CHAPTER XL.
CONCLUSION.
Mr. Lawrence was of about the medium height, and, until reduced by sickness, was erect in person, and active and vigorous in his movements. The expression of his countenance was mild and cheerful, partaking of that benevolent cast which one would have been led to expect from the tenor of his daily life. His affections were warm, and his feelings quick and ardent. His temperament was of a nervous character, thereby inclining him to impatience. With this defect he had to struggle much in early life. It is related of him, that he once, by some hasty reply, wounded the sensitive feelings of a cherished sister, who afterwards died; and so much did he regret his impatience, that he made a resolution to persevere in his efforts until he had conquered the fault. A great change was soon remarked in him in this respect; so much so, that a relative, who passed several months under his roof during his early married life, was surprised at not seeing the least evidence of this tendency. During his latter years, when weakened by disease, and when his nervous system had been shattered by his violent and peculiar attacks of illness, he had more difficulty in controlling his feelings and expressions. On the second, sober thought, however, no one could have been more ready to confess the fault, and to make such reparation as the case demanded.
His daily actions were guided by the most exalted sense of right and wrong; and in his strict sense of justice, Aristides himself could not surpass him. He was a living example of a successful merchant, who had, from the earliest period of his business career, risen above all artifice, and had never been willing to turn to his own advantage the ignorance or misfortune of others. He demonstrated in his own case the possibility of success, while practising the highest standard of moral obligation. He had ever commanded the confidence of those around him. When an apprentice in his native town, many of his customers relied upon his judgment rather than their own. He never deceived them, and early adopted as his rule of life, to do to others as he would have them do to him. Thus he stood high in the confidence, as well as in the estimation, of his neighbors. What "Amos" said was right, and no one could gainsay.
If any one thing was, more than another, the means of promoting his success in life, we should say it was this faculty of commanding the confidence of others. To this can be traced the prosperity of his earliest business years; and, as his sphere enlarged, and his financial operations were extended, the same feeling of confidence gave him the unlimited command of the means of some of the wealthiest capitalists in New England, who, through the most critical seasons in the mercantile world, placed implicit confidence in the house of which he was the senior partner.
Mr. Lawrence had no fluency in conversation. His mind was ever active; but the volume of thought found no corresponding channel of utterance. The very number of ideas seemed to impede the power of expression.
Had his talents been devoted to literary or scientific pursuits, he would have earned distinction by his pen. His mind was not of that logical cast, which, from patient reasoning, can deduce effects from a succession of causes; but arrived at its conclusions by a kind of intuition, somewhat like those rare instances of mathematicians who solve a difficult problem, and yet can give no account of the mental process by which the solution has been reached.
As a husband and father, he was ever kind and affectionate. He was domestic in his tastes, and found his greatest enjoyment in his home. Here he was eminently favored, and ever found the warmest sympathy, and that considerate care and kindness so necessary in latter years to his feeble health. No one who has read the preceding correspondence can have failed to see the interest which he ever took in all that concerned the welfare of those whom Providence had committed to his keeping. His letters to his children would fill many volumes, and are in themselves an enduring testimony to his fidelity and watchful care during a long series of years. His motto was, "Line upon line, precept upon precept;" and thus his constant aim was to impress upon their minds the great principles of religion and morality. No parent could be more indulgent when such indulgence was consistent with the true welfare of his children, or more resolute in denying what was hurtful. Their present happiness was a great object; but his desire for their ultimate good was still greater.
As a friend, he was most faithful and sympathizing; and many now living can testify to the value of his friendship. Few, perhaps, have had more friends. Their affection for him was not founded so much upon gratitude for his constantly recurring favors, as upon the warm sympathy and affection with which his heart, was filled toward them and theirs.
As a citizen, his views were comprehensive, and were bounded by no lines of sectional or party feeling. He was most deeply interested in all that concerned the honor and prosperity of his country, and keenly sensitive to the injury inflicted by such measures as tended to depreciate her standing in the estimation of other nations, or of good men among her own citizens. He was a true patriot, and had adopted the views and aims of the best men of the republic in former days, while he viewed with distrust many of the popular movements of more modern times. From his father he had inherited the most profound veneration for Gen. Washington, and faith in his public policy; while the political principles of Alexander Hamilton and John Jay were those alone by which he thought the permanent happiness and prosperity of the country could be secured.
