Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . l 1873. In 1869 and 1870 he was private secretary to thegovernor of the State of New Hampshire, and in 1870 and 1872 was clerk of the House of Repre-sentatives. In 1873 he removed to Boston, wherehe has since resided. He has an extensive andvaried general practice, and has also been generalcounsel for the Old Colony Railroad and SteamboatCompanies since 1878. Since 1879 he has beena director and counsel of the Northern Railroadof New Hampshire, an
Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . l 1873. In 1869 and 1870 he was private secretary to thegovernor of the State of New Hampshire, and in 1870 and 1872 was clerk of the House of Repre-sentatives. In 1873 he removed to Boston, wherehe has since resided. He has an extensive andvaried general practice, and has also been generalcounsel for the Old Colony Railroad and SteamboatCompanies since 1878. Since 1879 he has beena director and counsel of the Northern Railroadof New Hampshire, and he has engaged in most ofthe important railroad litigation in that State. Inthe trial of cases he is thorough in their preparationand conduct, quick to grasp a situation, and far-sighted in the interests of his clients. For the pastfive years he has lectured on Railroad Corpora-tions before the Law School of the Boston Lni-versity. During the Civil \\ar he served as a private f44 BOSTON OF TO-DAY. in the Twelfth Vermont Volunteers, and is now amember of Edward Kinsley Post, , in great-grandfather was a captain in the Conti-. nental army, and Mr. Benton has in his possessionan autograph order written by Gen. Washingtonto Capt. Benton, at Valley Forge. Berry, John King, son of Nehemiah Chase andHannah H. (King) Berry, was born in Randolph,Mass., Nov. 8, 1854. He acquired his educa-tion in the Roxbury Latin School, from which hegraduated in 1872; and at Harvard College,graduating in 1876. Subsequently he attended theBoston University Law School, and in 1880 wasadmitted to the Suffolk bar. In 1890 he wasadmitted to practice in the United States is a member of the firm of Berry & Upton,No. 166 Devonshire street, attorneys for the MasterBuilders Association, and is also in general practice. Besarick, John H., architect, born in New York,acquired his architectural education in Boston, foreight years associated with S. J. F. Thayer. In1869 he went into busi
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