...appointed to the valuable office of Collector of the Port of New York, which he declined. In 1858, the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on him by the Faculty of Hamilton College, New York. Since the expiration of his senatorial term, he has been...

...societies in this country and in Europe. In 1824, the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him by Bowdoin College. In private life he was universally...demonstrations of respect to his character and memory. Nov. 21. — In Hartford, Conn., Dr. John L. Comstock, widely known as the author of valuable text-books...

...societies in this country and in Europe. In 1821. the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him by Bowdoin College. In private life he was universally...his unblemished moral character, and his genial and aff.ible disposition. His death called forth unusual and remarkable demonstrations of respect to his...

...Aberdeen, Professor Richardson of Glasgow, and Dr. John Hunter of St. Andrews ; while in the year 1808, the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on him by Marischal College, Aberdeen. In the same year, having come forward as a candidate for the classical...

...of the Royal Society in June 1837, and was a member of other metropolitan and provincial Societies. The honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on him by Trinity College, Dublin, in 1857." This brief notice of one who was for twenty-seven years an honour...

...of a vigorous, mental and physical constitution, maintained by habits of out-door exercise. In 1849 the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on him by Harvard University. He married, in 1825, Clarissa Allain, of Louisiana, by whom he had six children—four...

...of graduates of Bowdoin College of more than fifty years. He was a member of the American Academy ef Arts and Sciences, and of many literary and scientific...conferred on him by Bowdoin College. In private life ho was universally respected for his unblemished moral character, and his genial and affable disposition....

...thirty-two years of age, he was honored by Harvard College with the degree of Master of Arts. In 1855, the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on him by Bowdoin College. In 1816, in conjunction with Judge Bridge and Thomas L. Winthrop, of Boston, Mr. Williams became the purchaser...

...thirty-two years of age, he was honored by Harvard College with the degree of Master of Arts. In 1855, the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on him by Bowdoin College. In 1816, in conjunction with Judge Bridge and Thomas L. Winthrop, of Boston, Mr. Williams became the purchaser...

...President of the Society, Lord Macclesfield. Some years afterwards, when Franklin visited England, the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred on him by the Universities of Oxford, of Edinburgh, and of St. Andrew's, and he was elected a member of all the...