As a Christian, he endeavored to walk in the footsteps of his Master. He had no taste for the discussion of those minor points of doctrine upon which good men so often differ, but embraced with all his heart the revealed truths of the Gospel, which the great body of Christians can unite in upholding. He sought those fields of labor where all can meet, rather than those which are hedged in by the dividing lines of sect and party.
He reverenced the Bible, and, from the first chapter of the Old Testament to the last chapter of the New, received it as the inspired Word of God. This was his sheet-anchor; and to doubt was, in his view, to leave a safe and peaceful haven, to embark upon an unknown ocean of danger and uncertainty.
Religion was for him a practical thing for every-day use, consisting not so much in frames and emotions as in the steady and persevering performance of the daily duties of life. His view of duty did not limit him to the common obligations of morality, but included the highest sense of duty towards God; or, as he has expressed it in one of his early letters, "to be a moral man merely, is not to be a Christian." He was an active helper in all that tended to promote the cause of Christianity among nations, as well as to promote spiritual progress among individuals. The Christian banner, in his view, covered many denominations; and, with this belief, his charities were directed to the building up of institutions under the influence of the various sects differing from that under which he himself was classed.
What has been said of John Thornton might be applied to him:
"He was a merchant renowned in his generation for a munificence more than princely. He was one of those rare men in whom the desire to relieve distress assumes the form of a master-passion. Conscious of no aims but such as may invite the scrutiny of God and man, he pursued them after his own fearless fashion, yielding to every honest impulse, choosing his associates in scorn of mere worldly precepts, and worshipping with any fellow-Christian whose heart beat in unison with his own, however inharmonious might be some of the articles of their respective creeds. His benevolence was as unsectarian as his general habits; and he stood ready to assist a beneficent design in every party, but would be the creature of none. He not only gave largely, but he gave wisely. He kept a regular account (not for ostentation, or the gratification of vanity, but for method) of every pound he gave. With him, his givings were made a matter of business, as Cowper says, in an 'Elegy' he wrote upon him,--
'Thou hadst an industry in doing good, Restless as his who toils and sweats for food'"
Those who were not acquainted with Mr. Lawrence might suppose that his long continued ill-health, extending through a period of twenty-one years, permitted the formation of a character which few could attain who should not be called upon to pass through a similar discipline.
That the isolation from the business-world, and freedom from the cares and struggles of active life, to which most men are subjected, tended to give him a more just and dispassionate view of his relations to God, as well as to his fellow-men, cannot be doubted.
The peculiar elevation and spirituality of mind which he acquired must not, however, be looked upon as the hot-bed growth of the invalid's chamber; but rather as the gradual development of a character whose germ was planted far back in the years of childhood. The principles of religion and truth which were inculcated by a faithful and sensible mother upon the heart of the child, shone forth in all the events which marked the life of the future man.
Of Mr. Lawrence's religious opinions respecting those doctrinal points upon which Christians are divided, the writer will not speak; though, from repeated conversations with his father on the subject, in the hours of health as well as of sickness, he might consistently do so. Rather than make assertions which might lead to discussion, it is more grateful to his feelings to leave the subject to the unbiassed judgment of those who shall read the preceding correspondence.
Let it rather be the aim of those who loved and honored him in life to imitate his example, now that he is dead. They may rejoice that they were permitted to claim as a relative, and to have daily intercourse with, one who has exhibited, in such an abundant degree, those fruits which are the truest and best evidence of a genuine faith.
In completing this volume, the editor feels that he has fulfilled a sacred trust; and his great regret is, that the work could not have been undertaken by some one more fitted, by his qualifications and past experience, to do justice to the subject. For reasons given in the Preface, this could not be; and it is, therefore, with great diffidence that these pages are submitted as a memorial of one whose life and character deserve more than a passing record.
If, however, what has been done shall be the means of directing the attention of those for whom the volume has been prepared to the consideration of the precepts here recorded; and, above all, if those precepts shall be the means of influencing them for good in their future course in life,--the effort will not have been in vain.
INDEX.
