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Salem, and was a merchant there; when in London 

 1774-5 he was called to the bar of the House of 

 Commons and questioned as to the state of things in 

 Massachusetts; he was delegate to the Continental 

 Congress in 1782 and 1783; served as lieutenant 

 colonel in suppressing Shay's rebellion and was an 

 active adviser of Gov. Bowdoin in that crisis. 



Henry Hill was a Boston merchant; died in 1828; 

 lived in a fine mansion on Summer street; was repre- 

 sentative in the General Court in 1776 and 1789 and 

 one of the overseers of the poor of the town of Boston. 

 He had a store at some central situation where in 1798 

 certain seed wheat received from foreign ports was 

 distributed to the trustees of the society. 



Samuel Holten (1738-1816) whose name is also 

 spelled "Holton," was of Danvers; an eminent physi- 

 cian and zealous patriot; member of the provincial 

 congress, 1774-5; delegate to organize the Confedera- 

 tion; member of Congress, six years; of the governor's 

 council, 27 years, and of the constitutional convention 

 of 1789; also judge of probate and common pleas. 



John Lov^ell (1743-1802) was bom in Newbury- 

 port and represented that town in the provincial con- 

 gress; represented Boston in the Legislature in 1778; 

 was in the convention of 1780 and secured the inser- 

 tion in the bill of rights of the declaration that all men 

 are born free and equal, expressing opinion that it 

 would abolish slavery in the State. His legal foresight 

 was vindicated, for when a test case arose it was so 

 adjudicated by the highest State court. He was a 

 member of the Continental Congress in 1782 and 

 1783, and became successively, judge of the United 

 States District and Admiralty Court for the district of 

 Massachusetts, and circuit-court judge for the New 

 England states. He owned and lived on a large farm 



