Brinley, Francis
soldier, lawyer, legislator, author, was born Nov. 10, 1800, in Boston, Mass. He was a member of the Boston common council for several years, and its president in 1850 and 1851.
He was a member of the lower house of the legislature in 1832, 1850 and 1854, and in 1852, 1853 and 1863 of the state senate. In 1853 he was a delegate to the state constitutional convention. He has published an Address before the Franklin Debating Society of Boston, and a life of his brother-in-law, William T. Porter, founder of the Spirit of the Times. as