Abstinence; total, from tobacco and intoxicating drinks, by Mr. Lawrence, 25
Accounts, benefit of keeping, illustrated, 86
Adams, Amos, 44
Adams, Samuel, 140
Advice, letters of, to Abbott Lawrence, 48-53
Amherst College, effort of Mr. Lawrence in behalf of, 243
Amin Bey, letter to, from Mr. Lawrence, 285
Anatomy, views of Mr. Lawrence respecting the dissection of human bodies, 218
André, Major, 217
Appleton, Jesse, 190
Appleton, Mrs., death of, 190
Athenæum, in Boston, Mr. Lawrence's plans for benefit of, 200
Baldwin, Loammi, 338
Baltimore, derangement of business in, 73
Bangor Theological Seminary, donation by Mr. Lawrence to, 310 donation for students in, 337
Banks, suspension of in 1837, 141
Bible, Mr. Lawrence's estimate of the, 257
Birth-place, attachment to expressed by Mr. Lawrence, 151 of Mr. Lawrence, engraving of, 151
Blagden, George W., note from, respecting Rev. Dr. ----, of Scotland, 313 letter from Mr. Lawrence to, 316
Blake, George, 84
Bondsmen, advice respecting fathers becoming, 37
Book-keeping by double entry, adopted by Mr. Lawrence, 61
Boston, religious controversy in, 65 Mr. Lawrence elected representative of, 77 wooden buildings in, 78 post-office, dead letters from, 154
Bowdoin College, donation by Mrs. Lawrence to, 244
Brattle-street Church, Mr. Lawrence's connection with, 184
Brazer, James, 22, 221 his store described, 23
Bridgman, Laura, 235
Briggs, George N., 214, 281 presentation of a cane to, by Mr. Lawrence, 227
Brooks, Peter C., death and character of, 263
Buckminster, J. S., remains of removed to Mount Auburn by Mr. Lawrence, 175
Bunker Hill, desire of Mr. Lawrence to retain for posterity the battlefield, 99
Bunker Hill Monument, Mr. Lawrence's interest in, 84 objection to a lottery for, 91 completion of, 169 Mr. Lawrence's agency in securing the completion of, 170-174 note from Mr. Lawrence respecting early history of, 332 history of the plan of, 338
Burial-places, Mr. Lawrence's views respecting, 129
Business, secret of Mr. Lawrence's success in, 145
Buxton, Lady, letter from, to Mr. Lawrence, 298 letter from, to Mr. Lawrence, 324
Buxton, Sir Thomas Fowell, 298
Cabot, Samuel, 268
Cambridge Theological School, views respecting, 163
Canada, journey of Mr. Lawrence to, 89
Canadian Boat-song, 261
Canfield, Mr., 38
Carroll, Charles, 276
Caswell, Oliver, 235
Chaplin, Daniel, 18
Chapman, Jonathan, 192
Charities, memorandum of, 92-95 proportion of, in 1835, 137 money for, 178 "odds and ends" for, 186-187 correction of a public statement respecting Mr. Lawrence's, 198 amount expended during ten years in, 311 total amount expended in, 312
Charity, systematic, inculcated by Mr. Lawrence, 118
Children, fondness of Mr. Lawrence for, 225-226 hospital for, founded by Mr. Lawrence, 230-233
Christ, object of his death, 266
Christmas, Mr. Lawrence's view of, 91
Cobb, Gershom, introduces book-keeping by double entry, 61
Codman, Dr., 253
Colebrooke, Lady, 217 death of, 304
Colebrooke, Sir William, letter to, from Mr. Lawrence, 240 letter from Mr. Lawrence to, 304
Colonization of Africa, aided by Mr. Lawrence, 299, 318
Concord, Mr. Lawrence's account of the fight in 1775 at, 215-217
Controversy, religious, in Boston, 55
Copartnership, offer of Amos Lawrence to dissolve,--declined by Abbott Lawrence, 47
Copartnership of A. & A. Lawrence dissolved by death, 340
Cornhill-street, store of Mr. Lawrence in, 29
Credit system, Mr. Lawrence's view of, 35
Cresson, Elliott, letter to, from Mr. Lawrence, 299
Darley, Mrs., 39
Darracott, George, 172
Davis, John, loan of $500 by Mr. Lawrence to, 330 letter from, to Mr. Lawrence, 330
Dearborn, H. A. S., 84, 338
Debts, Mr. Lawrence's promptness in paying, 31
Dexter, Franklin, estimate of his argument on the fugitive slave law, 287
