Improvement Era, Vol. 4

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Excerpt from Improvement Era, Vol. 4: Organ of Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, June, 1901Mr. Emery was born in Corinth, Maine, August 13, 1833. At the age of six, his father moved to his native town, Berwick, Maine, and thence to Medford, Mass, when the boy was sixteen. Here his father and mother are buried. He fitted for college in New Hampton and New London, N. H., entered Dartmouth college, and graduated, and subsequently graduated also at the Albany, N. Y. Law School. He then went to Boston, engaging in the practice of law with Gen. B. F. Butler and N. St. John Green. His health not being good, he moved south, and in 1870 was ap pointed supervisor of internal revenue for Tennessee. To that state were added others, until Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas constituted his district, and he had under him between twenty-seven and eight hundred men whose appointments came from Washington.He resigned that position in the fall. Of 1874, being appointed Governor of Utah the following spring, without his asking, or knowing anything about it. In a note to the editor, Mr. Emery says: I called on the President before leaving for Utah to thank him. I said: I understand, Mr. President, there are turbulent spirits in Utah as well as in the South Yes, he answered, the Gentiles and 'mor mon' people seem to be having a lively time, but I think you will have little or no trouble. He added: You {go out there and look around, and I will come out and see you. He kept his promise, and visited Utah the next fall, remaining with us several days in Salt Lake City. I have always had more interest in Utah's prosperity and happiness than most people have supposed.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.