Extracts from the Diary and Correspondence of the Late Amos Lawrence; with a brief account of some incidents of his life
Truly Yours Amos Lawrence R Andrews Print.
WITH A
Brief Account of Some Incidents in his Life.
EDITED BY HIS SON, WILLIAM R. LAWRENCE, M. D.
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BOSTON: G O U L D A N D L I N C O L N, 59 WASHINGTON STREET. NEW YORK: SHELDON, LAMPORT & BLAKEMAN. LONDON: TRUBNER & CO. 1856.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, by WILLIAM R. LAWRENCE, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts
BOSTON: Stereotyped by HOBART & ROBBINS, New England Type and Stereotype Foundery. ——— Press of George C. Rand & Avery.
To his
ONLY SURVIVING BROTHER,
A M O S A. L A W R E N C E, OF BOSTON,
This Volume is Affectionately Inscribed,
Amos Lawrence
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PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE.
BIRTH.—ANCESTRY.—PARENTS.
EARLY YEARS.—SCHOOL DAYS.—APPRENTICESHIP.
ARRIVAL IN BOSTON.—CLERKSHIP.—COMMENCES BUSINESS.—HABITS.—LETTERS.
BUSINESS HABITS.—HIS FATHER'S MORTGAGE.—RESOLUTIONS.—ARRIVAL OF BROTHERS IN BOSTON.
VISITS AT GROTON.—SICKNESS.—LETTER FROM DR. SHATTUCK.—ENGAGEMENT.—LETTER TO REV. DR. GANNETT.—MARRIAGE.
BRAMBLE NEWS.—JUNIOR PARTNER GOES TO ENGLAND.—LETTERS TO BROTHER.
DEATH OF SISTER.—LETTERS.
DOMESTIC HABITS.—ILLNESS AND DEATH OF WIFE.
JOURNEYS.—LETTERS.—JOURNEY TO NEW YORK.
MARRIAGE.—ELECTED TO LEGISLATURE.—ENGAGES IN MANUFACTURES.—REFLECTIONS.
REFLECTIONS.—BUNKER HILL MONUMENT.—LETTERS.
JOURNEY TO CANADA.—LETTERS.—DIARY.—CHARITIES.
CORRESPONDENCE WITH MR. WEBSTER.—LETTERS.
TESTIMONIAL TO MR. WEBSTER.—DANGEROUS ILLNESS.—LETTERS.
JOURNEY TO NEW HAMPSHIRE.—LETTERS.—RESIGNS OFFICE OF TRUSTEE AT HOSPITAL.—LETTERS.
DAILY EXERCISE.—REGIMEN.—IMPROVING HEALTH.—LETTERS.
REFLECTIONS.—VISIT TO WASHINGTON.—VISIT TO RAINSFORD ISLAND.—VIEWS OF DEATH.—REFLECTIONS.
BROTHER'S DEATH.—LETTERS.—GIFTS.—LETTERS.—DIARY.—APPLICANTS FOR AID.—REFLECTIONS.—LETTER FROM REV. DR. STONE.—DIARY.
REFLECTIONS.—LETTERS.—ACCOUNT OF EFFORTS TO COMPLETE BUNKER HILL MONUMENT.
INTEREST IN MOUNT AUBURN.—REV. DR. SHARP.—LETTER FROM BISHOP McILVAINE.—LETTER FROM JUDGE STORY.
ACQUAINTANCE WITH PRESIDENT HOPKINS.—LETTERS.—AFFECTION FOR BRATTLE-STREET CHURCH.—DEATH OF MRS. APPLETON.—LETTERS.—AMESBURY CO.
DEATH OF HIS DAUGHTER.—LETTERS.—DONATION TO WILLIAMS COLLEGE.—BENEFICENCE.—LETTERS.
LETTER FROM DR. SHARP.—ILLNESS AND DEATH OF SON.—LETTERS.—AFFLICTIONS.
EXPENDITURES.—LETTERS.—DONATION FOR LIBRARY AT WILLIAMS COLLEGE.—VIEWS ON STUDY OF ANATOMY.
DONATION TO LAWRENCE ACADEMY.—CORRESPONDENCE WITH R. G. PARKER.—SLEIGH-RIDES.—LETTERS.—AVERSION TO NOTORIETY.—CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
CAPTAIN A. S. McKENZIE.—DIARY.—AID TO IRELAND.—MADAM PRESCOTT.—SIR WILLIAM COLEBROOKE.
MR. LAWRENCE AS AN APPLICANT.—LETTERS.—DIARY.—PRAYER AND MEDITATIONS.—LIBERALITY TO A CREDITOR.—LETTERS.
REFLECTIONS.—VIEWS ON HOLDING OFFICE.—LETTERS.—CAPTAIN A. SLIDELL McKENZIE.—DEATH OF BROTHER, AND OF HON. J. MASON.
SYSTEM IN ACCOUNTS.—LETTER FROM PROF. STUART.—LETTERS.—DIARY.—DR. HAMILTON.—FATHER MATTHEW.
CODICIL TO WILL.—ILLNESS.—GEN. WHITING.—LETTERS.—DIARY.
DIARY.—REFLECTIONS.—SICKNESS.—LETTER PROM REV. DR. SHARP.—CORRESPONDENCE.
AMIN BEY.—AMOUNT OF DONATIONS TO WILLIAMS COLLEGE.
LETTERS.—DIARY.
SIR T. F. BUXTON.—LETTER FROM LADY BUXTON.—ELLIOTT CRESSON.—LETTERS.
LETTERS—REV. DR. SCORESBY.—WABASH COLLEGE.
DIARY.—AMOUNT OF CHARITIES.—LETTERS.—THOMAS TARBELL.—UNCLE TOBY.—REV. DR. LOWELL.
CORRESPONDENCE.—DIARY.
MR. LAWRENCE SERVES AS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR.—GEN. FRANKLIN PIERCE.—SUDDEN DEATH.—FUNERAL.
SKETCH OF CHARACTER BY REV. DRS. LOTHROP AND HOPKINS.
CONCLUSION.
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