The Biographical Dictionary of America/Amory, Thomas Coffin

AMORY, Thomas Coffin, author, was born in Boston, Mass., Oct. 16, 1812. He was educated at Harvard college, and in 1834, was made a member of the Suffolk bar. He served in the legislature of Massachusetts, and in the municipal government of Boston during many years, and at the same time contributed articles to periodicals. His published works include: "Life of James Sullivan," governor of Massachusetts (1858); "The Military Service of Major-General John Sullivan" (1868); "Life of Sir Isaac Coffin; His English and American Ancestors" (1886); and a number of poems and sketches published in magazines; and pamphlets on subjects incident to the times of the revolutionary war. His "William Blaxton, Sole Inhabitant of Boston," was a poem written at the time of the threatened destruction of the Old South Church, Boston, and did much to save that historic landmark. He died Aug. 20, 1889.