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Alexander Hamilton Rice was the son of Thomas and Lydia (Smith) Rice. Born on August 30, 1818 at Newton Lower Falls, Massachussets, where his father was proprietor of a paper mill.
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Address Delivered at a Lawn Party Given by the Surviving Pupils, Aided by the City of Newton, to Mr. Seth Davis, on His One Hundredth Birthday, September 3, 1887
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Excerpt from Massachusetts, and How She Is Governed: Address of His Excellency Alexander H. Rice, Delivered at the Ratification Meeting in Faneuil Hall, Thursday, Oct; 10 Fellow-citizens, fellow-Republicans, honest men of all parties and of all opinions, assembled here, - We have gathered hi this venerable hall, consecrated to patriotic and sacred associations and memories, to pass together in evening in considering some of those important questions which affect the character and welfare of the nation at large, the peace and happiness of our own homes, the prosperity of our industries, and the renown of this grand old Commonwealth which we so fervently love. (Applause.) It is something of a heritage to be an American citizen. One feels it to be so when he stands within the precincts of Faneuil Hall, and opens his mind and his heart to the associations of this place. It is also a lofty privilege to be a citizen of Massachusetts. The Glory Of The Old Commonwealth. We remember that it was Massachusetts who first received upon her virgin soil the Puritan and the Pilgrim, who established here the principles which underlie all American civilization, and out of which has grown much of the fame, of the happiness, and of the prosperity, which we of New England claim. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Alexander Hamilton Rice
Edit ProfileEducation
He attended public and private schools in and near Newton, obtaining at the same time considerable training in his father's business.
He entered Union College in 1840.
Career
At seventeen he entered a dry-goods store in Boston as a clerk, but was forced to return home shortly on account of illness. Two years later he was employed in Boston by Wilkins & Carter, wholesale dealers in paper and publishers of music books and dictionaries. He joined the Mercantile Library Association, where he found books to study and, at its meetings, stimulating friends.
A disfigurement of his upper lip, the result of being thrown from a horse, not only delayed his entrance into college but also prevented him from going into law as he had intended. In time, however, the scar on his lip became practically unnoticeable, while he completely overcame the impediment in his speech which had been caused by the injury. He graduated from Union in 1844 with highest honors, and the following year returned to Boston as a member of the firm by which he had previously been employed.
He later headed the concern, which in 1889 came to be the Rice-Kendall Company, manufacturing paper in Newton with warehouses and offices in Boston. At the time of his death he was also president of the Keith Paper Company at Turner's Falls, and of the American Sulphate Pulp Company, and a director of the Montague Paper Company. His other business interests included the Massachusetts National Bank, the American Loan and Trust Company (Boston), and the Mutual Life Insurance Company (New York). Rice entered politics in 1853 as a Whig member of the Common Council of Boston.
Reëlected in 1854, he was made its president. He was one of the organizers of the Republican party in Massachusetts, and he was that party's first mayor of Boston (1856 and 1857), though elected on the "Citizen's" ticket over the "Know-Nothing" candidate. During his terms as mayor, improvements in the Back Bay section were inaugurated, the City Hospital was established, and the city's public institutions were organized under a single board.
He returned to politics as a Republican congressman (1859 - 67), being assigned to the Committee on Naval Affairs, of which he was chairman in 1866. From 1876 to 1878 he was governor of Massachusetts. During his three terms he was much interested in social legislation, but a plan for the reorganization of the state charities presented during this period by a special commission was rejected by the legislature. The hospitals for the insane at Danvers and Worcester were completed while he was in office. He commuted, on the grounds of youth, the death sentence of Jesse Pomeroy, the notorious murderer.
He died after a long illness at the Langwood Hotel in Melrose.
Achievements
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He served as Mayor of Boston from 1856 to 1857, a U. S. Congressman during the American Civil War, and as the 30th Governor of Massachusetts from 1876–78. He was part owner and president of Rice-Kendall, one of the nation's largest paper products distributors. As governor, he promoted social reform legislation and reductions in working hours.
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Address Delivered at a Lawn Party Given by the Surviving Pupils, Aided by the City of Newton, to Mr. Seth Davis, on His One Hundredth Birthday, September 3, 1887
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Massachusetts, and How She Is Governed
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Massachusetts, and How She Is Governed: Address of His Excellency Alexander H. Rice, Delivered at the Ratification Meeting in Faneuil Hall, Thursday, Oct; 10 (Classic Reprint)
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Massachusetts address of His Excellency Alexander H. Rice
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Address Delivered at a Lawn Party Given by the Surviving Pupils, Aided by the City of Newton, to Mr. Seth Davis, on His One Hundredth Birthday, Septem
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Address Delivered at a Lawn Party Given by the Surviving Pupils, Aided by the City of Newton, to Mr. Seth Davis, on His One Hundredth Birthday, September 3, 1887
Membership
He was a member of many learned societies and a trustee of many important public institutions, while his broad interests and commanding oratory made him much in demand as a speaker on public occasions.
Personality
His stand against change in the new local-option law on the grounds that there were no evidences of flagrant evils resulting from it and that it should be tested further before the passage of other legislation brought upon him unjust criticism from many prohibitionists, but his geniality, combined with thoughtfulness, discernment, and sound judgment, won for him quite general favor.
Connections
He was twice married: first, August 19, 1845, to Augusta E. McKim of Lowell, who died in 1868, having borne two sons and two daughters; and, second, to Angie Erickson Powell of Rochester, New York.
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Republican