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Page 11 - He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery company of Boston, 1794-1844, and frequently conducted the music on public occasions.
Page 9 - He was appointed by the President a member of the board of visitors to the US Military academy, West Point, in 1885, and to the US Naval academy, Annapolis, in 1896.
Page 7 - At the time of his death he was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of the American...
Page 61 - In the early part of 1951 he was elected an associate member of the National Academy of Design in New York.
Page 21 - Select School, and was graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1862.