| Show tite tim LATE AMOS LAWRENCE OF bosron BOSTON 41 1 I have never in my life smoked a cigar never chewed but one quid and that before I 1 was afif teen and never took an ounce of snuff in 1807 lie he came to boston with 20 in his pocket feeling as he says richer than I 1 had haa ever felt before or have ever felt I 1 since incese he i the neighbor who drove him to the city 2 of his 20 during the first seven years oghig of his hig mercantile life he never allowed a bill to stand unsettled over the sabbath lie ile kept an accurate account of the merchandise bought and sold each oay day avoiding excessive credits and practiced th the e most rigid economy never as he says allo lallo ailo allowa w wJ v ing himself to spend a for annec necess un s sary objects till he had acquired it I 1 during the first year he made 1500 an and the second in january his 0 profits were betat but at successive intervals 9 01 inter bials six six years from that time he became worth 1814 81 14 1820 1826 20 01 OCT and 1833 1832 in 1829 mr lawrence commenced a merd mern me book continued to his death dece deceit ber her au contain containing containing iny bl statement of all imi I 1 donations in money or other articles charged W it the cost they within this period amounted mounted to 6 and added to his unrecorded charities bably make a total ot of seven hundred thomsa dollars boston tran transcript br |
