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Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life, XVI: the crowning years (search)
f the very best of the Massachusetts Public libraries in this attractive rural town [Ipswich]. All my life I have wished for time to renew Sir Charles, as I heard him read aloud by my mother in Cambridge in early boyhood; and as I am now fast approaching my 85th birthday it is a delight to find the book quite reviving the old affection and the old associations of humor. The sense of personal nobleness about Sir Charles is renewed and also the wonderful and quite unique creation . . . of Miss Grandison. In 1908 and 1909, short newspaper and magazine articles kept him busy, and he began a record of the Higginson family. In the latter year the collection of papers called Carlyle's Laugh was published. Perhaps, he wrote, my last book, when nearly eighty-six. In 1910, he finished the editorship of the Higginson Genealogy, revised his Young Folks' History, and noted, May 13, Work almost at an end, perhaps for life. Still his pen never rested. He had, as he laughingly declared, got
The Daily Dispatch: April 6, 1864., [Electronic resource], The defence of Interior towns. (search)
warrant, he put it into the hands of officer Chalkley, who proceeded to search the premises. Grandison, slave of Thomas Bass, was in possession, and the ostensible proprietor of the establishment; less than five thousand dollars. A set of well kept single entry books disclosed the fact that Grandison and two other negroes, one a slave and the other free, were in partnership in the book and staast settlement of accounts. From another book which turned up in the search, it appeared that Grandison was the Treasurer of a thriving secret Benevolent Society. Mr. Chalkley carried to the City Hall a dray load of the goods which seemed most certainly stolen, and locked Grandison up in the cage for examination before the Mayor on Thursday. A white man named B. H. Berry came to the cage during the evening and stated that he was the hirer of Grandison, and that the two were in partnership in the business; that he had put $500 into the business when it was first started, but had never
The Daily Dispatch: April 7, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 7 (search)
Identified. --Some of the paper found by officer Chalkley in the shop of the negro, Grandison, on 9th street, near St. Paul's Church, was identified yesterday as having been stolen from the Engineer Bureau, and Bob Springg, a free negro, employed as a servant in the Bureau, was immediately arrested as the thief.
The Daily Dispatch: April 8, 1864., [Electronic resource], The "Rebellion" not to be Crushed by "Mere Weight." (search)
soners yesterday. Wm. Purroe, Patrick Kallahan, and Wm. Appleyard, were charged with stealing a ream of paper from Mr. James Woodhouse. Mr. Woodhouse identified the paper as some stolen from him. The accused had sold it to Mr. J. W. Davies, and were arrested by officer Granger when they called to collect the money. They were committed. Charles J. Miller was charged with entering the premises of George Hirsh and forcibly carrying off a lot of bricks. The case was continued. Grandison, slave of Thomas Bass, was charged with having a large lot of pens, paper and books, stolen from the different departments of Government; and Bob Sprigg was charged with stealing a thousand dollars worth of paper from the Engineer Bureau. In the absence of witnesses these two cases, which are intimately connected, were continued. A white boy, named Francis Lewis, who said he worked in the Laboratory, was charged with having a well chain and two chisels, supposed to be stolen. He had
The Daily Dispatch: April 12, 1864., [Electronic resource], Unclaimed stolen goods. (search)
Unclaimed stolen goods. --The following articles, found in the store of Grandison and other slaves, on 9th street, and believed to be stolen goods, have not been claimed, and remain in the hands of the Mayor: One canister of allspice, a water cooler filled with black tea, twelve pounds black pepper, one fluting and case, two dozen lead pencils, one piece of cotton edging, a lot of spool cotton, a quantity of writing paper, envelopes and music, five pairs of ladies' shoes, a lot of silk dress buttons, one piece of gold lace, one revolving pistol, a white silk bonnet, a quantity of drafting paper, five pairs of ladies' flannel drawers, two gingham handkerchiefs, two gold pencils, and one valuable gold watch.
The Daily Dispatch: April 14, 1864., [Electronic resource], Notice. (search)
se was continued. Belia McCarthy was charged with stealing a figured silk dress from Belle Harris, a free negro. It appears that all the witnesses had gone off to the Yankees. The case was dismissed. The case of Eliza Liggon, charged with stabbing Albertine Cephus, was continued till Friday. Robert Spriggs, a free negro, was ordered 25 lashes for stealing a thousand dollars' worth of paper from the Confederate States. His counsel took an appeal to the Hustings Court. Grandison, slave of Thos. Bass, but hired by Benjamin F. Berry, was ordered to be whipped for receiving the above-mentioned paper; and Edward, slave of Solomon Davis, and William, slave of E. J. Hudson, held under the same charge, were dismissed. Mrs. Flutina Myers was bound over to keep the peace in the sum of $100 for assaulting and beating with a broomstick Henrietta Nockman, a girl of fourteen. Benjamin H. Phillips, charged with obtaining money under false pretences from Michael Smith,
The Daily Dispatch: October 7, 1864., [Electronic resource], Mayor's Court, yesterday. (search)
, slave of John Jarvis, heretofore committed as a runaway, was released from prison and turned over to the care of Mrs. Royall till called for by her owner. The Mayor then adjourned his court till 9 o'clock this morning. A negro named Grandison, who, for some months past, has been considered the proprietor of a small confectionary and fruit store on Ninth street, in rear of St. Paul's Church, was brought into court by order of the Mayor. William A. Irving came forward, acknowledged t been considered the proprietor of a small confectionary and fruit store on Ninth street, in rear of St. Paul's Church, was brought into court by order of the Mayor. William A. Irving came forward, acknowledged the ownership of the store, and proclaimed Grandison as his slave. He also informed the Mayor that it was his purpose to discontinue business on the first of the month, and that his negro would be put on the batteries this morning.--Under these circumstances the matter was dismissed.