Dexter, Madam, 75
Diet of Mr. Lawrence, 123, 326 table of, kept by Mr. Lawrence, 124
Dorchester Heights, reflections on, 140
Drinking habits in Mr. Lawrence's early days, 23
Dwight, Edmund, 332
Dwight, Louis, 308 testimony of Mr. Lawrence respecting, 219
Ellis, Judge, 77
Ellis, Mrs. Nancy, marriage of Mr. Lawrence to, 77
Epicureanism, Mr. Lawrence's notion of, 124
European fashions, introduction of discountenanced, 90
Everett, Edward, 172, 338
Expenditures, by Mr. Lawrence, in 1849, 278 from 1842 to 1852, 311
Fac-simile of Mr. Lawrence's hand-writing, 248
Family worship, Mr. Lawrence's remarks on, 150
Farwell, Captain, 17, 301
Fillmore, Millard, 256
Foreign gold, exchange of negotiated, 75
Fraternal affection, example of, 147
French Revolution of 1830, Mr. Lawrence's sympathy with, 101
Fugitive slave law, Mr. Lawrence's opinion of the, 287
Funeral ceremonies at the death of Amos Lawrence, 341, 342
Gannett, Ezra S., letter to, 45
Gannett, Caleb, 45
Gannett, Mrs., hymn for her little boy by, 46
Goddard, N., 76
Granger's Coffee House, 38
Gray, Mrs. Martha, present from Mr. Lawrence to, 214
Gray, Robert, 214
Green, Wm. L., death of, 251
Greenough, Horatio, 338
Greenwood, Rev. Dr., 123
Groton, scenery in, 152, 153
Groton Academy, donations of Mr. Lawrence to, preamble of the deed, 221 amount of donations to, by Mr. Lawrence, 222 donations of $45,000 by William Lawrence to, 222 extract from address at jubilee of, 223
Gurney, Hannah (see Buxton, Lady), 299
Haddock, Charles B., letter from Mr. Lawrence to, 305
Hallock, Rev. Mr., 279
Hamilton, James, letters from Mr. Lawrence to, 269, 279, 322 letter from, to Mr. Lawrence, 293
Hancock, John, 140
Harris, Colonel, 268
Harvard College, donation of $50,000 by Abbott Lawrence to, 244
Heaven, reunion of friends in, 157
Hillsborough Bank, Mr. Lawrence's draft on for specie, 36, 37
Hone, Isaac, 76
Hone, Philip, 76
Hopkins, Mark, President of Williams College, 341 letters to, from Mr. Lawrence, 124, 183, 213, 214, 255, 257, 258, 259, 265, 272, 280, 285, 292 lectures in Boston, 182
Hopkins, Mark, extract from his sermon on death of Mr. Lawrence, 287 peculiarities of Mr. Lawrence's bounty sketched by, 346-360
Howe, Dr., 235
Hubbard, Judge, 253
Hubbart, Tuthill, 154
Hulsemann, Chevalier, interview of Mr. Lawrence with, 158
Immigration from Europe, Mr. Lawrence's view of, 258, 270
Income, net, of Mr. Lawrence in the first two years, 36 practice of spending it, adopted by Mr. Lawrence, 263
Intoxicating liquors, total abstinence from, by Mr. Lawrence, 25
Ireland, Mr. Lawrence's contributions to the famished in, 236, 238
Johnson School, donation to, by Mr. Lawrence, 224
Kast, Dr., 302
Kent, Chancellor, 76 ride with--character of, 158
Kenyon College, aid to by Mr. Lawrence, 177
Lafayette, General, Mr. Lawrence's opinion of, 84 message to, 96
Lothrop, Samuel K., 122, 138, 175, 342 extract from his sermon on the death of Mr. Lawrence, 185 sketch of character of Mr. Lawrence by, 343-346
Lawrence, Abbott, 30, 131, 138 letters to, 48, 49, 51, 52, 55, 56, 72, 73, 189, 244, 266, 267 becomes partner with Amos, 38 character as an apprentice, 38 declines offer to dissolve copartnership, 47 sails for Europe, 48 his dispatch of business, 52 his military service in the last war with Great Britain, 56, 295 donation of $50,000 to Harvard College, 244 candidate for the Vice-Presidency, 256 tendered the office of Secretary of the Navy, 266 appointed Minister to the Court of St. James, 269 his popularity in Great Britain, 295 likeness of, 295
Lawrence, Mrs. Abbott, 280
