Salem THOMAS SAVAGE RICH'D WALDRON JOHN RICHARDS. Charlestown Dorchester Boston Watertown Cambridge Joseph Cooke Richard Walker Joshua Hobart Samuel Dalton Richard Martyn John Wait George Corwin William Sumner Samuel White John Flint Thomas Brattle * Quincy William Johnson James Convers John Wait Thomas Chandler John Dodge Capt. Goodenow John Hull Samuel Worcester George Barber Abraham Williams Robert Tucker Samuel Foster William Haskell James Stevens * Probably Edmund Quincy. A correction ought to be made page 208, where for Edward Quincy, read Edmund Quincy. Extract from the Records of the House of Deputies of Massachusetts. 1 Nov. 1654. Whereas it is judged most comely, convenient, and conducible to the dispatch of public service, that the deputies of the General Court should diet together, especially at dinner, it is therefore ordered that the deputies of the General Court the next ensuing year, viz. 1655, shall all accordingly dine together, and that Lieut. Phillips, the keeper of the said tavern, shall be paid for the same by the Treasurer for the time being by discounting the same in the custom of wine, payable by the said Philips, and that the treasurer shall be repaid by the several towns according to the charges of their respective deputies, with their next country rate, by the same kind of payment, and it is further ordered for the prevention of unsettledness and other distractions for the future, that the deputies of the General Court shall yearly and every year, from time to time, before the dissolving of the last session thereof, accordingly take some effectual course in this case, in such sort as to themselves shall seem best that the deputies of the next succeeding Court may not be occasioned to seek their own settlement in this, and so retard public service; and it's further ordered, that the deputies shall give notice hereof to the deputies that shall be chosen for the succeeding year, from time to time. This is passed as an order respecting the House of deputies. An agreement was made with Lieut. Phillips by the deputies now assembled in the General Court, that the deputies of the next Court of Elections shall sit in the new Court Chamber, and be dieted with breakfast, dinner, and supper, with wine and beer between meals, with fire and beds, at the rate of 3s. per day-so many as take all their diet as aforesaid at the said housebut such as only dine, and not sup, to pay 18d. for their dinners with wine and beer betwixt meals, but by wine is intended a cup each man at dinner and supper, and no more." 1 Memoir of Nathaniel A. Haven, Jr., Esquire. NATHANIEL A. HAVEN, Jr. was born at Portsmouth, N. H. on the 14th of January, 1790. He' was the son of the Honorable Nathaniel A. Haven, and grandson of the Rev. Samuel Haven D. D. He commenced his early education at the well known school of Deacon Amos Tappan, in Portsmouth. At the age of ten years, he entered,' as a student, at Exeter Academy; at which institution he remained three years. In August, 1803, he was admitted a member of the freshman class, at Harvard College, and took his first degree, in due course, in 1807. In noticing the character and pursuits of Mr. Haven, we must be permitted to avail ourselves of some parts of an Address, delivered before a literary society, of which he was a member, on the occasion of his death. It is amid the institutions of intellectual and moral improvement, that we find the memorials of Haven's labours-in the affections of the community, the estimation of his life. While parents, generally, manifest extreme anxiety to place their children in affluence, it may, perhaps, be deemed rash to say, that such is a condition often unfavorable to high intellectual attainments.It is true, that great energy of mind is called for, to contend with poverty in childhood-it is also true, that such energy is acquired by the very efforts of the struggle, while early unyielding principle alone is safe from the seductive influence of wealth. Its fascinating temptations and enervating indulgencies are, not unfrequently, serpents around the cradle, that require to be dealt with, by the hand of a Hercules. Born to opulence, Haven, from infancy, encountered and conquered those perils, to which human nature has been found least capable of resistance. That employment, which, by many, is deemed an irksome task, he, from choice, engaged in, and after finishing his collegiate course, spent a year, as an assistant instructor, at Exeter Academy. The pecuniary compensation, could not, with him, have deserved a thought; but the duty has never been assumed, with a proper estimation of importance, when its discipline upon the mind and character of him, who performs it, has not been most salutary in all the future relations of life. The three succeeding years were devoted to the study of the law, in the office of that eminent jurist, the Honorable Jeremiah Mason. He was admitted at the bar, in February term, 1811, and commenced the practice in his native town. His constitution was delicate,and a too close application to study had so much impaired his health, that, to unite the means of its restoration with the acquisition of knowledge, he passed the year 1815 in trav elling in England and upon the continent of Europe. That it was not idly spent, the rich stores of his mind bore ample testimony. On his return, he resumed his professional avocation and pursued it through life. The profession, which he chose, has, at all times, been subjected to the reproaches of the illiterate and illiberal. The science of the law, they have represented as artifice, and its practice chicanery. To say,that unworthy members may have perverted its objects and abused its privileges, is no more, than with equal truth can be said of every institution, human and divine. To resist such imputation, we need only refer to its annals, in this state, and cast our eye upon a long roll of patriots, statesmen and literary champions, not less distinguished for purity and integrity of character, than for high mental endowments, where the name of Haven is itself a triumph. The benefits of a strict adherence to system and method, which extended to all his pursuits, were early experienced in his professional studies. With untiring industry, he explored the fundamental principles of the science, and his perseverance soon divested the most forbidding topics of their difficulties. In practice, his intercourse with the court and bar was marked by that suavity of manner and gentlemanly deportment, which in all places has secured him respect and esteem. It probably has never fallen to the lot of any one, to preserve, through all the vicissitudes of the legal profession, a perfect equanimity of temper. Few, however, have succeeded better in acquiring such self control. His deliberation and calmness were not the result of indifference, or insensibility, but of dif ficult and severe discipline. His daily process exhibited the result of studious research in ascertaining the rights of his clients; integrity and skill in counsel, and diligent attention in the preparation and conduct of their suits. His multiplied and constantly increasing engagements, were the highest proofs of confidence and approbation. The little arts of little minds were no part of his practice. His principles prohibited them. A refined and cultivated taste had not best fitted him for the often too harsh extemporaneous collisions of the forum. His career was marked by no sudden burst of applause-no high demands on the voice of the multitude. On the broad foundations of deep and solid learning he rested his reputation, and lived to see it the object of admiration to the wise and good. His fame was not as the transient flash of the meteor, brilliant and momentary, but from the beginning of his course, as the gradual rising of the morning, its light continued to brighten to the fullness of meridian day. Those who felt a deep interest in the character of our judicial tribunals, |