Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . HENRY A. BEACH. circular : All who have obtained acquaintance withit are unanimous in their admiration of its beauty,brilliancy, and strength. A work of such magnitudeby a woman makes a positive addition to the historyof music. Beal, Caleb Gray, was born in Cohasset, Mass.,Sept. 6, 1836. He was educated in the publicschools. As a boy he began work in Boston, inChandler & dry-goods store. Gradually pro-moted, he was finally placed in charge of
Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . HENRY A. BEACH. circular : All who have obtained acquaintance withit are unanimous in their admiration of its beauty,brilliancy, and strength. A work of such magnitudeby a woman makes a positive addition to the historyof music. Beal, Caleb Gray, was born in Cohasset, Mass.,Sept. 6, 1836. He was educated in the publicschools. As a boy he began work in Boston, inChandler & dry-goods store. Gradually pro-moted, he was finally placed in charge of the whole- BOSTON OF TO-l)AN- 141. V ye:irs. In in 1884 ai \. Smith cV- as a me ml as chairm CALEB G. BEAL. Co., and in 1889 mipro]irietor. the business as sole Beard, Alanson W., son of James and ChloeBartlett (Wilder) Beard, was born in Ludlow, \t.,Aug. 20, 1825. When he was ten years old hisparents moved to Stockbridge, where he was trainedfor a farmers life. He was educated in the publicschools and in his home. At seventeen he becamea school-teacher, and followed this calling until hewas twenty-one. At twenty-two he was proprietorof a country store in Pittsfield, \t., which he con-ducted until 1853, when he sold out his interestandcame to Boston. Here, in the autumn of that year,he entered the wholesale clothing-business, begin-ning as salesman for Whiting, Kehoe, & years after he left that house and went intothe business on his own account. Since 1847 hehas been more or less prominent in public life. Inthe Vermont town where he had his country storehe held various local offices from 1847 to 1853
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