Lawrence, Amos, when and where born, 15 ancestry of, 15 early instruction of, 20 his mechanical skill in boyhood, 20 anecdote of his school-days, 22 enters Groton Academy, 22 becomes a merchant's clerk, 22 adopts the principle and practice of total abstinence, 24 wounded by a gun-shot, 26 apprenticeship terminated, 28 accepts a clerkship in Boston, 29 commences business in Boston, 29 his boarding-house rule, 30 his promptness in paying bills, 31 motive for daily study, 32 his remarks on letter-writing, 32 his distinction between morality and religion, 34 his mercantile principles, 35 view of the credit system, 35 net income of first two years, 36 advice against parents becoming bondsmen for their sons, 37 his opinion of the theatre, 39 assists to establish his brother William in business, 39 flying visits to Groton, 40 alarming illness, 40 engagement of marriage, 43 marriage, 46 offer to dissolve copartnership declined, 47 letter on the death of his sister, 54 letter on the birth of his daughter, 57 recommends marriage, 57 domestic attachments, 60 adoption of book-keeping by double entry, 61 leniency to unfortunate debtors, 61 second alarming illness, 62 resignation in prospect of his wife's death, 64 tour through the Middle States, 68 appreciation of the right of suffrage, 70 delegate to assist in settlement of Jared Sparks, 71 becomes an inmate of his brother's family, 74 negotiates an exchange of foreign gold, 75 narrow escape from shipwreck, 75 second marriage of, 77 resumes housekeeping, 77 representative in the Legislature, 77 letter to Mr. Wolcott respecting his son, 78 becomes a manufacturer, 79 curtailment of his business, 81 extent of his correspondence, 83 opinion of Lafayette, 84 interest in Bunker Hill Monument, 84 journey to Canada, 89 objection to European fashions, 90 objection to a lottery for Bunker Hill Monument, 91 presentation of plate to Daniel Webster, 102, 103 dangerous illness of, 105 feelings in sickness, 106, 107, 111 visit to New Hampshire, 109 his life in a sick chamber, 112 his submission under divine chastisements, 112-114 inculcates systematic charity, 118 secret of his success, 118 exercise on horseback, 122 his diet, 123 improvement of health, 125 avoids the appearance of evil,126 his views of burial-places, 129 advice about selecting a wife, 130 advice to his daughter, 131, 132 gratitude towards his mother, 135 visit to Washington, 138 aversion to matrimonial speculations, 138 estimate of Congressional debates, 139 visit to Rainsford Island, 139 reflections on completing thirty years of business, 141 pecuniary condition, January 1st, 1838, 142 habits of promptness, 144 prospects on December 31st, 1838, 146 reflections on the death of his brother, 149 advocates family worship, 150 engraving of his birth-place, 151 character in the bestowal of gifts, 153 enjoyment of natural scenery, 155, 156 belief in reunion of friends hereafter, 157 annoyances arising from his reputation for benevolence, 159 his religious belief, 160 interest in a young colored lawyer, 165-6 reflections on his fifty-eighth birth-day, 167 his agency in securing completion of Bunker Hill Monument, 170-174 poetical toast to, 174 renders aid to Kenyon College, 177 acquaintance with Pres. Hopkins, 182 presents sent to President Hopkins, 183-4 his aversion to public commendation of himself, 189, 229 advice respecting his grandchildren, 191 opposes annexation of Texas, 192 joy at birth of twin granddaughters, 193 letter on death of his daughter, 194-196 sentiments in view of his prosperity, 197 his view of keeping the Sabbath, 202 offer of his remains for the dissecting-room, 218 his interest in the Johnson School, 224 fondness for children, 226 provides a hospital for sick children, 230 his gratitude for prosperity, 234 contributes to the famished in Ireland, 236 his application in behalf of Amherst College, 