Rambles about Portsmouth. Sketches of persons, localities, and incidents of two centuries: principally from tradition and unpublished documents. By Charles W. Brewster.

12 RAMBLES ABOUT PORTSMOUTH.
office to his home, he passed by, or in sight of, every Law offlce
in town. That of Jeremiah Mason was over the southern part of the
First National Bank, with Geo.. Mason, Lory Odell, John Elwyn,
Charles W. Cutter, S. P. Long, Hampden Cutts, Thomas Currier, and
WVm. A. Walker, as students at law; Levi Woodbury's, over the
northern part of the same Bank, with Franklin Peirce, John Thompson
and Jos. W. White as students; Ichabod Bartlett's, at the corner of
Market and Bow streets, with Wmrn. H. Y..Hackett and Francis 0.
J. Smith as students; Nathaniel A. Haven, Jr.'s, at the corner of
Market and Congress streets, with Alfred W. Haven as a student;
Edward Cutts's, on the same corner, with J. Trask Woodbury as a student, and Wm. Claggett's, with Jonas Cutting as a student; Samuel
Cushman's, where the Aqueduct Company's office now is, on Market
Square; and James Smith's, in the Piscatacua House. Peyton Rt.
Freeman's office was then a little north of the Journal office.
Several of these young gentlemen contributed to some one of the
newspapers in town, and in this way became acquainted with 31r.
Brewster. During his apprenticeship he wrote more frequently for
other papers than for that with which he was connected. He took
pains with his articles, regarding the exercise as a preparation for
the position of an editor. He put most of Mr. Haven's editorial articles into type, and had an admiration for his style as a writer, and a
veneration for his character as a man, traces of which were seen in
his subsequent writings and life.
In July, 1825, Mr. Brewster and Tobias H. Miller assumed the
joint proprietorship of the Journal. This connection was maintained
for about ten years, when, in 1835, he became sole proprietor and edi.
tor. In 1853 he associated with him his son, Lewis W. Brewster, in
these positions, who upon his father's death became sole proprietor.
Mr. Brewster married, May 13, 1828,.Mary Gilman, daughter of
Ward and Hannah Gilman. They had nine children. His wife and
four of their children, Lewis W., Charles G., 3Mary G. and Helen A.
G., survive him. At about the time of his marriage he became a
member of the North (Congregational) Church, a position which he
adorned through the remainder of his life.
To the Journal he gave his thoughts, his labors and his talents.
The forty-three volumes of that puaper, commencing in 1825 and end