Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . Rev. Alger and Horatio Alger, literary men of note,trace their descent; and on the maternal side toAnthony Morse, who settled in Newbury, Mass., in1632, one of seven brothers of that name. Hiseducation was pursued in the public schools at Can-ton, Mass., and the Dracut, Mass., academy. Forseveral years he was connected with the Vox Pop-uli, of Lowell. He studied law in the office ofAlpheus R. Brown at Lowell, and was admitted tothe bar in 18
Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . Rev. Alger and Horatio Alger, literary men of note,trace their descent; and on the maternal side toAnthony Morse, who settled in Newbury, Mass., in1632, one of seven brothers of that name. Hiseducation was pursued in the public schools at Can-ton, Mass., and the Dracut, Mass., academy. Forseveral years he was connected with the Vox Pop-uli, of Lowell. He studied law in the office ofAlpheus R. Brown at Lowell, and was admitted tothe bar in 1845. Shortly after he formed a part-nership with Mr. Brown, under the firm name ofBrown & Alger. The firm continued to practiselaw in Lowell and Boston until 1872, when theydiscontinued their Lowell office, and confined theirbusiness to their Boston office. The firm of Browni& Alger existed for more than forty years, one of 24 BOSTON OF TO-DAY. the best-known in Boston, continuing until the re-tirement from active practice of the senior mem-ber, Mr. Brown, two years prior to his death, whichoccurred in November, 1889. Mr. .-Mger is now. E. A. ALGER. engaged in the practice of his profession at No. 23Court street, Boston. During his residence inLowell he served for three years as an alderman ofthe city. He removed from Lowell with his familyin the spring of 1872, to Cambridge, Mass., wherehe now resides. He has been an active and life-long Democrat, and has been interested in advanc-ing the interests of the Universalist denomination,to which religious faith he has been strongly at-tached. He is a member of the Boston Bar Asso-ciation and of the Law Library. Mr. Alger wasmarried to Miss Amanda M. Buswell, at Hartland,Vt., in 1844. Of their nine children, eight arenow living. Allen, Dewey, son of Charles Francisand Olive Ely (Dewey) Allen, was born in Wor-cester, Mass., Aug. 16, 1850. He was educatedin the Worcester schools and at Yale College, fromwhich he graduated in 1873
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