Word: abolitionist
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...that of all who graduated only six were left to attend the sixtieth anniversary. Two have died during the past year. Those present Thursday evening were: Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Rev. Dr. S. F. Smith, author of the hymn "America"; Rev. Samuel May, class secretary and a prominent abolitionist before the war; Rev. Dr. Stickney, of Royalton, Vt.; Rev. A. S. Devens, of Boston, and Charles Storrow, who is president of the class organization...
...profession for several years, not since 1852, when elected treasurer of the gas company. In 1859 and 1871 he served in the senate, and also rendered valuable assistance on the Cambridge Water Board. Deceased was a son of the late Judge Howe of Northampton and was a strong abolitionist...