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Forty of Boston's immortals; showing illustrations and giving a brief sketch of forty men of the past whose work would entitle them to a niche in a Boston hall of fame

State Street Trust Company, Boston, 1910. A public-domain text about Boston, accessioned whole so the archive can quote it.

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book

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State Street Trust Company, Boston

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Boston, Mass., Printed for the State Street Trust Company

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1910

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^ 1 ^9 • ^ J''\ ¥'•/% '-W^' /\ °"^^' .*'% \W*° /\. FORTY OF BOSTON'S IMMORTALS SHOWING ILLUSTRATIONS AND GIVING A BRIEF SKETCH OF FORTY MEN OF THE PAST WHOSE WORK WOULD ENTITLE THEM TO A NICHE IN A BOSTON HALL OF FAME PRINTED FOR THE STATE STREET TRUST COMPANY BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS COPYRIGHTED igio Br THE STJTE STREET TRUST CO MP ANT f'^l^ S^ ^ COMPILED ARRANGED AND PRINTED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE WALTON ADVERTISING AND PRINTING COMPANY BOSTON MASS CCI.A258737 I FOREWORD THIS small book presents for your entertain- ment and information the portraits and a concise description of forty of those repre- sentative men who during the past have achieved prominence in various walks of life and whose lives belong to the history of Boston. It does not purpose to be a complete record, but affords merely a glimpse and a thumb-nail history, as it w^ere, of those whom the consensus of opinion would deem worthy of a place in a Boston Hall of Fame. Only those who have spent the greater part of their lives in Boston or Greater Boston, or have accomplished their work here, have been considered. Where no portraits are in existence, monuments have been reproduced. The State Street Trust Company hopes that you will find this brochure worthy of preservation. Thanks are due to Mr. Charles F. Read, of the Bostonian Society, and to Mr. Charles H. Taylor, Jr., for their assistance in the gathering of matter for this book. It is presented to you with the compliments of the State Street Trust Company. Born Derby, England, April 12, 1585 JOHN COTTON Clergyman Died Boston. December 23, 1652 Rev. John Cotton, the vicar of St. Botolph's Church, Boston, England, for more than twenty years, fell under the ban of Archbishop Laud, and fled to New Eng- land, arriving here in 1633. He was ordained in the same year as colleague and teacher of the church in Boston, and became widely known as a preacher. He was deeply versed in the ancient languages, and published many religious works. A tablet was placed to his memory in St. Botolph's Church in 1859, chiefly by his descendants in New England, and a recumbent statue of him was erected in the First Church of Boston a few years ago, also by his descendants. Born Groton, EnjiUind, January 12, 1587 JOHN WINTHROP Governor of Massachusetts Died Boston. March 26, 1640 John Winthrop was made governor of the Massachusetts Bay Company in England in 1629, and came to New England in what is now called the Winthrop fleet. The colonists of this company, who brought their charier with them, settled Boston in 1630, and Winthrop was chosen governor each year until 1634 and for several terms in later years. His rule was marked by ability and firmness. A man of spotless character and the leading citizen in the colony, he was deeply mourned at his death. Born England, IS9S WILLIAM BLACKSTONE First Settler in Boston Died Rehoboth. R.I.. May 26, 167s William Blackstone, a graduate of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, England, and a clergyman, had been the sole inhabitant of Shawmut for several years, when the Winthrop Ctampany settled there in 1630 and gave it the name of Boston. His home was on the southerly slope of the eminence we now call Beacon Hill, near the present corner of Beacon and Charles Streets. In 1634, desiring to continue a life of retiremen

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