still owned by his family. He had no children, and dying in 1797, left a large estate, chiefly to his brother John, and John's children, who, during their father's long absence in Europe during the Revolution, had been left to his care.
5. John Amory, born 1728, was engaged in business with his brother, under the firm of J. & J. Amory, and married Catherine, daughter of Rufus Greene. He built and occupied the house at the corner of Bea- con-street and Tremont Row, where now stands the Albion. In 1774 it becoming important that a partner of the house should go to Europe, Mr. John Amory was selected, and his wife went with him. The war soon after broke out, and Mrs. Amory falling ill, and lingering till 1778, when she died, he was regarded as a loyalist, and not permitted to return. His sympathies, however, were all with his countrymen and the struggle in which they were engaged for their liberties, and he left England and resided on the continent. He shortly before the peace returned to America, but landing in New York, then in the occupation of the British, was not permitted to return to his family. His name had been placed on the list of refugees, and preliminary measures taken to confiscate his property. His brother wrote him that should these measures be consummated, he should always be ready to share what he had with him. He resided for a time in Providence, and after the peace, through the influence of his friends, and on making petition to the Legislature declaring his allegiance to the Government and attach- ment to the new Institutions, he was allowed to return to Boston. He died in 1802, leaving six sons and four daughters. His portrait, and that of Mrs. Amory, by Copley, are still in his family.
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Of the children of Thomas Amory, the first of this family in Boston, and Rebecca Holmes, there are only from Thomas the eldest, and from John the youngest, descendants, still living.
The children of Thomas Amory and Elizabeth Coffin, were:
1. Rebecca, born 1776, who married Dr. Aaron Dexter, a physician and Professor of Chemistry at Harvard College. He long resided on Milk-street, opposite the head of Pearl-street. Their children were : Thomas A. Dexter, Charles P. Dexter, George M. Dexter, John C. Dexter, Mrs. William D. Sohier, and Miss Catherine Dexter, and Miss Marianne, now deceased.
2. Thomas C. Amory, born 1767, married in 1795 Hannah Rowe Linzee, daughter of Captain John Linzee, who commanded a vessel of war in our harbor at the time of the battle of Bunker Hill. Mr. Amory was engaged extensively in commerce with his cousin, William Payne, and after 1800 with his brother, Jonathan Amory, and was very successful. The object of this sketch being merely to preserve facts and dates, any attempt to portray character would be out of place; but it may be permitted to say, that he was among those of his day in Bos- ton most beloved and respected, and his early death subject of general regret and mourning. He resided in Boston, at No. 21 Franklin-street, and during the summers at Brookline. Mr. Amory died in 1812, and his widow in 1846. Their children were Col. Thomas C. Amory, Samuel Hood Linzee Amory, William Amory, Charles Amory, Mrs. Thomas A. Dexter, Mrs. William H, Prescott, Mrs. George M. Dexter, and Mrs. Edward D. Sohier.
3. Elizabeth, born 1768, married Stephen Deblois. Their children were : Stephen, who died young, Thomas A. Deblois, of Portland, late U. S. District Attorney for Maine, John A. Deblois, late of Columbus, Georgia, Mr. N. James Deblois, of Florida, Edward, who died young, and two daughters. Mrs. Deblois died in 1852.
4. Jonathan Amory, born 1770, graduated at Harvard College 1787, entered the counting-house of his uncle, J. & J. Amory, and engaged in business with James Cutler. He married Ruth Wier, whose family then resided on the spot where the Belcher house, in which he was born,
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had stood previously to the great fire. She died in 1795, and is buried in the southeast corner of the Boylston-street Burying Ground, where stands the square marble monument of her family. After her death Mr. Amory married Mrs. Cutler, the widow of his partner, and the daughter of Governor James Sullivan. His brother, Thomas C. Amory, took him into partnership, and he accumulated property. He resided from 1811 to 1828, when he died, at No. 7 Park-street, where now stands the house of the late Abbott Lawrence. Mrs. Amory died in 1847. Their children were: Jonathan Amory, James S. Amory, and Thomas C. Amory, Jr., Mrs. Samuel Meredith, and three other daughters.
5. John Amory, born 1771, married Sarah Gardner, and resided in Dorchester. Their children were: John G., of Dorchester, Nathaniel, of Texas, Mrs. William Perkins, and Mrs. Amory Davis, and two other daughters. Mr. Amory died 1834.
