A history of Lodge no 61, F and A M., Wilkesbarré, Pa .. with a collection of masonic addresses .. . e common property of the they do not protect and cherish it, who will? Several brief biographical sketches of the eminent Judgehave been published at various times during the last thirtyyears. The first of these, chronologically and in impor-tance, is An Essay on the Life, Character and Writings ofJohn B. Gibson, LL. D., lately Chief Justice of the SupremeCourt of Pennsylvania, by the late Hon. William A. Por-ter,* of Philadelphia. This essay is an octavo pamphlet of *WiLLiAM Augu
A history of Lodge no 61, F and A M., Wilkesbarré, Pa .. with a collection of masonic addresses .. . e common property of the they do not protect and cherish it, who will? Several brief biographical sketches of the eminent Judgehave been published at various times during the last thirtyyears. The first of these, chronologically and in impor-tance, is An Essay on the Life, Character and Writings ofJohn B. Gibson, LL. D., lately Chief Justice of the SupremeCourt of Pennsylvania, by the late Hon. William A. Por-ter,* of Philadelphia. This essay is an octavo pamphlet of *WiLLiAM Augustus Porter was the son of Gov. David , of Pennsylvania, and was born in Huntingdon county, Penn-sylvania, May 24th, 1821. He was educated at Lafayette College,Easton, Penna, and graduated therefrom with honors in studied law in Easton, and was admitted to the Bar of Northamp-ton county April 23d, 1842, and to the Bar of Philadelphia April 26th,1842. He was District Attorney, Sheriff, and City Solicitor of Philadelphiabetween 1842 and 1858. January 20th, 1858, he was appointed by. Hon, JOHN B, GIBSON, L,L. D. 273 140 pages, and was published in Philadelphia in 1855. Thewriter intended that it should be published in a periodicalto which he had occasionally contributed, but he changedhis mind after the essay was written, and it was issued inpamphlet form. The design of the work is sufficientlyindicated by its title. Very few copies of this essay arenow in existence. The biography of Judge Gibson nextin interest and importance is that contained in The Forum;or, Forty Years Full Practice at the Philadelphia Bar, byDavid Paul Brown,* and pubUshed in Philadelphia in 1856. Governor Packer a Judge of the Supreme Court, to fill the vacancycaused by the resignation of Judge John C. Knox. He performedthe duties of this office until October i8th, 1858, when he resigned. He was one of the Judges of the Court of Alabama Claims, atWashington, D. C, from 1874 to 1876. In 1871
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