242 congratulates Abbott Lawrence on his donation to Harvard College, 244 his attendance at church, 246 his exactness in business, 247 kindness to an old debtor, 248 fac-simile of his hand-writing, 248 sentiments respecting a religious awakening in college, 255, 312 objects to his brother's taking political office, 256-257, 258, 266 estimate of the Bible, 257 prefers Gen. Taylor for President, 258 treatment of an applicant for aid, 260 joy at a revival of religion among Unitarians, 267 interview with Father Mathew, 270 adds a codicil to his will, 271 illness, 272 desire for death, 272 keeps Christmas with children, 277 circulates Dr. Hamilton's works, 279, 291, 292, 294 lameness, 281 attentions to children, 292 circulates Buxton's Life, 298 cancels a note for $500 against a clergyman, 300 interest in Wabash College, 309 controversy with a Scotch clergyman, 313-315 his ground of religious hope, 316 circulates Uncle Toby's Stories on Tobacco, 319 his diet, 326 prefers Scott for President, 327 solicits aid for Williams College, from Jonathan Phillips, 328 relieves the straitened circumstances of Gov. Davis, 330 chosen presidential elector, 333 votes for Scott and Graham, 334 intercourse with Franklin Pierce, 335 his last writing, 339 death of, 340 funeral ceremonies, 341, 342 sketches of his character, 343 personal appearance, 352 character of John Thornton applied to, 357 general character, 352-359
Lawrence, Amos A., 288
Lawrence, Arthur, 235
Lawrence, John, 15
Lawrence, Luther, value of his property, 30 Speaker of House of Representatives, 148 Mayor of Lowell, 148 death of, 148, 149
Lawrence, Robert, illness of, 205 letters of Mr. Lawrence respecting, 206-210
Lawrence, Samuel, Sen., 30 account of, 16 sketch of his military career, 17, 18
Lawrence, Samuel, presentation of a gold box to, by Mr. Lawrence, 235
Lawrence, Mrs. Sarah, illness of, 62 letter to her husband, 63 her condition described by Mr. Lawrence, 64 death of, 65 her death-bed scene described, 65-6
Lawrence, Mrs. Susanna, character of, 19 death of, 199
Lawrence, William, 30, 252 commences business in Boston, 39 donations of $45,000 to Groton Academy by, 222 death and character of, 261, 262
Lawrence Association, in the Mather School, note to, 237 contributions for Ireland by, 238 presentation of a silver cup to Mr. Lawrence by, 277 hymn sung at funeral of Mr. Lawrence by, 342
Letsom, Dr. C., 302
Letters from Amos Lawrence, 47 to a friend, 17, 57, 70, 73, 126, 130, 157, 186, 187, 190, 201, 215, 245, 246, 252, 262, 267, 283 to his son, 20, 30, 85, 99, 100, 101, 112, 114, 115, 124, 152, 190, 194, 200, 205, 206, 207, 332 to a college student, 24, 25 to Gen. Henry Whiting, 30, 273, 276 to a sister, 32, 33, 42, 68, 71, 73, 130, 166, 145 to Dr. Gannett, 45 to Abbott Lawrence, 48, 49, 51, 52, 55, 56, 72, 73, 189, 244, 266, 267 to his wife, 52, 63, 126 to a brother, 54, 68 to his mother-in-law, 63 to his sister-in-law, 69, 112 to Frederic Wolcott, 78 to his eldest son, abroad, 83, 87, 90, 91, 96, 98, 103, 106 to his second son, at Andover, 86, 117, 118, 125 to Daniel Webster, 97, 102 to his mother, 106, 107, 109, 110, 134, 141 to his daughter, 119, 127, 129, 131, 133, 150, 152 to his youngest son, 143 to his sisters, 149, 151 to a connection, 149 to his second son, in Europe, 154 to Rev. Charles Mason, 155 to Rev. Robert Turnbull, D.D., 160 to Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, 165 to General ----, 168 to Mr. Parker (a partner), 177, 204 to the Mechanic Apprentices' Library Association, 181 to President Hopkins, 183, 213, 214, 255, 257, 258, 259, 265, 272, 280, 285, 292 to his partners, 196, 245 to his children in France, 196 to his grandson, 209 to R. G. Parker, 224, 229 to Gov. Briggs, 