excursion up the Nile.

He accumulated quite a large general library; read and observed
intelligently, and was well informed on the current topics of the time.

Having a strong, imperious will, he could with difficulty brook any
opposition; but his intentions were just and his impulses generous.
Exact and exacting, demanding, however, no more of others than he
required of himself; energetic, enterprising, sagacious, and bold, his
ability and his high standing as an accomplished merchant were indicated
by his success, and were readily recognized by the community in which
his work was done. His character for integrity and honorable dealing
secured to him the esteem of those having any transactions with him.

It is cheerfully and gratefully acknowledged that whatever there may be
of real value in the present management of the Company is very largely
due to his careful and practical teaching and the decided impress upon
it of his wise, able, and successful administration.

FOOTNOTE:

[11] Luther Stephenson, Esq., in his eighty-sixth year, residing with
his son General Luther Stephenson, Jr., Governor of the Soldiers' Home
at Togus, Maine.

VIII.

John Revere was the eldest son of Joseph W. and Mary (Robbins) Revere,
and was born while his parents were living at No. 7 Federal Street,
Boston, March 31, 1822.

[Illustration: Jn Revere & signature]

He attended the public schools in Boston, and for a time Mr. Thayer's
school in Milton, which meanwhile was removed to Jamaica Plain; was
fitted for college in the Boston Latin School under Master Dillaway;
entered Harvard College and graduated therefrom in the class of 1841.

Immediately after his graduation he entered the office of Messrs. A. &
C. Cunningham, on Rowe's Wharf, where he remained until April, 1843,
when he went out to Cronstadt in the brig Kazan, Captain Leckie. After
leaving the brig on her arrival out, he traveled abroad until
December of that year. Mr. Lincoln, whose visit to England has already
been mentioned, met Mr. Revere in London during his stay there.

He was admitted to the business during the following year, acquiring
stock which was transferred to him January 11, 1845, and was elected
clerk of the Corporation on the same day. He was made acting agent in
Boston January 17, 1846; assumed charge of the mills at Canton on the
retirement of Mr. Lincoln, September 11, 1858; was elected Treasurer
July 1, 1872, and finally chosen President