. A history of the town of Franklin, Mass.; from its settlement to the completion of its first century, 2d March, 1878; with genealogical notices of its earliest families, sketches of its professional men, and a report of the centennial celebration . devotion to study was continued in his legal prac-tice, so that it is said during his fourteen years of office life, oruntil he left his profession in 1837, he gained at least four-fifths ofall cases committed to him. But this success w^as doubtless be-cause he had one inflexible rule — never to undertake a case whichhe did not believe to be right
. A history of the town of Franklin, Mass.; from its settlement to the completion of its first century, 2d March, 1878; with genealogical notices of its earliest families, sketches of its professional men, and a report of the centennial celebration . devotion to study was continued in his legal prac-tice, so that it is said during his fourteen years of office life, oruntil he left his profession in 1837, he gained at least four-fifths ofall cases committed to him. But this success w^as doubtless be-cause he had one inflexible rule — never to undertake a case whichhe did not believe to be right. In 1827 Mr. Mann w\as chosen as * So says The American Portrait Gallery. But John Barrett-wrotethe*English grammar, of which we have a copy. He was of Hopkinton, the grand-son of the first minister, Rev. Samuel, horn 1759, and died 4th April, 1821. He•was eccentric and wayward, but hardly to the degree described ADDENDA. 167 Representative of Dedhfim to the Legislature by the Whig part3\He soon became a conspicuous member of that bod}, and was an-nually returned by increasing majorities of his townsmen while heresided in Dedham. His first speech was in opposition to closereligious corporations, and his second in favor of railroads, sup-posed to be the first speech printed in an} legislature on that nowdominant interest. He earnestl} advocated the suppression of in-temperance and lotteries, and the elevation of the public introduced, sustained and carried through the bill for establish-ing a State Lunatic Hospital, and was chairman of its first boardof trustees. He was one of a committee for codifying the laws ofthe State. In 1833 Mr. Mann removed to Boston and formed a law part-nership with Hon. Edward G. Loring. At the next election hewas chosen State Senator for Suffolk count}, which office hefilled for four successive years. He was president of that bodyin 1836 and 1837. He was
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