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Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee, Chapter 16: return to Richmond.-President of Washington College.--death and Burial. (search)
vested the same in General Washington. The Legislature agreed to the condition upon which alone he would receive the gift-viz., that he would be permitted to present it to objects of a public nature, such as the education of the poor, particularly the children of such as have fallen in the defense of the country. He gave this stock in 1796 to Liberty Hall Academy in Rockbridge County, first presided over by William Graham, an old Princeton classmate and friend of General Lee's father. Liberty Hall was now Washington College, that name having been adopted in 1812. Perhaps past associations had something to do with General Lee's accepting the presidency of the college, as well as a desire to contribute his part toward laying the only true foundation upon which a republic can restthe Christian education of its youth. His object now, as in 1861, was to render the best service he could to his native State, and to that purpose he had never been unfaithful. By the intelligent and ju
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 380 (search)
The ladies of Boston, Mass., were informed that five thousand shirts, for soldiers, were required within twenty-four hours. They joined with them some of the ladies of Roxbury, secured the assistance of sewing-machines, went to work in Liberty Hall, their Headquarters, and had the whole number completed fairly within the allotted time.--N. Y. Tribune, May 10.
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 40 (search)
ary feet upon the sterile rocks of Old Massachusetts. The very air he breathed put enthusiasm into his spirit, Oh! yes, he found a refuge from oppression in the Old Bay State. He selected as his dwelling-place the city of New-Bedford, where Liberty Hall is a sacred edifice. Like the Temple of Diana, which covered the virgins from harm in olden time, so old Liberty Hall in New-Bedford protects the oppressed slave of the nineteenth century. After stopping a short time, he sent for his family,Liberty Hall in New-Bedford protects the oppressed slave of the nineteenth century. After stopping a short time, he sent for his family, and there they still dwell. I remained in the city with the family, pursuing the avocation of a jobber of work for stores, and at such places as I could find employment. I soon formed connection with a church under charge of the Rev. Mr. Jackson, now Chaplain of the Fifty-fifth Massachusetts volunteers. Previous to the formation of colored troops I had a strong inclination to prepare myself for the ministry; but when the country called for all persons, I could best serve my God by serving
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Hart, Albert Bushnell 1854- (search)
ish style like Abraham Lincoln. So far as intellectual appliances were concerned, the great West grew very slowly and from small beginnings. James Hall, in 1835, attempted to gather some of the traditions of the past into his Sketches of the West, and edited a magazine—The Western souvenir—and about the same time Timothy Flint began to publish his Western monthly review. Newspapers there were in plenty. About 1830, in the little city of Cincinnati, regularly appeared the semi-weekly Liberty Hall and the Cincinnati gazette, the National Republican and Cincinnati Advertiser, the weekly Emporium and Independent press, and one daily, the Commercial Advertiser. To this day many parts of remote regions like Arkansas and the Mississippi lowlands are less civilized than the Ohio of seventy years ago. In reformatory and charitable institutions the Mississippi Valley has learned slowly. Our frontier greatgrandfathers were frankly cruel—cruel to their children, cruel to their apprentices,<
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Liberty Hall. (search)
Liberty Hall. See liberty tree.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Liberty tree. (search)
mon. It was the largest one of a grove of beautiful elms which stood in Hanover Square, at the corner of Orange (now Washington) and Essex streets, opposite the present Boyleston Market. Its exact site is marked by a building, on the front of which is a relief figure of the tree in granite and the inscription Sons of Liberty—1766. Independence of Our Country—1776. This elm was called Liberty tree because the Sons of Liberty held their meetings under it, and the ground below was called Liberty Hall. The first meeting of this society was held there some time in 1765. A pole fastened to the trunk of the tree rose far above the topmost branch, and a red flag floating from it was an understood signal to call together the fearless Sons of Liberty. This society held many meetings here during the next ten years, and placards addressed to the people were nailed to the tree, and inscribed banners were suspended from its limbs. They had a board fastened to the tree with the inscription, T
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Livingston, William 1723-1790 (search)
the mask of anonymity, Mr. Livingston dealt heavy blows in favor of Presbyterianism, and against Episcopacy, in his weekly periodical, first published late in 1752. In 1757 he published, in defence of Governor Shirley, a Review of the military operations in North America from 1753 to April 14, 1756, in a letter to a nobleman. The following year he was elected a member of the New York Assembly. Having purchased land in Elizabethtown, N. J., he built a fine mansion there, which he called Liberty Hall, and removed there in 1773. He early espoused the cause of the oppressed colonies, and was a representative of New Jersey in the first Continental Congress (1774). He was again a delegate to that body in 1775, but was soon called (June 5) to command the militia of New Jersey, with the commission of brigadier-general. After William Franklin was deposed in 1776, Livingston succeeded him as governor of New Jersey, which post he retained until his death, conducting public affairs with wis
J. William Jones, Christ in the camp, or religion in Lee's army, Chapter 4: influence of Christian officers—concluded. (search)
ff here from the reviving influences of social worship. A prayer-meeting every night is in part a substitute. Mother, in your anxiety for my bodily comfort and welfare, I hope you will not forget my soul. The atmosphere surrounding that is as cold as that which surrounds my body. How much I wish that the power of Divine grace was more at work within me. But though cast down, I will not despair, but still trust in God. Of the death of a fellow-soldier, another of the more than brave Liberty Hall Volunteers—a native and resident of Rockbridge, he says: You have doubtless heard before this of the death of another of our company; I refer to W. J. Thompson. His body, I suppose, passed through Lexington this morning, to reach his widowed mother to-day. He was cut down almost in a day. No one here was aware of his danger until the night before he was taken to the Junction. The next news from him told us of his death. He died of typhoid fever, rendered more incurable by some disease
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2, Chapter 5: shall the Liberator lead—1839. (search)
ay 1. In the meantime, as a specially appointed agent of the Society, Lib. 9.71. Mr. Garrison entered upon an active lecturing tour in Plymouth, Bristol, At New Bedford, on the evening of April 15 (Lib. 9: 66), Mr. Garrison had Frederick Douglass, a six-months' freeman, among his auditors. The future great negro orator thus describes his impressions in his Life and Times (ed. 1882, p. 214): Soon after becoming a reader of the Liberator, it was my privilege to listen to a lecture in Liberty Hall, by Mr. Garrison, its editor. He was then a young man, of a singularly pleasing countenance, and earnest and impressive manner. On this occasion he announced nearly all his heresies. His Bible was his text-book—held sacred as the very word of the Eternal Father. He believed in sinless perfection, complete submission to insults and injuries, and literal obedience to the injunction, if smitten on one cheek to turn the other also. Not only was Sunday a Sabbath, but all days were Sabbath
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Unveiling of Valentine's Recumbent figure of Lee at Lexington, Va., June 28th, 1883. (search)
o in guiding the benefaction; but be this as it may, it was given and accepted, and in honor of the benefactor the academy was clothed with his immortal name. In acknowledging the thanks expressed to him by the Board of Trustees, President Washington said: To promote literature in this rising empire and to encourage the arts has ever been amongst the warmest wishes of my heart; and if the donation which the generosity of the Legislature of the Commonwealth has enabled me to bestow upon Liberty Hall—now by your politeness called Washington Academy—is likely to prove a means to accomplish these ends, it will contribute to the gratification of my desires. Soon after this, the Legislature, which had already incorporated the institution on a comprehensive basis, gave it the name of The College of Washington in Virginia. In the spirit of their beloved commander, The Cincinnati Society, composed of survivors of the Revolutionary war, on dissolving in 1803, donated their funds, amountin
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