. Biographical history of Massachusetts : biographies and autobiographies of the leading men in the state . eld in was the first charitable society to be founded by the womenof Boston. Senator, business man, lawyer, statesman, banker, JonathanMason, Junior, was a leader of his generation. His was a brilliantmind, keen in business operations and pioneer in the organizationof new forms of pubHc service. He knew by a sort of instinct wherepopulation would be likely to increase and which portions of thecity would be in demand by those who contemplated the purchaseof homes. He was a lawye
. Biographical history of Massachusetts : biographies and autobiographies of the leading men in the state . eld in was the first charitable society to be founded by the womenof Boston. Senator, business man, lawyer, statesman, banker, JonathanMason, Junior, was a leader of his generation. His was a brilliantmind, keen in business operations and pioneer in the organizationof new forms of pubHc service. He knew by a sort of instinct wherepopulation would be likely to increase and which portions of thecity would be in demand by those who contemplated the purchaseof homes. He was a lawyer of abiHty and was held in high was possessed of great dignity of character. His service in theSenate of the United States was substantial. He filled a largeposition in his day, in his city and in the nation. Surrounded from his infancy by the noble standards of the mostcultivated society, he improved the advantages that were his andadded greatly to the family prestige. He paved the way for thehonorable careers of his son, WilUam Powell Mason, and his grand-son, William Powell Mason, 7y//rrr /// y(A ^^i^^//.fy//a^c a^o// WILLIAM POWELL MASON WILLIAM POWELL MASON was born in Boston, Decem-ber 9, 1791, and died in his native city December 4, father, Jonathan Mason, was a distinguished juristand United States senator; the son of Jonathan and Susannah(Powell) Mason. His mother was a daughter of John Powell. WiUiam Powell Mason prepared for college in the Boston publicschools. He graduated at Harvard College in the class of 1811,and at once took up the study of law in the office of HonorableCharles Jackson. He was admitted to practice in the Court ofCommon Pleas in Boston in September, 1814, and in the SupremeJudicial Court in December, 1816. In that year he succeeded JohnGallison as reporter of the first circuit of the United States. From1819 to 1831 he published the Reports of Cases in the UnitedStates Circuit Court for the First Circuit, from 1816 to
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