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Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 1, Chapter 22: the secret service fund--charges against Webster, 1845-46. (search)
deprecate his policy more than I do, I would not make a false and partizan report or parley with my sense of justice and honor, nor would the gentlemen associated with me. The letter is much defaced from which this quotation is made, and all the account cannot be deciphered. Mr. Webster called upon Mr. Davis and expressed in warm terms his sense of the manly manner in which he had defended him. Mr. and Mrs. Webster came to call upon me, and invited me most kindly to accompany them to Marshfield. It was in 1845 that the first Exposition of a general character took place. It was called then a National Exhibition. It was a very long, rough, clapboard room, with no pretention to any architectural merit. It occupied nearly two squares on C Street, and was perfectly straight except in the open square of the City Hall, there it extended an ugly arm about twenty feet. The stands for the exhibit were of unplaned wood, and they were covered with coarse, dark cambric. Almost every S
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 43 (search)
pent faction with her blood, That stung her to the heart. Rebellion's steel Pierced the fair bosom of imperial Rome By foreign foes unconquered; and the land Of God's own people drank the fatal cup Which dark dissension pressed upon her lips. As midnight's bell proclaims with double tongue One year departed and another born, Swift throng around me with imperial mien And god-like brow, and eyes of sad reproach, As angels look in sorrow, the great dead Who walked Mount Vernon's shades, and Marshfield's plains, And Monticello's height, and Ashland's groves Still vocal with unearthly eloquence-- Statesmen and Chiefs who loved their native land And led her up to fame. With solemn air And thrilling voice they point to freedom's flag, War-rent and laced with sacrificial blood By noble martyrs shed; and thus they speak-- “O sons once named Americans, but now The world-mocked orphans of a nameless land, Why rush ye to destruction? Happier far Than ye the tawny tribes your fathers drove Fr
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MEDFORD, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT, IN 1630, TO THE PRESENT TIME, 1855. (ed. Charles Brooks), chapter 18 (search)
mas, Sarah, Hannah, Grace, Isaac (2), Ruth, Elizabeth, and Lydia. He d. 1711.  1-2Isaac Oldham, b. about 1670, went to Pembroke about 1703, where he m. Mary Keen, and had two daus., and a son,--  2-3Isaac Oldham, who m. Mary Stetson, and had--  3-4Isaac.  5Hannah.  6Deborah.  7David.  8Jonathan.  9Mary.  10John.  11Daniel.  12Lydia.  13Ruth.  14Abel, of Winchester, N. H. 3-8Jonathan Oldham m. Patience Clapp, of Scituate, and had--  8-15Joseph Oldham, who m. Grace Tilden, of Marshfield, and had--  15-16Joseph, d. s. p.  17Jonathan, m. Eunice Faxon. He had Clara, Loring, and Eunice.  18Grace.  1OSGOOD, David, b. Oct. 25, 1747; m. Hannah Breed, Nov. 1, 1786, who was b. Dec. 28, 1747; and had--  1-2Mary, b. Sept. 12, 1787.  3Lucy, b. Apr. 8, 1789; d. Apr. 22, 1789.  4Lucy, b. June 17, 1791.  5David, b. Dec. 23, 1793; m. Mary Ann Elder.   Parker, Benjamin, who d. Oct. 26, 1761, m. Mary Willis, Apr. 22, 1714. She d. Aug. 20, 1763.  1Patch,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Thomas, John 1725-1776 (search)
Thomas, John 1725-1776 Military officer; born in Marshfield, Mass., in 1725; was a practising physician, and was surgeon in the provincial army sent to Nova Scotia in 1746. In 1747 he was on Shirley's medical staff, and in 1759 he became colonel of a provincial regiment. He commanded a regiment under Amherst and Haviland in 1760 in the capture of Montreal Colonel Thomas was one of the most active Sons of Liberty in Massachusetts; was appointed brigadier-general by Congress ill 1775; commanded a brigade during the siege of Boston, and after the evacuation was sent to take command of the American troops in Canada. He joined the army before Quebec May 1, 1776, and died in Chambly, June 2, 1776.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
was on the second ballot nominated for Vice-President.] Henry Clay dies at Washington, D. C., aged seventy-five......June 29, 1852 Branch of the United States mint established at San Francisco, Cal.......July 3, 1852 Free-soil convention at Pittsburg, Pa.......Aug. 11, 1852 [Named John P. Hale, New Hampshire, for President, and George W. Julian, Indiana, for Vice-President.] First session adjourns (after a session of 275 days)......Aug. 31, 1852 Daniel Webster dies at Marshfield, Mass., aged seventy......Oct. 24, 1852 Seventeenth Presidential election takes place......Nov. 2, 1852 Second session assembles......Dec. 6, 1852 Caloric ship Ericsson makes a trial-trip from New York to the Potomac......Jan. 11, 1853 Congress transfers all that portion of the Cumberland road which lies between Springfield, O., and the western boundary of that State to Ohio, by act approved......Jan. 20, 1853 Electoral vote counted......Feb. 9, 1853 Coinage of $3 gold piec
