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general law, on December 17, 1909. The proposal to estab- 

 lish the school, dated on September 11, 1901, was issued by 

 Mrs. Edward Gilchrist Low. 



HON. GEORGE S. BOUTWELL. 



Governor BOUTWELL was born at Brookline, Massa- 

 chusetts, on January 28, 1818, and at the time of his election 

 was under thirty-three years of age. 



It is somewhat singular that there have been six other 

 Governors of Massachusetts born in the same year as Mr. 

 Boutwell ; and they are as follows : — 



William Claflin, born at Milford, on March 6. 

 John Albion Andrew, born at Windham, Maine, on May 31. 

 Henry Joseph Gardner, born at Dorchester, on June 14. 

 Alexander Hamilton Rice, born at Newton, on August 30. 

 Thomas Talbot, born at Cambridge, New York, on September 7. 

 Benjamin Franklin Butler, born at Deerfield, New Hampshire, 

 on November 5. 



All these men are now dead. Between 185 1 and 1883, 

 inclusive, a period of thirty-three years, the administrations 

 of these several Governors covered an interval of eighteen 

 years. 



MR. AND MRS. SAMUEL A. SHATTUCK. 



The following tributes were paid to the character of Mr. 

 and Mrs. Samuel A. Shattuck by one who knew them both 

 intimately. In his opinion they each represented the high- 

 est type of Christian character. As a mark of respect and 

 affection this volume is inscribed to their memory. The 

 first notice is found in the "Boston Evening Transcript" 

 (p. 15), September 13, 1905; and the other in substance 



