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Mellen Chamberlain (4 June 1821,
He graduated from
Besides chapters in Justin Winsor's ''Memorial History of Boston'' (1881), he wrote:
* ''The History of Winnisimmet, Rumney Marsh, and Pullin Point'' (1880)
* ''Narrative and Critical History of America'' (1888)
* ''
Pembroke, New Hampshire
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- 25 June 1900, Chelsea, Massachusetts
Chelsea is a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, directly across the Mystic River from the city of Boston. As of the 2020 census, Chelsea had a population of 40,787. With a total area of just 2.46 square miles, Chelsea is the s ...
) was a United States lawyer, librarian and historian. He was librarian of the Boston Public Library
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for over a decade.
Biography
He graduated from Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native ...
in 1844 and from the Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School (Harvard Law or HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest continuously operating law school in the United States.
Each class ...
in 1848. In 1849 he was admitted to the bar, opened a law office in Boston
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and made his residence in Chelsea, where, during 51 years of citizenship, he served the town in many public capacities. In 1858 and 1859 he was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from 14 counties each divided into single-member ...
and the Senate
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in 1863–64. He was associate justice of the Municipal Court of Boston 1866–70, and chief justice 1870–78.
On 26 August 1878, he was chosen librarian-in-chief of the Boston Public Library, where he served until ill health compelled his retirement in 1890. During his administration, a new library building was begun and the cornerstone laid. Throughout his life he was a close student and investigator of American history.
Historical works
Besides chapters in Justin Winsor's ''Memorial History of Boston'' (1881), he wrote:
* ''The History of Winnisimmet, Rumney Marsh, and Pullin Point'' (1880)
* ''Narrative and Critical History of America'' (1888)
* ''John Adams
John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Befor ...
, the Statesman of the Revolution'' (1884)
* ''The Authentication of the Declaration of Independence
A declaration of independence or declaration of statehood or proclamation of independence is an assertion by a polity in a defined territory that it is independent and constitutes a state. Such places are usually declared from part or all of ...
'' (1885)
* ''John Adams, the Statesman, with Other Essays and Addresses'' (1898)
* ''The Journals of Captain Henry Dearborn
Henry Dearborn (February 23, 1751 – June 6, 1829) was an American military officer and politician. In the Revolutionary War, he served under Benedict Arnold in his expedition to Quebec, of which his journal provides an important record ...
, 1775-83'' (1886–87)
* ''The Constitutional Relations of the American Colonies to the English Government at the Commencement of the American Revolution'' (1887)
See also
*84th Massachusetts General Court (1863)
The 84th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1863 during the governorship of John Albion Andrew. Jonathan E. Field served as president of the Senate and Alex ...
* 85th Massachusetts General Court (1864)
The 85th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1864 during the governorship of John Albion Andrew. Jonathan E. Field served as president of the Senate and Alexa ...
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References
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