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JAMES WILLIAM BARTLETT 



James William Bartlett was born in 

 Dover, New Hampshire. During a long 

 series of years the Bartlett family has 

 attained distinction in various ways, one 

 member having been President of Dart- 

 mouth College. 



James William Bartlett was a man of 

 quiet and studious habits, very conscien- 

 tious, and devoted to his sister Hannah, 

 who never married. In her memory, and 

 because of her interest in ornithology, he 

 left a legacy to the National Association 

 of Audubon Societies, which yielded about 

 $475. About iQoo he was made a Trustee 

 of the Dover Hospital, in which he was 



greatly interested, and to which he devoted 

 much of his leisure. He was also a director 

 of the Strafford National Bank. 



Some years after the death of his sister, 

 he married Mary, daughter of Thomas 

 Neil, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 

 who survives him. He followed no busi- 

 ness or profession, his means enabling 

 him to spend his life in travel and study. 

 He died in Portsmouth on October 6, 

 1906, leaving no children. He was greatly 

 beloved and respected by all who knew 

 him, and was always ready to give sub- 

 stantial aid to any cause that he deemed 

 a worthy one. 



