History of Essex County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . ing and publishing business until was a Representative from the city of Boston inthe Legislature of 1855, and in the same year was amember of the City Council from the Third in 1856 he was appointed a clerk in the officeof the secretary of the commonwealth of Massachu-setts, and prepared for publication the State censusof 1855. He remained in the secretarys office untilthe firing upon Fort Sumter, employing his leisurehours in the study of law, with the intention o
History of Essex County, Massachusetts : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . ing and publishing business until was a Representative from the city of Boston inthe Legislature of 1855, and in the same year was amember of the City Council from the Third in 1856 he was appointed a clerk in the officeof the secretary of the commonwealth of Massachu-setts, and prepared for publication the State censusof 1855. He remained in the secretarys office untilthe firing upon Fort Sumter, employing his leisurehours in the study of law, with the intention of mak-ing that his profession, being encouraged and assistedin his purpose by Hon. Anson Burlingame, of whomhe was an ardent friend and supporter. Having re-moved to Lynn in 1856, he was chosen librarian ofthe Lynn Library Association, and until the outbreakof the war actively promoted the interests of that or-ganization, whose collection of books subsequentlybecame the nucleus of the present Public Library inthat city. He was also prominently connected withthe Sabbath-school of the First Baptist Church in.
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