6. Mary, born 1773, married Jonathan Davis. Their children were : Francis Davis, and J. Amory Davis, now living, and Edward A. Davis, and two daughters, who died young. Mrs. Davis died in 1835.
7. William Amory, born 1774, was in early life a midshipman in the English navy, and afterwards in our own. He joined the marine corps, and was appointed lieutenant. He displayed great gallantry on many occasions, and was much beloved by his brother officers. He died about 1812.
8. Nathaniel Amory, born 1777, married Mary, daughter of Eben Preble, and niece of Commodore Preble, and resided many years at the beautiful place in Watertown, now the property of Mr. Cushing. He was appointed Navy Agent at Pensacola by President John Q. Adams, and passed the last part of his life at Newport, Rhode Island. Mr. Amory died in Boston in 1845. Mrs. Amory still resides in Newport.
9. Nancy, born , died
The children of John Amory and Catherine Greene, were :
1. John Amory, born 1759, married Catherine Willard, of Lan- caster. His only child was Mrs. Henry Codman. He died 1832.
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2. Rufus G. Amory, born 1760, graduated at Harvard College 1773, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and acquired a lucrative practice. He married Miss Nancy Geyer, and resided in Beacon-street on Boston, and at Elm Hill in Roxbury. His children were Mrs. Joseph L. Cunningham, Mrs. Col. Freeman, Mrs. Dr. Jeffries, and Mrs. Edward Linzee Cunningham. Mr. Amory died 1833.
3. Thomas Amory, born 1762, was a merchant, in partnership with his brother John. He erected the large building at the head of Park- street for his dwelling, but commercial reverses prevented his occupying it. He resided long at Roxbury, and died there in 1823. He married Miss Elizabeth Bowen, of Providence. Their children are : Mrs. Robert Ives, of Providence, Mr. W. Raymond Lee, and two other sisters, of Roxbury, living, and John H. Amory, Thomas Amory, and Rev. Mrs. Howe, deceased.
4. Jonathan Amory, born 1763, married Miss Lydia Fellowes, of Cuba. Their children were Mrs. David Eckley, Mrs. John Lowell, wife of the founder of the Lowell Institute, and Mrs. Poussin, of France. He died 1820.
5. William Amory, born 1765, graduated at Cambridge 1784, and married Lucy Fletcher. His children were Caroline and Lucy, who married Mr. Bennet, and afterwards Mr. Haskell. He died 1792.
6. Francis Amory, born 1766, married Miss Sarah Kirkland, sister of President Kirkland, and resided at Milton. His children were : Francis, George, and Mrs. Charles G. Loring. He died 1845.
7. Catherine, born 1769, married John Codman. Her children were : Francis Codman, Mrs. Hurd, of New York, and Mrs. Wm. Ropes, living, and George Codman, Miss Elizabeth Codman, and William Cod- man, deceased. She died 1832.
8. Rebecca,born 1771, married John Lowell. Their children were : John Amory Lowell, and two daughters. She died 1842.
9. Mary, born 1773, married Mr. George Bethune. Their children were : George A. Bethune, and John M. Bethune. She died 1844.
10. Ann, born 1774, married first John McLean, who left a large
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estate to Harvard College and the Massachusetts Hospital, the branch of which at Somerville bears his name, and who died in 1824. Mrs. Lee died in 1834, leaving no children.
On a Tankard now in the possession of the family, and which is mentioned in the will of Mrs. Martha Amory, of South Carolina, dated 1699, is engraved the shield annexed, which is that stated in Burke, to belong to the branch of the family settled in Oxfordshire, in England.
[Shield of the Amory Family.]
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INSCRIPTIONS.
No. 2. AARON ARCHIBALD'S.
TOMB No. 1.
MARTIN SMITH.
[EMBLEMS-Urn and Weeping Willow.]
IN MEMORY OF
MRS. ELIZA SARGENT,
WIDOW OF THE LATE MR. JOHN SARGENT, WHO DIED FEB'Y 21ST, 1793, AGED 53 YEARS.
"BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHO DIE IN THE LORD,
FOR THEY REST FROM THEIR LABOUR, AND THEIR WORKS DO FOLLOW THEM."
No. 6. COAT OF ARMS. .
[ NOTE.] Inscription covered with earth.
No. 5. HENRY AND OLIVER SMITH'S.
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SAMUEL
SON TO THOMAS AND DEBORAH CUSHING, AGED 16 MO. AND 25 DAYS, DIED APRIL YE 4, 1756.
COAT OF ARMS.
