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ments of this institution for the higher education of young ladies. The ample
grounils, the perfection of the school edifice, the excellence of the teacliers.
and the scope of its curriculum, give it a prominence and a power not
excelled. He had the pleasure, with his associate trustees, of seeing this
school, by the generosity and interest of its many friends, placed upon an
enduring foundation. In the great reforms of the last half-century Dr. Cogs-
well gave his influence by judicious advice and consistent example. He commenced
actixe life with the tempeiance cause, and was an ardent supp Tter
of the anti-slnvcry niovement fn.m the beginning to the end of that gre;il
controversy.
Dr. Cog.swell was evangelical in his religious con\ictions, and never deji.irted
from the Scriptures of his ancestors. In 1S31 he became a member of -.he
rlnnch in Bradford, and was always identified with its growth and prosperity.
In 1 860 he assisted in forming the Haverhill Montlav Eveninc Clii:,
which was com])osed of gentlemen of literary tastes, residing in Haverhill and
Bradford, for the discussion of literary, scientilic, and social topics. In 1S7S
Dr. Cog-well made his second visit to F.urope, and was at the World's Fair in
Paris. He included in his travels tiie mountains and lakes of Switzerland.
and portions of (Jermany. Belgium, and Holland. He also visited the rural
districts of England. Scotland, and Ireland, giving much attention to the agri
culiurai capabilities and resources of the countries through which he passed,
and manifesting the same enthusiasm in all objects of interest that character-
iz.d his former visit. Amid his multiplied cares and duties, Dr. Cogswell
found time to de\i''i' no little attention to agriculture, and his broad acres on
the sunny slope 1 1 ' Ri\-erside '" gi\e evidence of good cultivation. There,
amid the rural retirement of his country home, he passed the summer months
of his later years, with his family, recei\'ing his friends with the cordial grace
of old-time hospitality.
It should not fail of mention, that of those who ha\e generously aided in
carrying forward to successful issue the work of genealogical research, as
presented in this volume, there is no one to whom the author is so largely
indebted, for counsel, encouragement, and money, as to Hum. George Cogswell,
M. D. For fuller mention of Dr. Coi;swell, vid. Successful New
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