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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 18: Stratford-on-avon.—Warwick.—London.—Characters of judges and lawyers.—authors.—society.—January, 1839, to March, 1839.—Age, 28. (search)
ey-General, with a brief interval, from 1834 to 1841; a parliamentary leader from 1830 to 1841, when1841, when he was made a peer, and Lord Chancellor of Ireland. From 1846 to 1850 he was a member of the Cabin Solicitor-General in 1840, Attorney-General in 1841, Chief-Justice of the Common Pleas in 1846, andrd Chancellor again in 1834, and still again in 1841, and resigned the great seal in 1846. He was, Francis Chantrey; Sir Francis Chantrey, 1781-1841. Among his works are The Sleeping Children, in Carey & Hart, of Philadelphia, was published in 1841, and preceded any English edition. I have just -1864. he was Chief Secretary of Ireland, 1835-1841; succeeded to the earldom on the death of his fthe peerage by his brother, William George. In 1841-1842, he travelled in the United States, and ga a change of administration, and reappointed in 1841: became Lord Chief-Baron of the Exchequer in 181863. He was a judge of the Queen's Bench from 1841 until his sudden death, while attending the Nor[1 more...]
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, March 1, 1839. (search)
igned the great seal with a change of ministry, in 1830; was appointed Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer in 1831; Lord Chancellor again in 1834, and still again in 1841, and resigned the great seal in 1846. He was, during his life, devoted to the Tory or Conservative party. has just returned from the Continent, where he has been : so that they are in the hands of the best anthologists in the kingdom. I mentioned them one day at dinner to Sir Francis Chantrey; Sir Francis Chantrey, 1781-1841. Among his works are The Sleeping Children, in Lichfield Cathedral, and statues of William Pitt, Canning, and Washington. and he prayed oyer, though he does not kn He said they were trifles, full of mistakes, which he should rather see forgotten than preserved. An edition by Carey & Hart, of Philadelphia, was published in 1841, and preceded any English edition. I have just heard that he has concluded a contract with a bookseller for his history of England. If this is so, farewell politi
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 21: Germany.—October, 1839, to March, 1840.—Age, 28-29. (search)
y of Legation at Berlin, from 1837 to 1853, and Minister—resident at Berne, Switzerland, from 1853 to 1861. He is the author of books of travel, romances, and poems, and resides in Germany. He dedicated to Sumner his novel, Hoboken, published in 1841. the Secretary here, is a very nice and amiable person. I love him. He has a romance in press, in London, entitled The Countess, the scene of which is partly laid in Berlin during the French revolution. Wheaton, our minister, who is our most creike Ranke better than Von Raumer. Both are professors at Berlin. Our countryman, Dr. Robinson, Dr. Edward Robinson, 1794-1863; a distinguished Biblical scholar and explorer of Palestine. His Biblical Researches in Palestine, was published in 1841. is here, preparing a work, which seems to excite great expectations, on the geography of Palestine. It will be in two volumes, and will be published at the same time in English and German. He is not only learned in Greek and Hebrew roots, but h
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, January 4. (search)
ent things; Ranke at once struck upon a manuscript upon the Inquisition. Mai tore this out of the book and threw it aside. The French had the Vatican in their hands ten or more years. It is strange they did not bring out its hidden treasures. I like Ranke better than Von Raumer. Both are professors at Berlin. Our countryman, Dr. Robinson, Dr. Edward Robinson, 1794-1863; a distinguished Biblical scholar and explorer of Palestine. His Biblical Researches in Palestine, was published in 1841. is here, preparing a work, which seems to excite great expectations, on the geography of Palestine. It will be in two volumes, and will be published at the same time in English and German. He is not only learned in Greek and Hebrew roots, but has a sound, scientific mind, and is a good writer. I like Fay more and more. He is a sterling person, simple, quiet, and dignified; his style is very clear, smooth, and elegant, perhaps wanting in force. I have just received an admirable letter fr
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 23: return to his profession.—1840-41.—Age, 29-30. (search)
Chapter 23: return to his profession.—1840-41.—Age, 29-30. Cordial greetings awaited Sumner on his arrival in Boston, from his old frien till midnight, or often two hours later. During the years 1840 and 1841, he made no contribution to any magazine or newspaper. When he had ner became very zealous in the controversy, and during the autumn of 1841 was engaged in taking testimony in Boston, New Haven, and New York. agant admiration. When the latter was in the United States Senate, 1841-42, they treated of the same themes in correspondence. Later they wose health had been for some time delicate, became, in the summer of 1841, the prey of a disease which was soon to be fatal. At this periodon to Parliament, for the West Riding in Yorkshire, in the summer of 1841; and made a visit to this country in the autumn, arriving by steamery, which was afterwards essentially modified. Talfourd proposed, in 1841, instead of the existing law which limited a copyright to twenty-eig
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 24: Slavery and the law of nations.—1842.—Age, 31. (search)
n power, or anywhere outside of the jurisdiction of the municipal law which sanctions his ownership. The right of search, unless specially conceded by treaty, is a purely belligerent right, and does not exist in time of peace. By the treaty of 1841, known as the Quintuple Treaty, between Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia, the slave-trade was declared piracy, and a mutual right of search given. France, acting under the influence of Mr. Cass and Mr. Wheaton, refused to ratify it. Th The peculiar character of slave ownership as against common right, and existing only under positive municipal law, became at this time the subject of earnest discussion. While the brig Creole, an American merchant vessel, was on her voyage, in 1841, from Hampton Roads to New Orleans, with one hundred and thirty-five slaves on board, a part of them rose in mutiny, killed a passenger who was the reputed owner of some of the slaves, wounded a number of the officers and crew, and having obtained
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, chapter 30 (search)
Charles Sedgwick was clerk of the courts of Berkshire. He died in 1856, at the age of sixty-four. His father, Judge Sedgwick, who died in 1813, had three other sons,—Theodore, of Stockbridge, who died in 1839; Robert, of New York, who died in 1841; and Henry D., of New York, who died in 1831; and also a daughter,—Catherine, the author,—who died in 1867. The Judge's son Theodore, whose widow was living at Stockbridge in 1844, was the father of Theodore Sedgwick, who was the friend and corre Ante, Vol.II p.149. The controversy was carried on both by an action of tort and a bill in equity. The pleadings and evidence in the equity suit fill two hundred and sixty-five pages. Sixty-three depositions were taken,—chiefly in the autumn of 1841. The volume containing them bears, on almost every page, several of Sumner's marks and comments. His client contested the validity of the patent on the usual grounds of previous knowledge and use. The trial of the action of tort began before Ju