THIS TOMB BELONGS TO THE FAMILY OF CUSHING.
[ NOTE.] The Inscription is covered with earth.
No. 3. THE TOMB OF WILLIAM GOOCH.
HERE LYES YE BODY OF OLIVER, SON OF OLIVER AND ANNA NOYES,
AGED 2 YEARS, 10 MONTHS, AND 26 DAYS, DEC'D JULY YE 7TH, 1716.
TOMB No. 23. JON'A JACKSON'S.
No. 22.
MINOT'S TOMB, 1808.
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TOMB No. 21.
THOMAS LEACH AND NATHAN WEBB.
No. 20.
WILLIAM PRENTICE AND JEDEDIAH TUTTLE'S TOMB, 1827.
HERE LYES INTERRED THE BODY OF
CAPT. SAM'L BLACK, MERCH'T,
WHO WAS BORN IN THE NORTH OF IRELAND, HE DIED FEB'RY 25TH, 1749-50, AGED 46 YEARS.
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TOMB No. 12. JEREMIAH ALLEN.
HERE LYES INTERRED YE BODY OF
MR. ARMAND PICHOT, OF SURRINAM, MARCH'T,
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE, MARCH YE 24TH, 1727-8, ÆTATIS 48.
TOMB No. 18.
THOMAS CREES'S.
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HERE LYES INTERRED YE BODY OF
CAPT. WITHERS BERRY,
OF KITTERY,
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE DECEMBER YE 11TH, 1732, IN YE 39TH YEAR OF HIS AGE.
HERE LYES YE BODY OF
CAPT. RICHARD HALES,
OF STEPNEY PARISH, IN LONDON,
AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS, DEC'D JUNE YE 6TH, 1720.
HERE LYES YE BODY OF
MR. JOHN CARRICK,
OF YE ISLAND OF MOUNT SERRAT,
AGED 34 YEARS,
DEC'D FEB'RY YE 27TH, 1735-6.
HERE LYES BURIED THE BODY OF
MR. PATTERICK DEVEREX, AGED 45 YEARS, DEC'D DECEMBER YE 15TH, 1736.
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HERE LYES YE BODY OF
MR. PEREGRIN WHITE,
DEC'D NOV'R YE 20TH, 1727, IN YE 67 YEAR OF HIS AGE. [NOTE.] This monument stands 76 feet west of the Franklin Monument.
IN MEMORY OF
SOPHIA STODDARD,
WHO DIED SEPT'R 21ST, 1787,
AGED 15 MONTHS.
IN MEMORY OF
NOAH STODDARD,
WHO DIED AUGUST 27TH, 1791, AGED 15 MONTHS.
CHILDREN OF NOAH AND ELIZABETH STODDARD.
HERE LIES TWO LOVELY BABES, WHOSE EARLY BREATH, WAS SNATCH'D BY CREWEL, NOT UNTIMELY DEATH ; HENCE DID THEY GO, JUST AS THEY DID BEGIN SORROW TO KNOW, BEFORE THEY KNEW TO SIN.
HERE LYES YE BODY OF
MR. SAMUEL DIX,
AGED 30 YEARS, DEC'D JULY YE 29TH, 1736.
HERE LYES YE BODY OF
MR. THOMAS PHILLIPS,
DEC'D APRIL YE 24TH, 1726, IN YE 59TH YEAR OF HIS AGE.
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No. 68.
RICHARD CHECKLEY, 1737.
HOCCE MEUM- CORPUS DE FUNERE VIQ SEPULCHRI-
SALVATOR JESUS SARCIET ILLE, MEUS
CHRISTUS ERIT PESTIS MORS FRIGIDA
TUQ SEPULCHRUM EXITIUM
CERTUM MOX ERIT ILLE TUUM
[ARMS, by the name of CHECKLY.]
HERE LYES
YE BODY OF
MRS. MARY EMMONS,
DAUGHTER OF CAPT. SIMON AMORY,
AGED 66 YEARS,
DYED OCTOBER YE 8TH, 1740.
HERE LYES
YE BODY OF
MARY EMMONS,
WIFE OF BENJ'N. EMMONS, JUN.
AGED 3 MONTHS, DYED JAN'RY YE 23D, 1743.
[NOTE.] The above inscription is on a slab covering the first tomb south of the Tremont House.
ISAAC
SON TO MR. ISAAC AND MRS. ELIS'TH SAVAGE,
AGED 1 YEAR, DIED SEPT. 7TH, 1743.
Johnston Pinx!
