PREFACE.
LETTERS, REQUESTING PUBLICATION.
CONTENTS.
DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE.
CHAPTER I. BIRTH. ANCESTRY. PARENTS.
CHAPTER II. EARLY YEARS. SCHOOL DAYS. APPRENTICESHIP.
CHAPTER III. ARRIVAL IN BOSTON. CLERKSHIP. COMMENCES BUSINESS. HABITS. LETTERS.
CHAPTER IV. BUSINESS HABITS. HIS FATHER'S MORTGAGE. RESOLUTIONS. ARRIVAL OF BROTHERS IN BOSTON.
CHAPTER V. VISITS AT GROTON. SICKNESS. LETTER FROM DR.
CHAPTER VI. BRAMBLE NEWS. JUNIOR PARTNER GOES TO ENGLAND. LETTERS TO BROTHER.
CHAPTER VII. DEATH OF SISTER. LETTERS.
CHAPTER VIII. DOMESTIC HABITS. ILLNESS AND DEATH OF WIFE.
CHAPTER IX. JOURNEYS. LETTERS. JOURNEY TO NEW YORK.
CHAPTER X. MARRIAGE. ELECTED TO LEGISLATURE. ENGAGES IN MANUFACTURES. REFLECTIONS.
CHAPTER XI. REFLECTIONS. BUNKER HILL MONUMENT. LETTERS.
CHAPTER XII. JOURNEY TO CANADA. LETTERS. DIARY. CHARITIES.
CHAPTER XIII. CORRESPONDENCE WITH MR. WEBSTER. LETTERS.
CHAPTER XIV. TESTIMONIAL TO MR. WEBSTER. DANGEROUS ILLNESS. LETTERS.
CHAPTER XV. JOURNEY TO NEW HAMPSHIRE. LETTERS. RESIGNS OFFICE OF TRUSTEE AT HOSPITAL. LETTERS.
CHAPTER XVI. DAILY EXERCISE. REGIMEN. IMPROVING HEALTH. LETTERS.
CHAPTER XVII. REFLECTIONS. VISIT TO WASHINGTON. VISIT TO
CHAPTER XVIII. BROTHER'S DEATH. LETTERS. GIFTS. LETTERS. DIA
CHAPTER XIX. REFLECTIONS. LETTERS. ACCOUNT OF EFFORTS TO COMPLETE BUNKER HILL MONUMENT.
CHAPTER XX. INTEREST IN MOUNT AUBURN. REV. DR. SHARP. LETTER
CHAPTER XXI. ACQUAINTANCE WITH PRESIDENT
CHAPTER XXII. DEATH OF HIS DAUGHTER. LETTERS. DONATION TO WILLIAMS COLLEGE. BENEFICENCE. LETTERS.
CHAPTER XXIII. LETTER FROM DR. SHARP. ILLNESS AND DEATH OF SON. LETTERS. AFFLICTIONS.
CHAPTER XXIV. EXPENDITURES. LETTERS. DONATION FOR LIBRARY AT
CHAPTER XXV. DONATION TO LAWRENCE ACADEMY. CORRESPONDENCE WITH
CHAPTER XXVI. CAPTAIN A. S. McKENZIE. DIARY. AID TO IRELAND. MADAM PRESCOTT. SIR WILLIAM COLEBROOKE.
CHAPTER XXVII. MR. LAWRENCE AS AN APPLICANT. LETTERS. DIARY.
CHAPTER XXVIII. REFLECTIONS. VIEWS ON HOLDING
CHAPTER XXIX. SYSTEM IN ACCOUNTS. LETTER FROM PROF.
CHAPTER XXX. CODICIL TO WILL. ILLNESS. GEN. WHITING. LETTERS. DIARY.
CHAPTER XXXI. DIARY. REFLECTIONS. SICKNESS. LETTER PROM REV. DR. SHARP. CORRESPONDENCE.
CHAPTER XXXII. AMIN BEY. AMOUNT OF DONATIONS TO WILLIAMS COLLEGE.
CHAPTER XXXIII. LETTERS. DIARY.
CHAPTER XXXIV. SIR T. F. BUXTON. LETTER FROM LADY BUXTON. ELLIOTT CRESSON. LETTERS.
CHAPTER XXXV. LETTERS REV. DR. SCORESBY. WABASH COLLEGE.
CHAPTER XXXVI. DIARY. AMOUNT OF CHARITIES. LETTERS. THOMAS TARBELL. UNCLE TOBY. REV. DR. LOWELL.
CHAPTER XXXVII. CORRESPONDENCE. DIARY.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. MR. LAWRENCE SERVES AS PRESIDENTIAL
CHAPTER XXXIX. SKETCH OF CHARACTER BY REV. DRS. LOTHROP AND HOPKINS.
CHAPTER XL. CONCLUSION.
INDEX.
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.
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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,
BY
THE EDITOR.
