. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . relin-quished to enter theUnion service as aprivate in the EighthNew York his return fromthree months ser-vice, he was activelyengaged in recruit-ing, and assisted inthe organization ofseveral August, 1862, hebecame adjutant ofthe Thirteenth NewJersey, with whichregiment he wasidentified until theclose of the war,serving, however, fora large portion of thetime, on the staff ofthe ge n e ra 1 com-manding the Twen-tieth Corps. Hewas
. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . relin-quished to enter theUnion service as aprivate in the EighthNew York his return fromthree months ser-vice, he was activelyengaged in recruit-ing, and assisted inthe organization ofseveral August, 1862, hebecame adjutant ofthe Thirteenth NewJersey, with whichregiment he wasidentified until theclose of the war,serving, however, fora large portion of thetime, on the staff ofthe ge n e ra 1 com-manding the Twen-tieth Corps. Hewas brevetted majorfor distinguished ser-vices, was mustered out in June, 1865, and in July entered the home officeof the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York ina subordinate capacity. His attention to the details ofthe business, and his evident capacity for higher w-ork,gained him rapid promotion, until he reached the postof cashier, which position he retained until 1875, whenhe was appointed general agent for Rhode Island, andremoved to Providence. In this new position he wasmost successful. \Yhile in Rhode Island he represented. CHARLES A. HOPKINS the city of Providence in the State Legislature for twoterms, and also served in the State militia as chief ofstaff and inspector, with the rank of January, 1888, Colonel Hopkins was transferred tothe Massachusetts agency, where the business of thecompany has been largely increased by his methods andenergy. The insurance now carried by citizens of thisState in this one company amounts to nearly §40,000,000,the annual premium collections on which exceed Si,500,000, or aboutdouble those of anyother business of theagency is conductedin handsome andextensive efiices onthe second floor ofthe companys ownfire-proof building(recognized as oneof the finest architec-tural ornaments ofthe city), at No. 95Milk Street, Hopkinsssuccess as a life in-surance manager ismainlv owing to histhorough
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