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Loveiis there. A single quotation must suffice : "It was to him 



the highest enjoyment of riches, to relieve the wants of 

 the needy, from which he was himself exempted, to see 

 mankind rejoicing in the fruits of his bounty, and to feel 

 that divine satisfaction which results fi'om communicat- 

 ing happiness to others. His alms flowed like a fruitful 

 river, that diffuses its streams through a whole country. 

 He fed the hungry, and he cloathed the naked, he com- 

 forted the fatherless and the widows in their afliction, 

 and his bounties visited the prisoner. So that Almighty 

 God in giving riches to this man, seems to have scattered 

 blessings all abroad among the peoiDle." 



From this common testimony as to his charity, he must 

 have been entitled to large praise as a benefactor of the 

 needy. He failed to make a will, and the estate which 

 his uncle expressly withheld from his brother Benjamin 

 ■ now came into the custody of that individual, and a good 

 share of it into his possession. The estate was soon scat- 



The Faneuii tcrcd. The Faucuils during the Revolutionary days were 



Tomb 



among the Tories, and fled either to England or Nova 

 Scotia. The Faneuii tomb is in the westerly corner of the 

 Granary Burying Ground. After the Revolution, the 

 family played an unimportant part in the life of Boston ; 

 but Andrew and Peter Faneuii will ever be among the 

 noted names of the Huguenot settlers in the new world. 

 They represented in many respects the best traits of the 

 Huguenot character, and show what splendid material 

 France lost through her misguided policy. 



