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Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
ea, he was to be punished by death. Colonial Laws of Massachusetts, edition of 1672, pp 60-61. Indeed, the distinctionch in almost all things else copied the Constitution of Massachusetts of 1783) clauses enacting that every officer of the Stans show their English tone. They found no imitation in Massachusetts save in Marblehead, a purely English settlement, where e, being on the frontier and in the direct line between Massachusetts and Canada, were the scene of many a conflict in the FrMerrimack River, the second great manufacturing town in Massachusetts, Waltham on the Charles being the first. This town, aftion of 1820, by a new section, made cities possible in Massachusetts, fixing the limit of population at which any town could Seth Ames, afterwards Justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, kindly permitted me to read Virgil in his office. He the Hon. Caleb Cushing, then a member of Congress from Massachusetts, to give me an appointment at West Point, a thing of wh
Europe (search for this): chapter 3
superiority or of physical vigor, by breeding in and in, is patent from the well-known condition of the royal families of Europe, among whom there has been so much intermarrying for many years that hardly a reigning monarch in Europe has had any consEurope has had any considerable influence in the conduct of affairs of his own government because of his inferior intellectual qualities. And so far as health and vigor of body is concerned, many people of the royal families can scarcely be said to have a leg to stand on. Wellington, Napoleon, Disraeli, and Bismarck directed the affairs of Europe, if not of the world, more than all the monarchs of their century; and the people govern America. The nobility of England, it is but just to say, stands higher in physical beauty and strength, and in intellectual force, than any other peerage in Europe. But it would long since have died out from inanition, had it not maintained itself by very frequent marriages with the yeomanry and the peasant classes, and by cons
Scotia (search for this): chapter 3
of Ulster in the reign of James I. They had borne the brunt of the siege of Londonderry; they had been the right hand of King William in the battle of Boyne Water; and, being oppressed by their Catholic neighbors after James had been routed from Ireland, they emigrated to New Hampshire. They established themselves in the centre and northern parts of the province, naming their new settlements after their Irish homes, so that to-day, going through their towns of Derry, Londonderry, Chester, Antrim, and Hillsboro, one would almost think that he was travelling in the north of Ireland. These men in position at home were far above the ordinary ranks of life. They were of exceedingly vigorous physical organization; so much so that there was added to them great length of days. The first planters in Londonderry lived to an average of eighty years; some lived to ninety, and others to one hundred. Among the last was William Scovy, who died at the age of one hundred and four. The last two
Marblehead (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
arked as a like pronunciation in Virginia, and, until lately, the pronunciation in England. For example, the proper name Currier was always pronounced as if spelled K-i-a-h, and the highest courts in New Hampshire have judicially determined them to be idem sonans. Goodrich was pronounced as if spelled G-u-t-r-i-d-g-e; Seelye as if spelled C-i-l-l-e-y; and Seabrook as if spelled S-a-y-b-r-o-o-k. These pronunciations show their English tone. They found no imitation in Massachusetts save in Marblehead, a purely English settlement, where Crowninshield was pronounced as if spelled G-r-u-n-s-e-l, and Florence as if spelled F-l-u-r-r-y. The English blood is also seen from the fact that in the earlier times, in the courts of New Hampshire, more form and ceremony was observed, and more outward respect was paid to the judges. This was continued down to a later day than in any other colony. The towns of New Hampshire, being on the frontier and in the direct line between Massachusetts and
Canada (Canada) (search for this): chapter 3
to Mason and Gorges of all the lands between the Merrimack and Sagadahoc, extending back to the Great Lakes and River of Canada. This grant was called Laconia. So little was known of the continent that it was supposed the River of Canada (the St. Canada (the St. Lawrence) was within a hundred miles of the mouth of the Merrimack. It seems to be beyond dispute that this colony of Laconia was established by prominent merchants whose aim was to establish stations for fishing and carrying on commerce. Entire frn any other colony. The towns of New Hampshire, being on the frontier and in the direct line between Massachusetts and Canada, were the scene of many a conflict in the French and Indian wars that were nearly continuous for the first one hundred an of the Merrimack River. Here he had several children, the youngest of whom was my mother. He and his family removed to Canada about the time of my mother's marriage. They were respectable and honorable people, and were certainly long lived, for m
Exeter, N. H. (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
