. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . olving thepreservation of theOld South MeetingHouse he was coun-sel for some of thepewholders. Amongthe qualities thathave made him aleader at the bar maybe mentioned, in ad-dition to professionallearning and skill,a great knowledgeof men, sagacity indealing with practicalcpiestions and a pe-culiar power of sym-pathy that made theinterests of his clienthis own, gave ardorto all his exertionsand enlisted in theclients behalf, intheir full force,^reatintellec
. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . olving thepreservation of theOld South MeetingHouse he was coun-sel for some of thepewholders. Amongthe qualities thathave made him aleader at the bar maybe mentioned, in ad-dition to professionallearning and skill,a great knowledgeof men, sagacity indealing with practicalcpiestions and a pe-culiar power of sym-pathy that made theinterests of his clienthis own, gave ardorto all his exertionsand enlisted in theclients behalf, intheir full force,^reatintellectual gifts, andan energy, ingenuityand persistence rarelyequalled. The onlypolitical office whichhe ever held was a seat in the Boston Common Councilin 1862. He has been a leading director and adviser inrailroad and other large business enterprises. He is amember of the Board of Overseers of Har\ard College,a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, andof various clubs. He was married in 1857 to Emily,daughter of Charles and Susan (Sprague) Copeland, ofRoxbury. They have one daughter, Susan, the wife ofDr. Arthur Tracy GEORGE 0, SHATTUCK. 146 MASSACHUSETTS OF TO-DAY. JOHN SULLIVAN DWIGHT is known throughoutAmerica as an authority on the history and inter-pretation of music. His father was Mr. John Dwight,who was graduated from Harvard University in 1800,and his mother was Mary (Corey) Dwight. Mr. Dwightwas born in Boston, May 13, 1813, and most of his longand remarkable life has been spent in the city of hisnativity or near to it. In his own home, and in a pri-vate school near by, he received his early later entered thegrammar and Latinschools in Boston,where for five yearshe was the pupil ofB. A. Gould and Leverett, thenfamous 1828 he enteredHarvard Universityand was graduated inthe class of immediatelymatriculated in theHar\ ard DivinitySchool and was grad-uated in 1836. Forsix years he was anactive U n i t a r i a npreac
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