Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . ir-man of the civil-service board of examiners in thecustoms service at this port when it was first organ-ized in 1883, and held that position until the year1886, when he resigned it. On June i, 1864, was married at Stockbridge to Isabella Landon,daughter of the Hon. John Z. (ioodrich; theirchildren are Sallie Goodrich and John LandonFiske. Fitch, Robert Gershom, was born in Sheffield,Mass., May 19, 1846. Until he was twenty yearsof age h
Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . ir-man of the civil-service board of examiners in thecustoms service at this port when it was first organ-ized in 1883, and held that position until the year1886, when he resigned it. On June i, 1864, was married at Stockbridge to Isabella Landon,daughter of the Hon. John Z. (ioodrich; theirchildren are Sallie Goodrich and John LandonFiske. Fitch, Robert Gershom, was born in Sheffield,Mass., May 19, 1846. Until he was twenty yearsof age he worked on a farm, and then studying atthe South Berkshire Institute, New Marlborough, heentered Williams College, and graduated in at college he was the editor of the WilliamsQuarterlv, received an honorary oration at Com- fJOSroN OF TO-DAY. mencement, and was chosen a member of the Phi l!etaKappa Society. Mr. Fitchs tastes were in the lineof journalism, and from 1870 to 1872 he was asso-ciated with the Springfield Republican. In thelatter year he joined the staff of the BostonPost, rising through the different editorial dejjart-. ROBERT G. FITCH. ments until he became editor-in-chief. He is abrilliant, able journalist, thorough in iletails andjudicious yet fearless in his opinions. In May,1886, he was appointed fire commissioner, byMayor OBrien, and reappointed in 1889 by MayorHart. He is now chairman of the board, and hisadministration has been characterized by efficiencyand fidelity to his duties. Mr. Fitch is a memberof the Boston Press Club and of the Papyrus Club. Fnz, Frank E., oldest son of Eustace and SarahJ. (Blanchard) Fitz, was born in Cambridge, Mass.,Nov. 14, 1857. He was educated in the publicschools of Chelsea and in Brown University, fromwhich he graduated in 1880. He studied law at theHarvard Law School two years, and then at theBoston University Law School, taking the degree in 1883. The same year, in July, he wasadmitted to the Suffolk b
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