Lawrence, Abbott
merchant, congressman, philanthropist, was born Dec. 16, 1792, in Groton, Mass. He served in the common council of Boston in 1831; and was a representative in congress from 1835 to 1837, and again in 1839 and 1840.
In 1842 he was appointed a commissioner to arrange the northeastern boundary question; and was a presidential elector in 1844. He founded a scientific school at Cambridge, and his gifts and bequests to various charitable and religious societies proved him to be a man of many noble qualities. He died Aug. 18, 1855, in Boston.
LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS, merchant, was born July 31, 1814, in Boston, Mass. He was twice nominated by the whigs and unionists for governor of Massachusetts. In the beginning of the civil war he aided in recruiting the second Massachusetts cavalry regiment. He built Lawrence hall, the Episcopal Theological school in Cambridge, and was its treasurer for many years. He died Aug. 22, 1886, in Nahant, Mass. was