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Massachusetts (search)
rmy of General Grant, who sent him North.] Senatorial contest in the State legislature between Charles Sumner (Freesoil) and Robert C. Winthrop. Charles Sumner elected on the twenty-sixth ballot......April 24, 1851 Daniel Webster dies at Marshfield, aged seventy......Oct. 24, 1852 Law fixing the hours of labor for a day, from Oct. 1, 1853, to April 1, 1854, at twelve hours; from April 1, 1854, until Oct. 1, 1854, at eleven hours; and after Oct. 1, 1854, at ten hours......May 17, 1853 t Cambridge......March 24, 1882 Ralph Waldo Emerson, born 1803, dies at Concord......April 27, 1882 Society for the Collegiate Instruction of Women, Harvard annex, organized Jan. 14, 1879, incorporated......Aug. 16, 1882 Celebration at Marshfield of the 100th anniversary of the birthday of Daniel Webster (postponed from Oct. 3)......Oct. 11, 1882 Tom Thumb (Charles H. Stratton), born 1838, dies at Middleborough......July 15, 1883 Foreign exhibition opens in Boston, continuing unt
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Webster, Daniel 1782-1852 (search)
death. Mr. Webster delivered many remarkable orations on occasions, notably on laying the corner-stone of the Bunker Hill monument (June 17, 1825), and on the completion of the monument (June 17, 1843). He paid much attention to agriculture at Marshfield, and was fond of hunting and fishing. His last great effort in the courts was in January, 1852, when he argued an important India-rubber patent case at Trenton, N. J. He died in Marshfield, Mass., Oct. 24, 1852. Webster's reply to Hayne. Marshfield, Mass., Oct. 24, 1852. Webster's reply to Hayne. The following is the text of Senator Webster's reply to the speech of Senator Robert Y. Hayne (q. v.): Mr. President,—When the mariner has been tossed for many days in thick weather and on an unknown sea, he naturally avails himself of the first pause in the storm, the earliest glance of the sun, to take his latitude, and ascertain how far the elements have driven him from his true course. Let us imitate this prudence, and before we float farther refer to the point from which we departed
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), White, Peregrine 1620-1704 (search)
White, Peregrine 1620-1704 Pioneer; the first child of English parents born in New England: born on the Mayflower while she lay in Cape Cod Bay, Nov. 20, 1620; son of William and Susanna White. He occupied numerous civil and military offices in the colony, and died in Marshfield, Mass., July 22, 1704.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Winslow, Josiah 1629- (search)
Winslow, Josiah 1629- Colonial governor; born in Plymouth, Mass., in 1629; son of Edward Winslow; was in command of a military company in Marshfield, in 1652, and was general-in-chief of the forces of the united colonies of New England, raised against King Philip, in 1675. He was one of the commissioners of the united colonies for thirteen years (1658-71). He became the first native governor of Plymouth colony in 1673, and filled that office at the time of his death in Marshfield, Mass., Drnor; born in Plymouth, Mass., in 1629; son of Edward Winslow; was in command of a military company in Marshfield, in 1652, and was general-in-chief of the forces of the united colonies of New England, raised against King Philip, in 1675. He was one of the commissioners of the united colonies for thirteen years (1658-71). He became the first native governor of Plymouth colony in 1673, and filled that office at the time of his death in Marshfield, Mass., Dec. 18, 1680. See William's War, King.
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 146 (search)
rsey City, N. J.32,000 Janesville, Wis.6,000 Kenton, Ohio.2,000 Keene, N. H.10,000 Lynn, Mass.10,000 Lockport, N. Y.2,000 Lawrence, Mass.5,000 Lowell, Mass.8,000 London, Ohio.1,000 Lancaster, Pa.5,000 Lebanon County, Pa.10,000 Maine, State.1,300,000 Michigan, various pl's.50,000 Milwaukee, Wis.31,000 Marblehead, Mass.5,000 Malden, Mass.2,000 Madison, Ind.6,000 Mount Holly, N. J.3,000 Morristown, N. J.3,000 Mystic, Ct.7,000 Madison, Wis.9,000 Marlboroa, Mass.10,000 Marshfield, Mass.5,000 New York, State.3,000,000 New York, City.2,173,000 New Jersey, State.1,000,000 Newark, N. J.$136,000 New Haven, Ct.30,000 Norwich, Ct.13,000 New London, Ct.10,000 New Brunswick, N. J.2,000 Needham, Mass.3,000 Newtown, Mass.3,000 N. Andover, Mass.3,000 Noblesville, Ind.10,000 Newbury, Mass.3,000 Newburyport, Mass.4,000 Ohio, State.3,000,000 Oswego, N. Y.13,000 Ottowa, Ill.18,000 Pennsylvania, State.3,500,000 Philadelphia380,000 Plymouth, Mass.2,000 Poughkeepsie
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