Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . as made a freeman in 1640. He waseducated in the public schools, and early beganwork as a boy in a store. That was in 1849. Sixyears later he started a market business for himself,which he continued until 1861. From 1866 to1867 he conducted a business in Colorado Territoryfor Boston and New York interests, and in 1868 heentered the real-estate business in Roxbury, in whichhe has continued to the present time, his officesnow being at No. 56 \\arren
Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . as made a freeman in 1640. He waseducated in the public schools, and early beganwork as a boy in a store. That was in 1849. Sixyears later he started a market business for himself,which he continued until 1861. From 1866 to1867 he conducted a business in Colorado Territoryfor Boston and New York interests, and in 1868 heentered the real-estate business in Roxbury, in whichhe has continued to the present time, his officesnow being at No. 56 \\arren Street. He hashandled property in all sections of the Roxburydistrict, and the greater number of the present largeestates there have been developed by him. He isintimately conversant with values, past, present,and probable, in the entire section. For a numberof years, from 1869 to 1880 inclusive, and also from1882 to 1884, he was a member of the board ofassessors : he was a member of the Roxbury citv council in i860, 1861, 1862, 1863, and 1864; andof the Boston common council in 1868 ; he wasone of the commissioners on the annexation of West. L FOSTER MORSE Roxbury, Charlestown, Brighton, and Brookliue in1873 ; one of the commissioners appointed to assessbetterments on the Stony-brook improvement: andone of the commissioners on the high-water ser\ icein 1885. He is a trustee of the Institute for Sa\-ings in Roxbury, and of the Forest Hills Cemetery ;and he is a member of the Bostonian Society. was married May 2, 1861, to Miss AnnieConant (descended from Roger Conant, who was atNantasket in 1624) ; they have two children : GraceF^liza and Annie Conant Morse. MdKSK, Nathan, son of Nathan and Sally ((lil-man) Morse, was born in Moultonborough, ,July 24, 1824. He was directly in the line of twoof the oldest and best finnilies of New first thirteen years of his life were passed onhis fathers farm, attending public schools the usualtime allotted to farm bo
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