60 THE RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR. 



School; on the establishment of the High School in 1827, 

 he was appointed to the mastership and remained there 

 three years. He then erected a building on Federal 

 street, Salem, for an academy of which he was the in- 

 structor, until 1844, first for boys, afterwards for girls, 

 when he was appointed by Gov. Briggs, Adjutant General 

 of the state. In 1848, appointed agent of the Atlantic 

 Mills, he removed to Lawrence where he continued twelve 

 years, serving the city in various ways, especially on the 

 school committee and as its mayor; in 1860 elected state 

 treasurer ; and then he returned to Salem. The constitu- 

 tional term having expired, by invitation of Gov. Bullock, 

 he visited the manufacturing districts, respecting the em- 

 ployment of children. In 1869, he was appointed by 

 Gov. Claflin, chief of the Bureau of Labor and Statistics ; 

 he held this office four years. In the year 1876, a mem- 

 ber of the Board of Judges at the Centennial Exhibition, 

 Philadelphia; Mayor of Salem, 1877-8-9-80, retiring in 

 1881 from public life. He was many years a member 

 of the examining committee of Harvard College and in 

 1846, secretary of Board of Visitors at TJ. S. Mil. Acad., 

 West Point ; lectured frequently on literary and educa- 

 tional subjects ; composer of music, etc. Admitted to 

 membership, July 6, 1864. 



George Johnson Breed died at the Homoeopathic Hos- 

 pital, Boston, Aug. 12, 1885 ; son of Capt. Holten J. 

 and Nancy (Symonds) Breed; born in Salem, January 7, 

 1827. In the decease of Mr. Breed, Salem loses one of 

 its most accomplished musicians. That he was extremely 

 modest and unambitious and hence unknown to many does 

 not impair the statement that we have seldom had among 

 us a more thorough pianist, a more brilliant performer, a 



