Produced by Roberta Staehlin, Charlene Taylor, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) SKETCHES OF SUCCESSFUL NEW HAMPSHIRE MEN Illustrated with Steel Portraits. MANCHESTER: JOHN B. CLARKE. 1882. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1882, by JOHN B. CLARKE, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. PUBLISHER'S PREFACE. This volume contains portraits and biographical sketches of eighty-eight New Hampshire men whose deserved success in their several callings has made them conspicuous in the professional, business, and political world. It should be the first of a series,--the beginning of a work so extensive as to include similar presentations in regard to all the prominent men of our state, when it would exceed in value and interest to New Hampshire people all other publications of a biographical nature. The glory of our state centers in and is reflected from her great men and noble women, whose history should be familiar to all who by birth or association are interested in her fame and welfare, and especially to those in whose hands rests her future, and who may need the strengthening influence of their example. To this end this volume will contribute. Its preparation has occupied a long time, and involved much labor and expense. My connection with it has been that of a publisher, whose duties I have endeavored to discharge faithfully and acceptably. All else is to be credited to others. The sketches are printed in the order in which they were furnished. JOHN B. CLARKE. MANCHESTER, N. H., July, 1882. CONTENTS. PAGE ADAMS, CHARLES, JR. 278 ADAMS, PHINEHAS 166 AMORY, WILLIAM 151 BALCH, CHARLES E. 113 BARNARD, DANIEL 304 BARTLETT, CHARLES H. 33 BARTON, LEVI WINTER 50 BLAIR, HENRY WILLIAM 285 BRACEWELL, JOHN 199 BRIGGS, JAMES F. 294 BRYANT, NAPOLEON B. 187 BUFFUM, DAVID HANSON 276 CARPENTER, JOSIAH 43 CHANDLER, GEORGE BYRON 185 CHANDLER, WILLIAM E. 255 CHENEY, GILMAN 215 CHENEY, PERSON C. 162 CLARK, JOSEPH BOND 179 CLARKE, JOHN B. 311 CLARKE, WILLIAM C. 261 COGSWELL, FRANCIS 177 COGSWELL, GEORGE 204 COGSWELL, THOMAS 160 COGSWELL, WILLIAM 137 COLBY, ANTHONY 251 CROSBY, ASA AND SONS 243 CUMNER, NATHANIEL WENTWORTH 297