The Olden Time Series: Vol. 2: The Days of the Spinning-Wheel in New England: Gleanings Chiefly from old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, MassachusettsBrooks, Henry M. (Henry Mason)
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The Olden Time Series: Vol. 2: The Days of the Spinning-Wheel in New England: Gleanings Chiefly from old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts
Brooks, Henry M. (Henry Mason)
New England -- Social life and customs; Spinning
ON Thursday last died at his Seat in the Country, after two
Days Illness, OBADIAH BROWN, Esq; in the 50th Year of his
Age. He was one of the most considerable Men in this Town:
In the various Branches of Business which he carried on, his
Activity was unequalled, his Judgment and Prudence oftener
admired than imitated, his Honesty and Integrity fit to be
drawn into Example.--As a Magistrate, he was judicious,
grave, and reserved:--As a Friend, constant, open,
facetious, and cheerful:--In the Relations of a Husband,
Father, and Master, the deep and real Sorrow of his Widow,
the mournful Tears of his Children, and the unusual Cries
and Lamentations of his Servants, are invincible Proofs in
his Favour. His Beneficence is witnessed by the Sighs of the
Poor and Thanks of the Tradesmen: And his Death is
universally lamented, because his Life was universally
useful.
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Notice of Hon. Daniel Russell, from the "Boston Gazette":--
_Charlestown, December 10, 1763._
ON Tuesday last departed this Life, after a short Illness,
the Hon. DANIEL RUSSELL, Esq; who, for upwards of Twenty
Years, was a Member of his Majesty's Council for this
Province: He also served the Province as Commissioner of
Impost, and the County of Middlesex as Treasurer, for more
than fifty Years; in the Discharge of all which Offices,
such was his conscientious Fidelity and unsullied Integrity,
as procured him universal Approbation and Esteem.
In public and private Life, his whole Conduct was such as
evidently showed his invariable desire and endeavour to
preserve a Conscience void of Offence both towards God and
Man; and by the Rectitude of his Behaviour, to adorn and
recommend the holy Religion which he professed, and to
approve himself to the all-searching Eye of the Father of
Spirits.
His Memory is greatly honoured by all who were acquainted
with him, in whose esteem he was truly that "noblest Work of
God, _An honest Man_."
It is observable that in the several Offices which he
sustained, he succeeded his worthy Father and Grandfather;
both of whom held and discharged the same, for a great
Number of Years, with unspotted Reputation.
His Remains, we hear, will be inter'd on Monday next, on
which Day, had he lived, he would have entered the 79th Year
of his Age.
"The sweet Remembrance of the just
"Shall flourish when he sleeps in dust."
* * * * *
Account of the burial of Major-General Whitmore, from the "Boston
Gazette":--
BOSTON, _December 21, 1761_.
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