Excerpt from Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, Biographical Genealogical, Vol. 1 of 2 John Quincy Adams Brackett, former Governor of Massachusetts, was born at Bradford, New Hampshire, June 8, 1842, son of Ambrose S. And Nancy (brown) Brackett. He began his education in the common schools of his native village, graduated from Colby (new Hampshire) Academy in 1861, entered Harvard Col lege, and graduated with the class of 1865, with highest honors, and as class orator. He subsequently graduated from Harvard Law School, was admitted to the bar, and entered upon practice in 1868. 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.