First Settlement of New England 1 The Bunker Hill Monument 55 The Completion of the Bunker Hill Monument 79 Adams and Jefferson 109 The Election of 1825 151 Dinner at Faneuil Hall 161 The Boston Mechanics' Institution 175 Public Dinner at New York 191 The Character of Washington. 217 National Republican Convention at Worcester 235 Reception at Buffalo 279 Reception at Pittsburg 285 Reception at Bangor 307 Presentation of a Vase 317 Reception at New York 337 Reception at Wheeling 381 Reception at Madison 395 Public Dinner in Faneuil Hall 411 Royal Agricultural Society 433 The Agriculture of England 441 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF THE PUBLIC LIFE OF DANIEL WEBSTER. BY EDWARD EVERETT. [Illustration: _Birth Place of Daniel Webster, Salisbury NH_] CHAPTER I. Former Editions of the Works of Mr. Webster, and Plan of this Edition.--Parentage and Birth.--First Settlements in the Interior of New Hampshire.--Establishment of his Father at Salisbury.--Scanty Opportunities of Early Education.--First Teachers, and recent Letter to Master Tappan.--Placed at Exeter Academy.--Anecdotes while there.--Dartmouth College.--Study of the Law at Salisbury.--Residence at Fryeburg in Maine, and Occupations there.--Continuance of the Study of the Law at Boston, in the Office of Hon. Christopher Gore.--Admission to the Bar of Suffolk, Massachusetts.--Commencement of Practice at Boscawen, New Hampshire.--Removal to Portsmouth.--Contemporaries in the Profession.--Increasing Practice.