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Excerpt from Personal Memoirs and Recollections Justin Editorial Life, Vol. 2 of 2
Messrs. Blllings, hallett, baker, and teacher, were merchants in good repute, and by their lives and conduct maintained the dignity and honor Of the mer cantile character. Mr. Billings was a member of the first board Of aldermen after Boston was incorporated as a city. Mr. Hallett was a native of Barnstable, and came to Boston, when quite a lad, as an apprentice with Allen dz Tucker, wholesale grocersf He accu mulated a handsome property, and had a numerous family Of children, to whom he left the legacy of an unsullied name. Mr. Baker originated in the'county of Essex, to which he returned after many years Of successful trade in Boston. Mr. Thacher was a son of the Rev. Peter Thacher, minister of the church in Brattle-street. A warm-hearted friend and agreeable companion7he was, perhaps, too liberal for his own benefit. Neither Of the four gentlemen mentioned in this paragraph, except Mr. Billings; was, at the com mencement Of the publication Of the Courier, interested in manufactures but they were men who were willing that the system should be fairly tried, and were ready to aid with their purses the progress of the experi ment. It is believed that all Of them became in some degree, afterward, involved in the business Of manu facturing.
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