 | Samuel Kirkland Lothrop - Funeral sermons - 1842 - 516 pages
...years, from 1824 to 1836, he was a faithful, laborious, and useful member of the Standing Committee. He was a member of the convention for the revision of the State Constitution in 1820, and among the few surviving members of that body who were returned thirtythree years afterwards to... | |
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Humanities - 1873 - 742 pages
...NY Although Mr. Mitchell was little of a politician, he held many honorable positions in the State. He was a member of the Convention for the Revision of the Constitution of Massachusetts, in 1820. Twentyfour years afterwards he was a member of the State Senate,... | |
 | Chandler Eastman Potter - Manchester (N.H.) - 1856 - 948 pages
...Read took very little part in the politics of the day, after he came to Manchester, still, in 1851, he was a member of the Convention for the revision of the Constitution. His first wife was Miss Rebecca French, daughter of Frederick French, Esq. of Amherst.... | |
 | D. S. King - 1861 - 114 pages
...fight." The confidence of-his townsmen was ever manifest by placing him in important positions. In 1820 he was a member of the Convention for the Revision of the State Constitution. In 1829 he was, by choice of the General Court, a member of the Executive Council. In 1832 he was appointed... | |
 | New England - 1866 - 466 pages
...three years afterwards, he was elected a member of the Corporation of Harvard College ; and in 1820, a member of the Convention for the revision of the State Constitution. In this able and dignified body he held a conspicuous rank. His remarks upon the various questions which... | |
 | Alfred Mudge - 1868 - 542 pages
..." The confidence of his townsmen was ever manifest by placing him in important positions. In 1820, he was a member of the convention for the revision of the State Constitution. In 1829, he was, by choice of the General Court, a member of the Executive Council. In 1832, he was appointed... | |
 | Baptists - 1869 - 498 pages
...different times in both Houses of the Legislature, greatly to the satisfaction of his friend«. In 1820, he was a member of the Convention for the revision of the State Constitution, and there worked manfully for the cause of religious liberty and the rights of conscience — a cause... | |
 | J. W. Meader - Merrimack River (N.H. and Mass.) - 1869 - 324 pages
...Read took very little part in the politics of the day after he came to Manchester ; still, in 1851, he was a member of the convention for the revision of the Constitution. His first wife was Miss Rebecca French, daughter of Frederic French, Esq., of Amherst.... | |
 | Yale university - 1870 - 408 pages
...labored for the good of the community, and especially for the improvement of the common schools. In 1851 he was a member of the Convention for the revision of the State Constitution. In 1845-6 he. revised Colton's Greek Reader, furnishing for it an entirely new lexicon. His eminence as... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1870 - 780 pages
...in the State government. He served at different times in both Houses of the Legislature, and in 1820 was a member of the convention for the revision of the State constitution. In 1827 he joined a colony from the Second Church in the formation of what is now the Clarendon Street... | |
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College, and in 1820 a member of the convention for the revision of the State Constitution. In this able and dignified body he held a conspicuous rank. 
