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John Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles Henry Dana, Chapter 1: earlier years (search)
t child of Anderson Dana and his first wife, Ann Denison. He was seventh in the male line, from Richard Dana, the colonial settler, through Jacob, Jacob second, Anderson first, Daniel, and Anderson second. In the female line, he was descended from Ann Bullard, Patience---, Abigail Adams, Susanna Huntington, Dolly Kibbe, and Ann Anderson second. In the female line, he was descended from Ann Bullard, Patience---, Abigail Adams, Susanna Huntington, Dolly Kibbe, and Ann Denison, whose mother, it should be noted, was Anne Paine, a daughter of one of the best-known and most widely disseminated families of New England. It will be observed that although the surname of one of these maternal ancestors is unknown, there is every reason to believe that, like the rest, her family were colonists of straig whole fell sick of the ague, at that time the scourge of every new #earlier years settlement in the country. The mother died, leaving four young children, Charles Anderson nine, Junius seven, Maria three years of age, and David a babe in arms. This loss made it necessary for the family to return to the home of Ann Denison's fa
John Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles Henry Dana, Chapter 10: last days with the tribune (search)
coerce them into subjection. On December 12th it said: We mean to be loyal to the Union, but we will hire nobody, bribe nobody, pay nobody, cajole nobody to remain in it. And now a firmer note is heard: The South Carolina secessionists openly proclaim their intention of treading the stars and stripes under foot. The only security the President can have that Fort Moultrie will not be violently seized upon is the presence of a force sufficient to protect it. After Major Anderson had transferred his little garrison from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter, there follows, December 28, 1860, a word of warning as hard as adamant: Let us entreat all who meditate treason to pause ere it is too late, and avoid at once the traitor's crime and his doom. On January 17, 1861: Stand firm! No compromise; no surrender of principle! No cowardly reversal of the great verdict of the sixth of November. Let us have the question of questions settled now and for all time
John Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles Henry Dana, Index (search)
John, 456, 459. Adams, John Q., 25, 138, 456, 459. Addition, Division and silence, 427. Alabama campaign, 355. Alabama claims, 422. Alabama River, 250, 251. Alcott, Mr., 27, 33, 35. Alexander, Columbus, 434, 435. Allen, Mr., 48. Alliance between Russia, Prussia, and Austria, 82. Altgeld, Governor, 481. America, aid to, 81. American Cyclopaedia, 158, 173-177, 501. Ames, Oakes, 434. Amnesty for political offenders, 401. Ancestry and family history, 1,2, 3. Anderson, Major, 164. Annexation of Canada, 421-423, 476-478. Anti-British feeling, 382. Antietam, 168, 199, 310. Antislavery amendment, 352. Appomattox, 330, 331. Appraiser of merchandise, 414,415. Army, corps, Sixth, 337, 338, 342 362; Ninth, 322; Thirteenth, 318, 227, 236, 245; Eighteenth, 335, 337; Nineteenth, 337; of Potomac, 170, 249, 250, 251, 275, 299, 303, 304, 310, 317, 318, 330, 333, 349, 362, 366; of Shenandoah, 344; of Tennessee, 199, 233, 236, 242, 249, 252, 253, 254, 2