Gru N Briggs

GREAT IN GOODNESS

A MEMOIR

OF

GEORGE N. BRIGGS,

GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,

FROM 1844 TO 1851.

BY

WILLIAM C. RICHARDS.

"Justum et tenacem propositi virum."

"Only the actions of the just,

Smell sweet and blossom in the dust."

With llustrations.

BOSTON:

GOULD AND LINCOLN,

59 WASHINGTON STREET.

NEW YORK: SHELDON AND COMPANY.
CINCINNATI: GEO. S. BLANCHARD AND CO.

1866.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by

GOULD AND LINCOLN,

In the Clerk's office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

ROCKWELL AND ROLLINS, Printers,

122 Washington Street, Boston.