HARVARD COLLEGE May 18.1938 LIBRARY From the library of Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1859, by THEOPHILUS PARSONS, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE: THIS SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A PREDECESSOR IN THE PLACE HE HAS NOW HELD FOR MANY YEARS; AND DURING ALL OF THEM HAS SO DISCHARGED ITS GREAT DUTIES, AND SO LIVED, THAT, FOR MANY YEARS TO COME, THE JUDICIARY WILL BE STRONGER AND THE REPUBLIC THEREFORE SAFER, BY REASON OF THE PROTECTION AND SECURITY HIS HIGH OFFICE DERIVES FROM THE UNIVERSAL REVERENCE FELT FOR HIM AS A JUDGE AND AS A MAN. CAMBRIDGE April, 1859. THEOPHILUS PARSONS. |