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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 11: Paris.—its schools.—January and February, 1838.—Age, 27. (search)
ps,—dressed quite à la mode, and having the easy, jaunty air of young men of fashion, who were well received by their fellow-students. They were standing in the midst of a knot of young men; and their color seemed to be no objection to them. I was glad to see this; though, with American impressions, it seemed very strange. It must be, then, that the distance between free blacks and the whites among us is derived from education, and does not exist in the nature of things. Dined with Mr. Harrison, where I met a young Russian, Mr. Tchihatcheff; Pierre de Tchihatcheff, 1812-. Sumner met him in Paris in 1857. who is quite a cosmopolite, having been absent from his country nearly five years, and speaks a multitude of languages with perfect fluency,—English, so that I mistook him for an Englishman when he first entered. I talked with him a great deal about Russia, and found him intelligent and communicative. From him I learned much about the real state and policy of his country.
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Chapter 14: first weeks in London.—June and July, 1838.—Age, 27. (search)
ion raised to the peerage with the title of Baron Wensleydale. A second patent was issued to remove a disability from sitting and voting in Parliament, which arose from the limitation of the first patent to the term of his natural life. See reference to Baron Parke's subtlety and eccentricity in Arnould's Life of Lord Denman, Vol. I. p. 329, Vol. II. p. 250. In 1872, Justice Blackburn referred to him as probably the most acute and accomplished lawyer this country ever saw. Brinsmead v. Harrison, Law Reports, 7 C. P. pp. 547, 554. Sumner during this visit dined several times with Baron Parke. Eight years later, when an insurance case was cited in the Court of Exchequer from Sumner's Reports, the Baron asked, Is that the Mr. Sumner who was once in England? An affirmative reply being made, he said, We shall not consider it entitled to the less attention because reported by a gentleman whom we all knew and respected. Sumner, when visiting England in 1857, received courtesies from Ba
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 57: attempts to reconcile the President and the senator.—ineligibility of the President for a second term.—the Civil-rights Bill.—sale of arms to France.—the liberal Republican party: Horace Greeley its candidate adopted by the Democrats.—Sumner's reserve.—his relations with Republican friends and his colleague.—speech against the President.—support of Greeley.—last journey to Europe.—a meeting with Motley.—a night with John Bright.—the President's re-election.—1871-1872. (search)
become Bristow's friend. One day the President, at the close of some ordinary matter of business, quietly asked him for his resignation, neither then nor afterwards explaining to him why he took the step. This was stated to the writer by Mr. Jewell himself. and of the impeachment of Belknap, Secretary of War, for corruption in office, from whom the President parted with a too friendly acceptance of his resignation. Later Administrations,—those of Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, and Harrison,—have happily escaped the succession of scandals which distinguished the civil service from 1869 to 1877. The demoralization of that period is chargeable in some degree to war, which always brings vices in its train; but it was also due largely to the President's too good opinion of men of easy virtue and his lax treatment of them when they were found out. This came to be the opinion of the American people, who, ever grateful for his service in the army and ready to confer on him any milit
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, chapter 18 (search)
atic fiasco, and a final question may be asked: If the acquisition of St. Thomas was so manifestly desirable as Miss Seward represents, how does it happen that no one at Washington or among the people during the twenty years since Mr. Seward left office has said a word to revive the scheme? A good thing does not die so easily; there will always be true men and wise men to appreciate what is of enduring value. We have since had six Presidents,—Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, and Harrison,—and, not counting Washburne, five Secretaries of State,—Fish, Evarts, Blaine, Frelinghuysen, and Bayard; but none of them has coveted this island of the Caribbean Sea, rifted by earthquakes, swept by cyclones, and submerged by tidal waves, the imagined centre of universal commerce and a necessary outpost for our national defence! Journalists and merchants have been alike silent. Foreign nations who were suspected to be greedy spectators have turned away from the prize. St. Thomas remain<
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1: prelminary narrative, Preliminary narrative. (search)
ll made most earnest inquiries concerning the success of the recruiting in Massachusetts, and expressed the greatest satisfaction at your determination to fill up the old regiments first. (Letter of Col. Harrison Ritchie to Governor Andrew from Harrison's Bar, James River, Va., July 28, 1862.) (Schouler, I, 308.) but it leaves the question still open why this policy was necessary in Massachusetts and not in Vermont or in the Western States. As regards Vermont, the case is very simple. It was s fortunate that the strongly democratic spirit of Governor Andrew settled so promptly the policy of the State for all but the colored regiments, where the reluctance of the general government itself limited the promotions to a very few. Chaplain Harrison of the 54th was the first Massachusetts officer so commissioned (Sept. 8, 1863); but he was not allowed the privileges of an officer on the United States transport which took him South until another Massachusetts officer had offered to surr