life. A consultation was held by all those who had a right to be consulted, and it was decided that I should be sent to Exeter to be fitted for college, with the hope that a free scholarship might be found for me. I continued my studies, and late in the following autumn I went to Exeter. Here I commenced the study of Latin, and soon afterwards that of Greek. I must say, truthfully, that my learning at Exeter did not amount to much. To be sure, I acquired the Latin grammar with a certainty oExeter did not amount to much. To be sure, I acquired the Latin grammar with a certainty of memory that was excelled only by my uncertainty as to the meanings of the rules it contained. My learning was nothing but memorizing. It was the same in the study of Greek. I was far too young to appreciate the beauties of the Iliad, but I was rergyman, who had befriended my mother, built a house in Lowell for her to occupy, and by his advice I came to Lowell from Exeter at the end of the winter term in 1828, and studied my Latin at home during the spring and summer. Seth Ames, afterwards
Van Buren, Ark. (Arkansas, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
enliven any legal reader to tell that another young gentleman was examined for admission some little time after, and the morning following, he said to me: The judge asked me a question last night which I do not know whether I answered right or not. He asked me what was an administrator de bonis non, and I told him it was an administrator where there was not any goods. I said, I hope he won't reject you on account of that answer, because it is generally right in point of fact, even if wrong in point of law. During the autumn of 1840, I began my education in national politics, making my first speech in favor of Van Buren as against Harrison, who was so triumphantly elected. Harrison's election did me a great good, for, as my speeches did not change the result, I was for a time disgusted with politics and stuck to law, as I would advise every young man to do, until he has secured at least a competence, so as not to be obliged in after life to live upon politics. Decorative Motif.
Northfield, Mass. (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 3
farm in Nottingham, New Hampshire. It is proper, however, that something should be said of that mother, whom I love, honor, and revere beyond any other person ever on earth. Her father and mother were Scotch Presbyterians. My grandfather, Richard Ellison, when a young man, had fought at the battle of Boyne Water for King William, and had received some reward which enabled him and his wife to come to America. He joined the colony about Londonderry, New Hampshire, and took up a farm at Northfield, on the Pemigewassett, or main branch of the Merrimack River. Here he had several children, the youngest of whom was my mother. He and his family removed to Canada about the time of my mother's marriage. They were respectable and honorable people, and were certainly long lived, for my mother's sister lived to exceed the age of one hundred and four years. I, at four years of age, was thought to be a puny child,--probably the results of my mother's anxieties and fears for my father dur
England (United Kingdom) (search for this): chapter 3
ope, if not of the world, more than all the monarchs of their century; and the people govern America. The nobility of England, it is but just to say, stands higher in physical beauty and strength, and in intellectual force, than any other peeragemarriages with the yeomanry and the peasant classes, and by constant accessions from the commercial men and mechanics of England through the appointment of fresh peers therefrom, with an occasional admixture of brewers and Jews. The progeny of a clhe proper names, which was almost as marked as a like pronunciation in Virginia, and, until lately, the pronunciation in England. For example, the proper name Currier was always pronounced as if spelled K-i-a-h, and the highest courts in New Hampshthey were known and seen by her, the daughter of a general and the mother of a captain in the first and second wars with England, and all the pathetic incidents of the wars, like the capture and death of Jane McRea, who was surrendered to the French
Great Lakes (search for this): chapter 3
hical boundaries by lakes and seas continually interlaced each other. Mason, a sea officer and prominent member of the council, obtained, in 1621, an immense tract extending from Salem on the sea around Cape Ann to the Merrimack River, and to the farthest head thereof, with all the islands lying within three miles of the coast. This grant was named Marianna. In 1622, another grant was made to Mason and Gorges of all the lands between the Merrimack and Sagadahoc, extending back to the Great Lakes and River of Canada. This grant was called Laconia. So little was known of the continent that it was supposed the River of Canada (the St. Lawrence) was within a hundred miles of the mouth of the Merrimack. It seems to be beyond dispute that this colony of Laconia was established by prominent merchants whose aim was to establish stations for fishing and carrying on commerce. Entire freedom of religious views was permitted, and Wheelwright and Hutchinson came here when expelled from Ma
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