MEMORIAL

OF

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HON. HARRY BINGHAM, LL.D.

LAWYER, LEGISLATOR, AUTHOR

EDITED BY

HENRY HARRISON METCALF

UNDER THE DIRECTION OF

EDGAR ALDRICH, ALBERT S. BATCHELLOR, JOHN M. MITCHELL

LITERARY EXECUTORS

PRIVATELY PRINTED AND GRATUITOUSLY ISSUED

CONCORD, N. H., 1910

INTRODUCTION.

This compilation of the writings and speeches of Harry Bingham has been prepared and published in pursuance of a provision of his will, which directed that, in a certain event, Edgar Aldrich, Albert S. Batchellor and John M. Mitchell should prepare and publish a memorial volume containing such parts, or the whole, of such of his legal arguments and other speeches and addresses as they might select, the volume to be printed and brought out under their direction.

It is our understanding that Mr. Bingham intended a gratuitous distribution. It is also our understanding that he intended the work as a token of remembrance to his friends and such as might reasonably be expected to be interested in his career, without regard to the question whether they had been for or against the doctrines for which he stood. But we have not overlooked the fact that we owe a duty under this trust to the great libraries whose mission it is to assemble all the available works of this class for the use of the public, and we have set apart what seemed to be an adequate number of volumes for that purpose.

Harry Bingham's decease occurred September 12, 1900. He had reached the age of almost four score years. His labors at the bar were unremitting in a period of professional activity covering more than fifty years. His habits of research were systematic and exhaustive. He was masterful in argument. He was resourceful in controversy. He was conscientious and consistent in adherence to principle.

The results of his researches and discussions relating to the application and contest of legal principles included a vast and diversified range. In this field, as might be expected, his writings are in a large measure scattered or lost beyond recovery. His contributions to the far-reaching railroad litigation, which