Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . tates in 1789, and visited Boston, Mr. Bowdoinshowed him great attention, and appeared highly gratified at the opportunityof manifesting his respect and admiration of his exalted character. It was theopinion of those who well knew Washington and Bowdoin, that they possessedsimilar virtues and qualities to entitle them to the high rega
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . tates in 1789, and visited Boston, Mr. Bowdoinshowed him great attention, and appeared highly gratified at the opportunityof manifesting his respect and admiration of his exalted character. It was theopinion of those who well knew Washington and Bowdoin, that they possessedsimilar virtues and qualities to entitle them to the high regard and gratitude of ourfavored republic. Mr. Bowdoin furnished several articles for the volumes ofthe learned academy of which he was president; the chief was that ori light,in which he advocated the theory of Newton. He left a handsome legacy andhis valuable library to the institution. He was a member of the Royal Socie-ties of London and Dublin ; and received the honorary degree of doctor of lawsfrom the University of Edinburgh. To all his other honors we may justly addthat derived from a public profession of the faith and an exemplary display ofthe virtues of Christianity, His death occurred in 1790, in. the sixty-fifth yearof his age. 308 JOHN JOHN HOWARD. JOHN HOWARD, the celebrated philanthropist, was born at Hackney, in Eng-land, in 1726. He was apprenticed to a grocer, but his constitution beingdelicate, and having an aversion to trade, he purchased his indentures and wentabroad. On his return he lodged with a widow lady, whom he afterward mar-ried. After the decease of Mrs. Howard, who lived only about three years,he, in 1756, embarked for Lisbon, in order to view the effects of the recentearthquake, but on the passage the ship was taken and carried to France. Thehardships he suffered and witnessed during his imprisonment first roused hisattention to the subject of his future labors. On being released, Mr. Howard returned to England, and retired to a villain t
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