[53] Alexander the First of Russia was elected a member, and, supposing the society to be an honorable one, forwarded to it a valuable present.
[54] He made speeches on the Fourth of July at five or six o'clock in the morning, and had them printed and ready for sale, as soon as delivered, from his cart on Boston Common, from which he sold various articles.
[55] Tibbets, a gambler, was attacked by Snelling through the
columns of the New England Galaxy.
[56] Referring to the degree given to the Russian Alexander,
and the present received in return.
[57] 1851.
[58] See DIG. In this case, those who had parts at two
Exhibitions are thus designated.
[59] Jonathan Leonard, who afterwards graduated in the class of
1786.
[60] 1851.
[61] William A. Barron, who was graduated in 1787, and was tutor from 1793 to 1800, was "among his contemporaries in office … social and playful, fond of bon-mots, conundrums, and puns." Walking one day with Shapleigh and another gentleman, the conversation happened to turn upon the birthplace of Shapleigh, who was always boasting that two towns claimed him as their citizen, as the towns, cities, and islands of Greece claimed Homer as a native. Barron, with all the good humor imaginable, put an end to the conversation by the following epigrammatic impromptu:—
"Kittery and York for Shapleigh's birth contest;
Kittery won the prize, but York came off the best."