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 LINCOLN. LINCOLN. 3// contributor, presenting it on Decoration Day, in 1886, with a thousand dollars. For over fifteen years he has been a member of the Northampton public library committee. He was one of the founders of the Florence Savings Bank, and upon its organization was chosen president, which office he still holds. When the Florence Furniture Company was organ- ized, he was chosen a director and presi- dent, and still holds these positions. He is also a stockholder and director in the Northampton Emery Wheel Company In 18S6 he presented Smith College with a building for scientific purposes, at a cost of thirty-three thousand dollars, which is known as the Lilly Hall of Science. He also, in November, 1S88, presented the Lilly Library Association of Florence with the sum of twelve thousand dollars to erect a building for a free library and reading room. In religion he has been agnostic throughout his whole life — was one of the early founders of the Free Congrega- tional society of Florence, which is unsec- tarian. He is one of the executive com- mittee, and for many years has been treasurer, and aided in erecting a building known as Cosmian Hall, which cost forty thousand dollars. Mr. Lilly was married at Hebron, Conn., in [838, to Lucy M., daughter of Isaac and Constantia (Young) Crane, of that town, who died November 2, 1886. LINCOLN, Frederic Walker, son of Louis and Mary (Knight) Lincoln, was born in Boston, February 27, 1817. He was a grandson of Amos Lincoln — a mem- ber of the "tea-party" and captain of an artillery company during the revolution- ary war — who married a daughter of the distinguished patriot, Paul Revere. He received an education in the public and private schools of his time. At an early age he began life's struggle by serv- ing an apprenticeship with Gedney King, maker of nautical instruments, and when twenty-two years of age, began the manu- facture of these for himself, remaining in the business from 1839 to '82, when he re- tired to become general manager of the Boston Storage Warehouse, a position he still holds. He served in the state Legislature 1847- '48 and in 1872 and '74 ; was a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1853 ; in 1854— '56 he was president of the Massa- chusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, and in 1880 again became a member of its government as treasurer. In 1S68 he was appointed on the state board of harbor commissioners, serving for several years as chairman. He was chairman of the Boston board of overseers of the poor for eleven years, and in April, 187S, became treasurer Mr. Lincoln was one of the original board of directors of the Continental Bank, a trustee of the Institute of Tech- nology, vice-president of the Boston Safe Deposit Company, treasurer of the Young Men's Benevolent Society for more than forty years, vice-president and president of the Franklin Savings Bank, president of the Massachusetts Charitable Fire Society, and a member and officer of other similar organizations. He was a member of the Boston Light Infantry, and ranks now upon its roll of veterans ; became director of the Bunker Hill Monument Association in 1854, and for the past ten years has been one of its vice-presidents, and is at the present time president. He has been for thirty-live years treasurer of the Second church in Boston. FREDERIC W. LINCOLN. After having served for three years as mayor of the city of Boston, 1858-60, Mr. Lincoln was once more recalled from private life to accept again the mayoralty, which he held four years, 1S63-66 — not- able chapters in the history of Boston, covering, if possible, a more exciting pe-