. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . elected to the Mas-sachusetts Legisla-ture, but owing toill health he was un-able to attend itssessions, or take anactive part in its de-liberations. Re-garded as one of theforemost businessmen and financiersof the East, it is notsurprising that h i ssupport is usuallysought in behalf ofimjjortant commer-cial ventures. Direc-torships innumerablehave been tenderedhim, but his firmsinterests have pre-vented his accept-ance thereof, andl:)eyond a seat at thebo
. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . elected to the Mas-sachusetts Legisla-ture, but owing toill health he was un-able to attend itssessions, or take anactive part in its de-liberations. Re-garded as one of theforemost businessmen and financiersof the East, it is notsurprising that h i ssupport is usuallysought in behalf ofimjjortant commer-cial ventures. Direc-torships innumerablehave been tenderedhim, but his firmsinterests have pre-vented his accept-ance thereof, andl:)eyond a seat at theboard of one impor-tant bank, and sev-eral other organiza-tions, he has hithertodeclined all suchoffers. Three yearsago Mr. Hopewellbecame interested in Southern enterprises, and becamevice-president, and on the death of General Fiske waselected president, of the company that created Harri-man, the new city of Tennessee. The latter office,which has since been assumed by Ex-PostmasterThomas L. James, of New York, he declined. is a member of the Cambridge, Colonial andL^nion clubs of Cambridge, and of the Art Club l82 MASSACHUSETTS OF TO-DAY. THE history of the Old Colony Railroad forms anintegral part of the history of Massachusetts, notonly of to-day, but of the past, and the career of itspresident, Mr. C. F. Choate, is of interest to all who arei nterested in the welfare of the State. That he came tohis present position well equipped for the duties of theoiifice is evidenced by the giant strides that the companyhas made, showing an enterprise well and wiselydirected which has made itself felt all over the FrancisChoate, son of and Marga-ret (Hodges) Choate,was born in Salem,Essex County, Mayi6, 1828. He is alineal descendant ofJ o h n C h o a t e, t h ecommon ancestor ofthis distinguishedfamily in Massachu-setts. John Choatecame from the westof England to thecolonies about 1641,and settled at Che-bacco, now early educati
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