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was admitted to the bar in Suffolk County, Oct. 15, 1880, soon 

 after which he opened an office in Boston. He is a citizen of 

 Hingham, where he has his residence during a large portion of the 

 year. 



Arthur Lincoln [II. 474], the son of Solomon and Mehitable <• 

 (Lincoln) Lincoln, was born in Hingham, Feb. 16, 1842. He at- 

 tended private and public schools in Hingham, the Derby Acade- 

 my, and was fitted for college by his cousin, Henry Edson Hersey, 

 Esq., in Hingham. He was graduated at Harvard College in 1863, 

 and at the Harvard Law School in 1865. Jan. 1, 1866, he entered 

 the law office of Lothrop and Bishop, Boston, having been ad- 

 mitted to the bar June 16, 1865. In January, 1867, he opened an 

 office in Boston, and remained by himself until Nov. 23, 1867, 

 when he became a partner with Lothrop and Bishop, the firm 

 name being Lothrop, Bishop, and Lincoln. He continued a mem- 

 ber of this firm until its dissolution in 1879, and since that time 

 he has been in practice by himself, in Boston. 



He delivered the Address on Memorial Day in Hingham, in 

 1876. 



He was representative to the General Court, from the First 

 Plymouth District in 1879 and 1880. 



July 30, 1877, he was commissioned judge-advocate, with the 

 rank of captain, on the staff of Brigadier-General Eben Sutton, 

 commanding the Second Brigade, M. V. M., and March 3, 1882, 

 resigned and was discharged. 



He has been a manager, secretary, and treasurer of the Boston 

 Dispensary ; treasurer of the Industrial School for Girls at Dor- 

 chester ; clerk and treasurer of the Proprietors of the Social Law 

 Library in Boston ; trustee of the Derby Academy ; trustee and 

 president of the Hingham Public Library ; trustee of the Massa- 

 chusetts State Library ; director of the Hingham Mutual Fire In- 

 surance Company ; and director and secretary of the Alumni 

 Association of Harvard College. 



Benjamin Lincoln [III. 10], son of General Benjamin Lin- 

 coln, was born in Hingham, Nov. 1, 1756, and was graduated at 

 Harvard College in 1777. He held a distinguished position in a 

 class containing many men of more than average ability. He 

 studied law with Lieut.-Gov. Levi Lincoln, at Worcester, and com- 

 menced practice in Boston. He acquired an honorable reputation 

 at the bar, but the hopes of later distinction which were enter- 

 tained from his promising beginning were destroyed by his death, 

 at the early age of thirty-two, in 1788. 



Jotham Lincoln [II. 456], the son of Jotham and Meriel 

 (Hobart) Lincoln, was born in Hingham, Nov. 7, 1815. He was 

 educated in the public schools of Hingham, and the Derby Acad- 

 emy, under the preceptorship of Mr. Increase S. Smith. Subse- 

 quently he attended the private school of Mr. Luther B. Lincoln, 

 and entered the sophomore class of Brown University in 1833, 

 and was graduated in 1836. He studied law in the office of Hon. 

 Solomon Lincoln, in Hingham, and was admitted to the bar in 



