An eulogy on the Honourable Thomas Russell, Esq., late president of the Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians and others, in North America; the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; the Agricultural Society; the Society for the Advice of Immigrants; the Boston Chamber of Commerce, and the National Bank in Boston, who died at Boston, April 8, 1796. Delivered, May 4, 1796, before the several societies to which he belonged / by John Warren.

  • Warren, John, 1753-1815.
Date:
1796
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Credit: An eulogy on the Honourable Thomas Russell, Esq., late president of the Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians and others, in North America; the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; the Agricultural Society; the Society for the Advice of Immigrants; the Boston Chamber of Commerce, and the National Bank in Boston, who died at Boston, April 8, 1796. Delivered, May 4, 1796, before the several societies to which he belonged / by John Warren. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    L 79a ize was early placed at a private {chool, under the care of mr. cusuiNG, one of the ableft preceptors of that period. : IN conformity toa judicious rule, which his father had adopted, of fuffering his children to purfue fuch oc- cupations and profeflions, as their genius and inclination led them to ; and putting them under the direCtion of the moft eminent perfons in the line which they had elected, the refidue of his education was committed to mR. THO- MAS GREEN, a principal merchant in the town of Bofton. were he had conftantly before him a {pecimen of thofe fhining virtues, for which he afterwards became him- felf fo confpicuous : and, as it can never be too forcibly inculcated upon parents, to be cautious in this re{pect ; and, as the effe€t of fuch caution was fo fully exemplified in the inftance before us, I fhall take the liberty of repeat- lng the concife terms in which the qualities to which I re- fer in mr. creeEn, are defcribed by a writer of his life. ‘* THE beft men in the province were defirous of com: ‘‘ mitting their fons, whom they wanted to breed up to “ that bufinefs | merchandife] to his care and inftruGion ; Bi 3 looking