338 History of Hingham. 



In the fall of 1859 he entered the law office of Sidney Bartlett, 

 Esq., in Boston. In the fall of 1860 he entered the Harvard Law 

 School, and remained thereuntil May, 1861. Returning to Maine, 

 he studied law in Buckfield. During that year for a short time 

 he occupied the position of usher in the Boston Latin School. 

 In the spring of 1862 he opened a law office in Buckfield, Me. In 

 the fall of that year he came to Boston and spent the winter in the 

 offices of Peleg W. Chandler and Charles Levi Woodbury. In 

 May, 1863, he went into the office of Stillman B. Allen, Esq., and 

 in 1867 became his partner, the firm name being Allen and Long. 

 This partnership with Mr. Allen continued until Mr. Long be- 

 came lieut.-governor in 1879. In the summers of 1867 and 1868 

 he lived in Hingham, and in 1869 he made Hingham his perma- 

 nent residence. He has been a member of the School Committee, 

 a trustee of Derby Academy, and of the Hingham Public Library. 



He was representative to the General Court from the First 

 Plymouth District in 1875, 1876, 1877, and 1878, and during the 

 last three of those years was speaker of the House of Representa- 

 tives. He was lieut.-governor of Massachusetts in 1879, and 

 governor in 1880, 1881, and 1882. He represented the Second 

 Massachusetts Congressional District in the 48th, 49th, and 50th 

 Congresses, being first elected in 1882. 



He is a member of numerous societies and clubs, including the 

 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the New England His- 

 toric-Genealogical Society, and many others. 



He received the degree of LL.D. from Harvard University in 

 1880. His publications are enumerated in the chapter on " Pub- 

 lications." His pen has never been idle, and a list of all his 

 numerous orations and addresses would of itself fill a volume. 

 Mr. Long's public life and services are too well known to need 

 any eulogium in this history. In 1889 he resumed the practice 

 of his profession in Boston, returning to an association with his 

 former partners, under the firm name of Allen, Long, and 

 He men way. 



Abner Loring [III. 36], son of Peter Loring, was born in Hing- 

 ham July 21, 1786, and was graduated at Harvard College in 

 1807. He studied law in the office of Hon. Ebenezer Gay in 

 Hingham, and commenced practice in Dorchester, Mass. Mr. 

 Loring was possessed of an unexceptionable character for fairness 

 and integrity. The hopes of his becoming distinguished in his 

 profession were cut off by his early death, July 18, 1814. His 

 death occurred " when his diligence in the pursuit of knowledge 

 and his integrity and skill in his professional duties had gained 

 universal respect and confidence, and opened the fairest prospect 

 of an honorable and lucrative establishment " in his profession. 



Jacob H. Loud [III. 42] was born in Hingham, Feb. 5, 1802, 

 and was the son of Thomas and Lydia (Hersey) Loud. He fitted 

 for college at the Derby Academy under Rev. Daniel Kimball. 

 He entered Brown University in 1818, and was graduated in 

 1822. He studied law in Hingham with Hon. Ebenezer Gay, 



