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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
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William Ingersoll Bowditch, youngest son of Nathaniel and Mary (Ingersoll) Bowditch, was baptized in Salem, Massachusetts, August 15, 1819. He attended Harvard College, receiving an A. B. in 1838 and an LL.B. in 1841;a resident of Brookline, Massachusetts, he became a lawyer and Conveyancer. William Bowditch was Town Meeting moderator for several years. An avid abolitionist, he attempted to change public opinion through meetings, lectures, and membership in the Boston Vigilance Committee, and even used his own house to shelter fugitive slaves. He was active in other reform movements as well, including suffrage. William married Sarah Rhea Higginson (1819-1919) in 1844. He died at his residence at 225 Tappan Street, Brookline, on the 24th of January, 1909; his body was removed to the Mount Auburn Crematory, and he is buried in the cemetery there