227 to Alexander S. McKenzie, 234 to J. A. Stearns, for Lawrence Association, 237 to Madam Prescott, 239 to Sir Wm. Colebrooke, 240, 304 to a wealthy bachelor, 242 to Prof. Packard, 243, 338 to Mr. G----, 251 to Mr. and Mrs. Green, 252 to a physician, 253 to a newspaper editor, 257 to Rev. James Hamilton, D.D., 269, 279, 294, 296, 322 to his sons, 272 to Robert Barnwell Rhett, 274 to a country clergyman, 280 to an aged clergyman, 292 to Elliott Cresson, 299 to Lady Buxton, 300 to a lady in Philadelphia, 301 to Charles B. Haddock, 305 to Rev. Dr. Scoresby, 307 to. Rev. Geo. W. Blagden, D.D., 316 to a friend in South Carolina, 317 to Benjamin Seaver, 320 to a lady in Florida, 326 to Jonathan Phillips, 327
Levelling, Judge Story's maxim of, 266
Loan of money to Mr. Lawrence by his father, 36
Lowell, Charles, letter to Mr. Lawrence from, 321
Lowell, John, 78
Lunatic Asylum, plan for the new, 308
Manufactures, engagement of Mr. Lawrence in, 79 largeness of his interest in, 104 fluctuations in, 236 views of Mr. Lawrence respecting coarse and fine, 275
Marriage of Amos Lawrence, 46
Mason, Charles, 193 letter from Mr. Lawrence to, 155
Mason, Jeremiah, 109, 117 remarks of, on Rev, Dr. ----'s lectures, 219, 220 death and character of, 261, 262
Mason, Mrs. Susan, Mr. Lawrence's letter on the death of, 194-196
Massachusetts General Hospital, place of Trustee resigned by Mr. Lawrence, 116
Mather School, character of, 276
Mathew, Father, 270
Matrimonial speculations, aversion of Mr. Lawrence to, 138
Maxims of business--speculation condemned, 72
McIlvaine, Charles P., letter from, to Mr. Lawrence, 177
McKenzie, Alexander S., letter to, from Mr. Lawrence, 234 present of a cane to Mr. Lawrence from, 260 death of, 261
Means, James, extract from address at jubilee of Groton Academy, by, 223
Means, Robert, 77
Mercantile principles adopted by Mr. Lawrence, 35
"Milo," arrival of ship, 52
Money, advice about spending, 143
Morality and religion, Mr. Lawrence's distinction between, 34
Mortgage of his father's farm, 36
Mount Auburn, interest taken in, by Mr. Lawrence, 175
National character, reflections upon, 133, 134
Native Americans, Mr. Lawrence's view of, 199
Natural History Society, donation to, by Mr. Lawrence, 231
Old Ladies' Home, donation to, by Mr. Lawrence, 321
"Old Oak," in Mount Auburn, 207, 208
Paine, Robert Treat, 38
Parker, C. H., letter to, 177
Parker, Daniel P., 268
Parker, R. G., letter from to Mr. Lawrence, 225
Parker, Susanna, 16
Parkman, Messrs., 37
Percy, Lord, 217
Perkins, Thomas H., 338
Pestilence, Dr. Shattuck's account of the, 40-42
Phelps, Mrs., 325
Phillips, Jonathan, letter from Mr. Lawrence to, respecting aid to Williams College, 327 donation from, to Williams College, 229
Pierce, Benjamin, son of President Pierce, note from, to Mr. Lawrence, 336 sudden death of, 336
Pierce, Franklin, character of, 318, 326 his intercourse with Mr. Lawrence, 335
Pitcairn, Major, account of his death, 302 removal of his remains to England, 303
Pitcairn, William, 302
Pond, Rev. Dr., 310
Prayer adopted by Mr. Lawrence, 248
Prescott, General, 17 Madam, note from Mr. Lawrence to, 239 her views on the comforts of old age, 239
Presidential Elector, Mr. Lawrence chosen in 1852, 334
Prince, Martial, 268
Property, memorandum-book of Mr. Lawrence respecting his, 80
Prudhoe, Lord, 217
Rainsford Island, visit to, and description of scenery, 139
Religion. (See Morality.) its cultivation urged upon his daughter, 119-121
Representative, Mr. Lawrence elected, 77
Richards, Giles, his card manufactory, 44
Richards, Sarah, Mr. Lawrence's engagement of marriage with, 43
Richardson, Captain, 22
Sabbath, Mr. Lawrence's view of keeping the, 202
Savings Institution. (See Athenæum.)