Æt. 47
H W Smith Sc.
Increase Summer
Gov" of Mass: taken in the costume of a Jus: S.J.C. in 1792
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GOVERNOR INCREASE SUMNER.
INCREASE SUMNER, Governor of Massachusetts, was born in Roxbury, in the county of Suffolk, now Norfolk, on the 27th of November, 1746 .*
The house of his father, in which his birth took place, stood on the site of Hall's new brick block of buildings in Washington street, Rox- bury, nearly opposite to Sumner street. The house where he passed the last twenty years of his life, and in which he died, is situated on Bart- lett street. It was formerly the confiscated estate of Judge Robert Auchmuty, and is now occupied by Mr. Charles F. Bradford.
His ancestor, Roger Sumner, was buried in the Church-yard of St. Edburg, in the Saxon town of Bicester, of remote antiquity, in the county of Oxford, England, and thirteen miles from that city. His son William was christened in the Church St. Edburg, and with his wife, Mary, settled in Dorchester, Mass., about the year 1635; from which time until his death he held various public offices.
The father of the subject of this sketch, whose name he bore, was a yeoman, and there never was a man better calculated for sturdy labor. He was of colossal size, and equal strength of muscle, which was kept in tone by regularity and good habits. He shrunk from no labor, how- ever arduous or fatiguing it might seem to others. Instances of the wonderful feats of strength performed by him were related after his death, by his contemporaries, in his native place and the vicinity. He
* His portrait, the engraving of which precedes this sketch, was taken in the robes worn by the Justices of the S. J. Court until about 1792. In the year 1797, after he was chosen governor, it was retouched, and the hair dressed and powdered as he then wore it.
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was a Coroner for the county of Suffolk, and Selectman of Roxbury, and was a man highly respected. He died in 1774, having had eight children.
The first rudiments of learning were taught the subject of this notice by the late Judge William Cushing, of the S. J. C. of the U. S., who was then preceptor of the public grammar-school in Roxbury. Under such a master and his successors in this school (one of which was Gen. Joseph Warren, a native of the town), the pupil made such progress as induced the friends of the family to solicit the father's permission that his son might continue his studies at Harvard University. To gain this point was no easy task, for the father considered that happiness and success in life were more certainly found in agricultural than in any other pursuits ; but he yielded at length to the repeated entreaties of his son, and to those friends who indulged ardent hopes of the youth's future eminence if he could obtain a classical education. All obstacles being surmounted, he entered college in 1763, and his reputation while there, justified the predictions of his friends; for he graduated with a distinguished part in the commencement exercises of 1767. On leaving college, he took charge of the school at Roxbury, at which he had received his preparatory education for admission to the University. He continued in this situation for two years, during which time his name stood as a student in the office of Samuel Quincy, an eminent Barrister and Solicitor-general of the Province. The late President, John Adams (to whom he applied for admission as a student at law, in his office, which at the time was full), in a letter to his son, gives the follow- ing testimony to his character in early life : "I knew the young gentle- man was a promising genius, and a studious and virtuous youth."
In 1770, Sumner was admitted to the bar, and opened his office in Roxbury. The people found him worthy of confidence, and his business in the profession soon became extensive and lucrative.
In the year 1776, a period in our country's history of great difficul- ties and fearful apprehensions, Mr. Sumner was chosen a member of the General Court, and continued to represent his native town the three following years. In the Convention of 1777, for agreeing on a form
KILBURN-MALL OF DRIVE
CHURCH OF ST, EDBURG. AT BICESTER, CO. OXFORD, ENGLAND. IN WHICH ROGER SUMNER WAS BURIED & HIS SON WILLIAM ( WHO EMIGRATED TO DORCHESTER, N. E. IN 1635,) WAS BAPTIZED.
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of government, he held a seat; and in 1780 he was elected a Senator for the county of Suffolk; which office he held the two succeeding years, by the almost unanimous choice of his constituents.
On the 30th of September, 1779, he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Hyslop, the daughter of William Hyslop, Esq., of Boston; a woman of great intelligence, and of a remarkably amiable character. She was afterwards distinguished by her dignified presence, and no one could more acceptably have filled the high stations to which he in- troduced her. In the same year, he was chosen a member of the con- vention for forming a State constitution, the first plan not having been approved and adopted by the people.
In June, 1782, he was chosen a member of Congress by the Legis- lature of Massachusetts, but he never took his seat in that body.
