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 438 POTTER. POWERS. At this period the whaling business was at its height, and it proved an attraction few active young men could resist. Mr. Potter shipped on the bark " Peri " for a cruise in the Indian Ocean, and made a second voyage on the northwest coast in the ship " South America." On his return to New Bedford Mr. Potter re-entered the drug business as proprietor, in which he secured a speedy and pronounced success. In 185 1, in conjunction with Andrew G. Weeks, he established in Boston, at 154 Washington Street, the house of Weeks & Potter, wholesale druggists, which firm is still in existence, having enjoyed thirty- eight years of great prosperity and marked influence in the trade. This firm was com- pletely burned out in 1864, again in 1872, and for the third time in 1879. Mr. Potter founded the Potter Drug & Chemical Corporation, January 1, 1883, which is well known throughout the United States, and in fact, the civilized world. WARREN B. POTTER. POWERS, Charles Edward, son of Charles and Sarah (Brooks) Powers, was born in Townsend, Middlesex county, May 9, 1S34. His early education was obtained at the public schools, and after graduating at an institution at New Hampton, N. H., he became a private pupil of Professor Knight, Mr. Potter has always been regarded in commercial circles as a man of sound busi- ness principles and strict financial integrity. He is a director of the Home Savings Bank, also of the Central National Bank, and of the International Trust Company, faithfully and ably discharging the onerous duties thus devolving upon him. CHARLES E POWERS. of New London, N. H. He entered Harvard University in 1853, and graduated with the degree of S. B. in 1856, receiving the honor of a " magna cum laude." He then entered the Harvard medical school, but, upon the sudden death of his father, he was obliged to abandon the study of medicine and devote himself to his father's business. After successfully settling the estate he de- cided to study law, and entered the Harvard law school in 1857, where he graduated in 1858 with the degree of LL. B. The follow- ing year he formed a law co-partnership with the Hon. Linus Child and Linus Mason Child, under the firm name of Child & Pow- ers, counselors, opening law offices in lios- ton where they have since remained. He was one of the few who believed in the success of the street railways which were then being opened. He embarked early in the enterprise, became a large owner, and was made a director and presi- dent in several of the roads.