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Genealogical Register (search)
tle Street, between James and Mason streets. He was Deacon of the Church from 30 June 1783, and d. 14 Sept. 1804, a. 69; his w. Sarah d. of paralysis 31 Mar. 1815, a. 69. 11. Isaac, s. of William (8), was a currier, and resided principally at Menot., where he d. 17 July 1791, a. 53, by the bite of a venomous insect, leaving chil. Isaac, Amos, and William. 12. Philemon, s. of William (8), was a farmer, res. in Lex., m. Rhoda Mead 13 Sept. 1786, and had Thomas, Betsey, Edwin, Charles, Harrison, and others. He d. 17 Oct. 1806. 13. William, s. of William (8), was a farmer, res. in Lex., and d. 1 May 1837, a. 80. His s. William, of Chs., was father of William A. Munroe, a trader in Cambridge. 14. James, s. of James (10), m. Margaret, dau. of Nathan Watson, 10 June 1804, and had Nathan Watson, b. 7 July 1806, grad. H. C. 1830, an Episcopal clergyman residing here; James, b. 15 Dec. 1808, m. Sarah R. M. Fiske 8 Oct. 1834, publisher and bookseller in Boston and Camb., d. 12 Ja
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, M. (search)
tle Street, between James and Mason streets. He was Deacon of the Church from 30 June 1783, and d. 14 Sept. 1804, a. 69; his w. Sarah d. of paralysis 31 Mar. 1815, a. 69. 11. Isaac, s. of William (8), was a currier, and resided principally at Menot., where he d. 17 July 1791, a. 53, by the bite of a venomous insect, leaving chil. Isaac, Amos, and William. 12. Philemon, s. of William (8), was a farmer, res. in Lex., m. Rhoda Mead 13 Sept. 1786, and had Thomas, Betsey, Edwin, Charles, Harrison, and others. He d. 17 Oct. 1806. 13. William, s. of William (8), was a farmer, res. in Lex., and d. 1 May 1837, a. 80. His s. William, of Chs., was father of William A. Munroe, a trader in Cambridge. 14. James, s. of James (10), m. Margaret, dau. of Nathan Watson, 10 June 1804, and had Nathan Watson, b. 7 July 1806, grad. H. C. 1830, an Episcopal clergyman residing here; James, b. 15 Dec. 1808, m. Sarah R. M. Fiske 8 Oct. 1834, publisher and bookseller in Boston and Camb., d. 12 Ja
Col. Robert White, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 2.2, West Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Chapter 8: (search)
efore Richmond, Cedar Mountain, Fayetteville, Cloyd's Mountain, Piedmont, and all the battles under Early in the Shenandoah valley. The Twenty-ninth Virginia infantry, recruited in western Virginia, and commanded by Col. James Giles, was detached from Colston's brigade and assigned to Corse's, at Petersburg, in the spring of 1863. A large regiment, composed of sturdy mountaineers, it did good service on the Blackwater, and with Corse was distinguished at Drewry's Bluff and Five Forks. （Harrison's Pickett and His Men.） Stephen A. Morgan, a lawyer of Morgantown, and member of the Virginia convention of 1861, was one of six brothers in one of the companies with Porterfield, later Company A, Thirty-first infantry. His widow writes: The first gun fired against the enemy was by Private T. Night, on picket, killing his antagonist, while Night was wounded in the ear. The first council of war was held at Pruntytown, in the parlor of the house now owned by C. Pierpont Hoffman, by Colone
Fannie A. Beers, Memories: a record of personal exeperience and adventure during four years of war., Part I. (search)
more for him. Besides the Buckner, there were the Bragg and two more hospitals, the names of which I have forgotten, one presided over by two gentle ladies,—Mrs. Harrison and Mrs.——, of Florida,—whose devotion and self-sacrifice, as well as their lovely Christian character and perfect manners, made them well-beloved by everybody at the post. Mrs. Harrison was a zealous Episcopalian. Through her influence and correspondence frequent services were held in Newnan. We several times enjoyed the ministrations of Bishops Quintard, Beckwith, and Wilmer. The large number of wounded men, and the fearful character of their wounds, made skill and devotion on the Louisiana and Alabama soldiers, and lastly to Atlanta, where my husband and many other friends lay in the trenches. (Of these experiences more hereafter.) Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. Gamble, myself, and one or two others were the only Episcopalians among the ladies of the Post, but the services were attended by soldiers, both officer
John D. Billings, The history of the Tenth Massachusetts battery of light artillery in the war of the rebellion, Roster and roll of the Company (search)
hael,36Boston,Jan. 13, 1863,June 9, 1865, expiration of service. Carr, John H.,30Charlestown.Jan. 1, 1864,Discharged from V. R. C., July 10, 1865. Carr, Patrick,25Canton,Sept. 20, 1864,June 9, 1865, expiration of service. Carter, Theodore A.,18Barre,Dec. 29, 1863,June 9, 1865, expiration of service. Chase, Charles L.,28Charlestown.Sept. 9, 1862,June 9, 1865, expiration of service. Chase, Frank A.,26Charlestown,Sept. 9, 1862,Prisoner July 19, 1863. June 9, 1865, exp. of service. Chase, Harrison,36Southboroa,Sept. 9, 1862,June 9, 1865, expiration of service. Childs, Jonathan E.,19Rutland,Sept. 9, 1862,Died Nov. 15, 1862, Washington, D. C. Church, Edwin H.,30Lynn,Sept. 9, 1862,June 9, 1865, expiration of service. Clark, Charles F.,22Worcester,Nov. 11, 1864,June 9, 1865, expiration of service. Clark, George L.,26Marblehead,Sept. 9, 1862,June 9, 1865, expiration of service. Clark. William H.,21Marlboroa,Nov. 30, 1864,June 9, 1865, expiration of service. Colbath, Charles G.44
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