Scenery, Mr. Lawrence's enjoyment of, 155, 156
Scoresby, Wm., letter from Mr. Lawrence to, 307
Sea-serpent seen at Hampton Beach in 1830, Mr. Lawrence's belief in the, 100 Mr. Lawrence's belief in the existence of the, 268
Sectarianism, Mr. Lawrence's freedom from, 161
Sharp, Daniel, 253, 342 letters from, to Mr. Lawrence, 176, 203, 282
Shattuck, George C, his account of the New England pestilence, 40-42
Shaw, Robert G., 333, 334
Shipwreck, narrow escape of Mr. Lawrence from, 75
Slavery, views of Mr. Lawrence on questions of, 275 view of its tendencies, 318 contribution for freeing a negro from, 334
South Carolina, manufactures in, encouraged by Mr. Lawrence, 275
Sparks, Jared, Mr. Lawrence a delegate to assist in the settlement of, 71
Story, Joseph, 169 letter from, to Mr. Lawrence, 179, 180 his maxim of "levelling," 266
Stone, John S., 123 letter from to Mr. Lawrence, 162
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 325
Strachan, Lady, 237
Stuart, Moses, letter of thanks from, 263
Sullivan, William, 84
Tarbell, Thomas, tribute to the memory of, 320
Taylor, Father, 123 Zachary, preferred for President by Mr. Lawrence, 258
Tennett, Mr., 38
Texas, letter of Mr. Lawrence to Mayor Chapman, on the annexation of, 192
Ticknor, George, 338
Tobacco, total abstinence from, by Mr. Lawrence, 25 book against, circulated by Mr. Lawrence, 319 letter respecting use of, 319
Touro, Judah, his donation for Bunker Hill Monument, 173
Turnbull, Robert, letter from Mr. Lawrence to, 160
Uncle Tom's Cabin, Lady Buxton's testimony respecting, 325
Unitarianism, Mr. Lawrence's opinion of, 246, 247
Van Schaick, M., 76
Vinton, Alexander H., 341
Wabash College, donation from Mrs. Lawrence to, 309
Ward, General, 140
Ware, Henry, Jr., 163
Warren, John C., 84, 170, 218
Washington, General, 44 celebration of his birth-day, 116
Webster, Daniel, letter from Mr. Lawrence respecting, 68, 69 Mr. Lawrence's view of his speech in reply to Hayne, 97 letter to Mr. Lawrence from, 97 letter to, from Mr. Lawrence, accompanying a presentation of plate, 102 letter from to Mr. Lawrence, 103 remarks on his address at Plymouth, 208 view of his character by Mr. Lawrence, 327 of his preparation for death, 337
White, Charles, account of his play, the "Clergyman's Daughter," 38, 39
White, Charles, President of Wabash College, 309
Whiting, Henry, clerk to Mr. Lawrence, 29
Will of Amos Lawrence, codicil to, 271
Williams College, Mr. Lawrence's interest in, 182 donation of $10,000 to, by Mr. Lawrence, 197 donation of $5,000 by Mr. Lawrence, for a library building at, 213 enlargement of library building proposed, 215 scholarships established in, by Mr. Lawrence, 245 account of Mr. Lawrence's benefactions to, 287-291 donation to, by Jonathan Phillips, 329
Winship, Dr., 302
Wolcott, Frederic, letter to, from Mr. Lawrence, 78
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Transcriber's note:
On the Fronstispiece: "Truly Yours Amos Lawrence" is hand written.
In the Table of Contents the page number for Chapter XXIX has been changed from 262 to 264.
Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_).
Text enclosed by +so+ is in blackletter font.
Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals.
++- refers to a right pointing finger symbol.
On the Frontispiece: Handwritten note is unclear, but may read "Truly Yours Amos Lawrence".
Page 294: Abbott Lawrence's signature is handwritten below his picture.
Variations in spelling, punctuation and hyphenation have been retained except in obvious cases of typographical error.
The cover for the eBook version of this book was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.