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In August of the same year, he was made an associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court. This was an important position, it being so soon after our conflict with the mother country that every thing was in an unsettled state, and the judges had difficult and painful duties to perform. He was then only thirty-six years of age, but the public had confidence in his integrity and ability, and the Court considered him an acquisition to the bench. As a nation, we owe much to the firmness and independence of our judiciary at that time; and consequently to the individuals who were called to officiate in the capacity of judges.
His preference at this time for a judicial rather than a political office, both of which were presented to his acceptance, was the turning point of his pursuits in life. For the judicial office he proved himself to be eminently qualified, and it cannot be doubted that had he entered the political arena at the time the choice was made, he would have been equally distinguished. He continued upon the bench for a long course of fifteen years, approving himself to the public as a dispassionate, im- partial, discerning, able and accomplished judge.
On the 20th of January, 1785, Judge Sumner, by a special resolve of the Legislature, was added to the Committee to revise the laws of the Commonwealth. This Committee, which was chosen the year before, consisted of Hon. Francis Dana, Hon. Samuel Dexter, and Theophilus
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Parsons, Esq. He was a member of the Massachusetts Convention, which was called in 1789, for the purpose of discussing the Constitution for the Federal Government, which had been sent to the several States for their adoption. This was a question of the highest moment, requiring for its discussion those qualities of mind with which he was eminently endowed. Profound lawyers, able politicians, and eloquent orators were sought by the people for this body. The prosperity, dignity, and strength of the nation were involved in its deliberations and decisions. In this Convention Mr. Sumner bore an important part, and made several impressive speeches.
In 1796, without consenting to be a candidate for that office, Judge Sumner received the spontaneous suffrages of a large portion of the people of Massachusetts to fill the office of Chief Magistrate. Objec- tions were made to his removal from the Supreme bench to the Chair of State, on account of the capacity, fidelity and usefulness with which he served the community in the judicial department. But the public, rightly judging that the integrity and capacity with which he filled the office of a judge were the surest pledge of his fidelity and useful- ness in a still higher and more important station, turned their attention to him as the most suitable person for their Governor. Such was his popularity, that he received the first year he was chosen, three fifths of the whole number of votes for the office, and so acceptable was his administration, that the third and last year he received more than seven- teen thousand out of the twenty-one thousand votes cast; one hundred and eighty towns, out of three hundred and ninety-three, giving him their unanimous vote ; there were besides these, sixty other towns, and some of them very large ones, which gave eight votes and less against him. In his position as Chief Magistrate, he showed the same careful attention to the new duties he was called to perform as he had done in other situations.
He was re-elected thrice, but the last time was languishing on a bed of sickness at the time the General Court assembled, and having taken the oaths of office in his chamber, before a Committee of the Legislature, he was, notwithstanding, unable to enter upon the duties of the office.
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He died soon after, June 7, 1799, in the 53d year of his age, to the unspeakable grief of an affectionate family, and of a sympathizing com- munity. No Governor of Massachusetts was ever more loved and venerated than Governor Sumner; for his amiable disposition, conciliating manners, and unblemished integrity both as a Judge and a Chief Magis- trate, had rendered him the object of universal respect and confidence.
He added to his popularity by his attention to the military depart- ment, which had not been cherished with any particular fondness by any of his predecessors in office. He felt it to be his duty to attend in person the reviews of the militia in various places, and considered that, as the great reserved power of the State, the militia deserved the par- ticular countenance of the Governor, who was its constitutional com- mander-in-chief.
The death of such a magistrate, and at such a crisis, was a most serious public calamity, and was recognized as such in various ways. On the day of his funeral, business was suspended, the shops were closed, and the expressions of sorrow and mourning were every where visible. His remains were interred with military honors at the public expense. The procession extended from Roxbury to the State House in Boston. The militia officers afterwards attended church in their uniforms, with black crape on their arms; and weeds, or badges of respect for his memory, were generally worn by the citizens for forty days. Testimo- nials of his worth, and their high appreciation of his character, were given by the Lieutenant-governor and both Houses of the Legislature ; and they recognized in him an assemblage of virtues and talents, which eminently qualified him for his dignified station. From these testimo- nials, the following are selected :
"In him were singularly united all those virtues, which conciliate affection and command respect. The dignity of his person, the equanim- ity and mildness of his temper, his real and unaffected piety, his natural and acquired talents, rendered him an ornament to society and a blessing to the world.
" His knowledge and discernment enabled, and his regard for the public good prompted him, to make the most judicious appointments.
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