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��sand people, and their busy mills, well paved streets, shady side-walks, fruitfnl gardens, and peaceful homes, he, if any one, may repeat the words of the Roman poet, " Quorum magna pars fai.^'

Judge Clark has not failed to take a deep interest in his alma mater, which in 1866 honored herself as well as him by conferring upon him the degree of ll. d. In 1861, upon the invitation of the city councils of Manchester, he delivered a eulogy upon the life of President Lincoln, and in 1880, upon the invitation of the alumni of Dartmouth college, a eulogy upon the life of Judge George F. Shepley before that association, both of which were subsequently published. In 1869, on the occasion of the centennial anniversary of the founding of the college, he delivered an address before the alumni at the invitation of the trustees. A copy was requested for publication, which unfortunately was withheld too late for it to appear with the other pub-

��lished proceedings of that occasion. Judge Clark has contributed liber- ally to the support of preaching, worshipping with the Unitarians. His views correspond with those of Rev. Dr. A. P. Peabody, of Cam- bridge, Mass., or with the views of what may be called the Orthodox Unitarians. He has no sympathy with the doctrines of the ultra part of that denomination. In more recent years he has worshipped at the Frank- lin Street Congregational Church (Or- thodox), of which Rev. Dr. George B. Spaulding was lately the pastor.

Judge Clark has been twice mar- ried, — the first time, in 1840, to Hannah W. Robbins, who died in October, 1844, leaving no children ; the second time, to Annie W. Salter, in 184G, who is still living. He has had four children, — three sous and one daughter. The two oldest are living, engaged in the practice of the law. One son died in infancy, and the daughter when between two and three vears of a2;e.

��JOSEPH EMERSON DOW.

The Earliest Settled Lawyer in Littleton. By a. S. Batchellor.

��In the first decade of the present century the town of Littleton in- creased in population from 381 to 873. The inhabitants were success- fully subduing the wilderness, devel- oping productive farms, establishing lucrative trade, and introducing man- ufactories of many articles. New highways had been constructed which gave the various sections of the town

��convenient access to the county roads and great turnpikes, and beneficial communication with the business towns throughout the country. Then, as now, Littleton would deserve the distinction of being a flourishing com- munity. In 1807 the place attracted the attention of Joseph Emerson Dow, a young lawyer of distinguished family and promising antecedents, as

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