Excerpt from Proceedings of the Bench and Bar of the Circuit Court of the United States, District of Massachusetts: Upon the Decease of Hon. Benjamin Robbins Curtis, September and October, 1874 Mr. Bartlett, on taking the chair, Spoke briefly Of the late Judge Curtis's wide professional relations and his scarcely less numerous personal friendships extending over the 'whole country, through a long and honorable career On the bench and at the bar of the highest courts Of the United States. He know, Mr. Bartlett remarked, that he expressed the senti ment of the bar when he said that the deceased was held in the highest estimation, not only by his imme diate associates, but by the people Of the entire coun try with whom he was acquainted and to whom his great reputation as a jurist was familiar. 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.