Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . teenth century. Through Muriel (Sed-ley) Gurdon, wife of Richard Saltonstall (1610),son of Sir Richard Saltonstall (1586) and GraceKaye, wife of Sir Richard, the descent is had fromthe oldest famihes in England and Scotland. Thefirst ancestor in this country was Sir Richard, ofHuntwick, knight, lord of the manor of Ledsham,near Leeds, England, who began the setdement ofWatertown in 1630, and was original patentee ofMassachusetts and Connecticut. H
Boston of to-day; a glance at its history and characteristicsWith biographical sketches and portraits of many of its professional and business men . teenth century. Through Muriel (Sed-ley) Gurdon, wife of Richard Saltonstall (1610),son of Sir Richard Saltonstall (1586) and GraceKaye, wife of Sir Richard, the descent is had fromthe oldest famihes in England and Scotland. Thefirst ancestor in this country was Sir Richard, ofHuntwick, knight, lord of the manor of Ledsham,near Leeds, England, who began the setdement ofWatertown in 1630, and was original patentee ofMassachusetts and Connecticut. His son Richardcame to New England in 1630, and settled in Iijs-wich in 1635. Mr. Siltonstalls grandfather wasNathaniel Saltonstall, an eminent physician andpatriot of Haverhill. Nathaniels son Leverett(Harvard, 1802), the father of Mr. Saltonstall, waseminent as an advocate, speaker of the House ofRepresentatives, president of the State Senate,member of Congress, and , ,Harvard University, and a member of the board ofoverseers. Sampsiin, Walikr S., was born in Plymouth, Mass.,Feb. 22, 1835. He joined the army at the outbreak. WALTER S. SAMPSON. of the Civil War as captain of Company K, SixthRegiment Massachusetts Volunteers, which, while BOSTON OF TO-DAY. 381 marching through the streets of Baltimore on theirway to Washington, received the first fire of the warfrom the mob in that city, and posted first guard atthe capitol, relieving the police. He was after-wards cajitain in the Twenty-second Regiment, andser\eil with distinction throughout the entire returning home he engaged with Otis Went-worth, the well-known builder, and was his foremanfor ten years until 1875, when, in company with Clark, he formed the present building-firm ofSampson, Clark, & Co. They have taken and suc-cessfully completed some of the heaviest contractsknown, contracting for every branch of the work ofconstruction and finishing. The new Court Houseis their latest large s
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