The history and antiquities of Boston .. . ish 1800. ^ ^ Thomas Pownall, Esquire, having been appointed Governor of ° Massachusetts, arrived in Boston on the second of August. Thiswas his third visit to the Colonies. He came over to New York in1754, with Sir Danvers Osborn, and had a commission of LieutenantGovernor of New Jersey. In June of that year he was at the famous * The Hon. Thomas CuBhing, Speaker of was very remarkable for his scientificattain- the House, was Mr. Bromfields brother-in- ments. He graduated at Harvard College, law. He died on the 11th of April, 1740, aged 1738, died Au
The history and antiquities of Boston .. . ish 1800. ^ ^ Thomas Pownall, Esquire, having been appointed Governor of ° Massachusetts, arrived in Boston on the second of August. Thiswas his third visit to the Colonies. He came over to New York in1754, with Sir Danvers Osborn, and had a commission of LieutenantGovernor of New Jersey. In June of that year he was at the famous * The Hon. Thomas CuBhing, Speaker of was very remarkable for his scientificattain- the House, was Mr. Bromfields brother-in- ments. He graduated at Harvard College, law. He died on the 11th of April, 1740, aged 1738, died August 18th, 1746, at the age of 23. 53. His wife, Mrs. Mary, daughter of the There is a long and interesting account of his Hon. Edward Bromfield, died 30th October, of microscopic investigations in the American the same year. Magazine of 1746, p. 548, &c. t Princes Sermon at his Funeral, p. 30. J Sewalls and Princes Funeral Sermons Mr. Bromfields oldest son, also named Edward, See also Eliot and Allen. 644 LOTTERIES GRANTED. [ THOMAS POWNALL. Congress of Albany, where Franklin made hismemorable proposal for a union of the Colonies,similar to that adopted at the commencementof the Revolution. On coming to Boston soonafter, Governor Shirley appointed him a Com-missioner, with two others to solicit aid fromNew York and Pennsylvania, for carrying onthe War. He was also with Mr. Shirley andthe other Governors and gentlemen who metGeneral Braddock at Alexandria in returned to England the same year, butthe next year returned with Lord stay was now limited to a few again in England, he succeeded in beingappointed Governor of Massachusetts, and soon after arrived in Boston,as has been mentioned. Mr. Shirley was thus superseded, and he suc-ceeded General Braddock in the command of the Army. Notwithstanding an Act had been passed in 1719, for the suppression ofLotteries, as common and public nuisances, the town was this yearcarrying on a lottery, a
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