Annual Obituary Notices of Eminent Persons Who Have Died in the United States (Volume 2)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1858 Excerpt: ...friendship of Mr. Webster and other personal friends of his father residing in Washington, he was called to fill a clerkship in the land office from 1836 to 1845, when he was removed for political reasons, and entered at once upon the practice of law, for which he had been making constant preparation amid courts and scenes best calculated to give dignity, and excite the highest aspirations of professional ambition--how successfully, we must let the eminent judges of the courts and members of the bar of that city speak. There are very few incidents in the life and efforts of the lawyer which can be known by the community at large, or can make impressions upon the public mind. The toil, the study, the learning, and the eloquence of the bar are seldom appreciated bevond the temples of justice, beyond the judges and attorneys themselves. It is a common course, we know, for judges and lawyers to hold meetings and pass resolutions upon the death of a member of the fraternity, so that real character may not always appear in their resolutions; but the doings and sayings of his bereaved associates are so free, so full, and eloquent, that we can do no better service to his memory and merit than to draw largely upon this sparkling fountain of his eulogy. At the opening of the Court of Claims, March 17, 1857, R. S. Coxe, Esq., announced the death of A. II. Lawrence, Esq., as follows: --May it please your honors: At the suggestion of several of my brethren of this bar, the painful duty has devolved upon me to announce the death of one of the most estimable members of this body. Alexander H. Lawrence expired last night. He has long been known in this community; and those who have had much intercourse with him will unanimously accord to him the character of great abi...