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REED William, philanthropist, born in Marblehead, Massachusetts, in 1777; died there, 18 February, 1837. He became a merchant in his native town, and was elected to congress as a Federalist, serving from 4 November, 1811, till 3 March, 1815. He was active in educational and religious matters, acting as president of the Sabbath-school union of Massachusetts and of the American tract society, and as vice-president of the Education society. He was also one of the board of the Andover theological seminary and a trustee of Dartmouth college. Of 868,000 that was given by him in his will to benevolent objects, $17,000 were left to Dartmouth, $10,000 to Amherst, $10,000 to the American board of foreign missions, $16,000 to two churches in Marblehead, and $5,000 to the library of Andover theological seminary.
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