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Lives of American Merchants (2)

Lives of American Merchants (2)

Hunt, Freeman

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General United States History

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ISBN10: 1150357460
ISBN13: 9781150357466
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 332
Weight: 1.07
Height: 0.74 Width: 9.01 Depth: 5.98
Language: English
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 edition. Excerpt: ...absolute need of. Here, at this moment, it is not in the power of the great railroad companies to secure a competent engineer to carry forward their work, so much are the services of such men in demand. In the year 1839 Mr. Lawrence had the misfortune to lose his eldest brother very suddenly. Mr. Luther Lawrence, after studying at Harvard College, had selected the law for his profession, and had settled at Groton, which town he represented for twelve years in the Massachusetts Legislature. He was chosen Speaker of the House of Representatives for the session of 1821-22. In 1831 he was induced to remove to Lowell, by the representations of his brothers, and to assume the presidency of a bank which had just been established there. He was elected mayor of Lowell in 1838. On the 17th of April, 1839, he accompanied an old friend and connection, who was on a visit at Lowell, to inspect the works of the Middlesex Manufacturing Company, recently erected by his brothers. In passing rapidly through one of the rooms, he made a misstep, and was precipitated many feet into a wheel-pit, causing almost instant death. Mr. Lawrence felt this misfortune deeply, though he summoned religion to his aid, and not in vain. In a letter to his sisters he wrote: Brother L.'s death may, perhaps, be more efficient in instructing us in the path of duty than would have been his life; and the whole community around is admonished by this event in a way that I have rarely seen so marked. The homage to his character is a legacy to his children of more value than all the gold of the mint. Shall we, then, repine at his separation from us? Surely not. He has fulfilled his mission, and is taken home, with all his powers fresh and perfect, and with the character of having used...

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