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Hartford (Connecticut, United States) (search for this): chapter 22
easant, reunion of several of our friends,—Lieber, Cogswell, Robert Walsh, Chevalier Nordine. On the next day I dined with the Misses Ward; last evening, with Mrs. Oakey; this morning I breakfasted with Sedgwick, to meet Bryant. I shall not get through my business till Monday: so, Tuesday morning, I shall leave for Hudson; then across the country to Boston, stopping at Stockbridge for a few hours,—perhaps at Springfield, where some of my witnesses reside; perhaps I may be obliged to go to Hartford and New Haven. I am determined to gain this friction-match case. It is very important to my clients. I understand the case now better than before. Our opponents will be foolish not to compromise; but we must prepare for action. New York is thronged and busy as ever. Love to all our friends. Ever and ever yours, C. S To Dr. Francis Lieber, Columbia, S. C. Hudson, on the North River, Tuesday evening, Sept. 28, 1841. dear Lieber,—Here I am, imprisoned by the rain in the inn <
Maria Weston Chapman (search for this): chapter 22
erest; they feel a warm affection. Pray do not forget Boston. I feel, my dear friend, how little claim I have to your friendship; but the heart speaks from its fulness, and I cannot withhold the expressions of my warm attachment. After quitting Prescott, I went to the Anti-slavery Fair, where I talked with Mrs. Loring Mrs. Ellis Gray Loring, sister of Rev. Dr. Samuel Gilman, of Charleston, S. C. Mrs. Loring and her husband were among Sumner's warmest and most constant friends. and Mrs. Chapman about you. Then I saw Hillard, and continued the theme; and so night came. I told Prescott I should write to you to-day, and he said, Put in my kindest regards. Believe us, dear Morpeth, all mindful of you, and myself more than all. Ever and ever sincerely yours, Charles Sumner. To Lord Morpeth, New York. Boston, Dec. 30, 1841. Thanks, my dear Morpeth, for thinking of me, and for writing so promptly. Thanks for the beautiful verses, which I shall preserve in memory of you. A
Italian (search for this): chapter 22
r George, Munich. Washington's Headquarters, Cambridge, Sunday, May 9, 1841. dear George,—Once again from the headquarters of our great chief. Since I last wrote you, Mrs. Craigie, the widow of the builder of Craigie's Bridge and the owner of this house, has died and been removed from its spacious rooms to a narrow bed at Mt. Auburn. It is a lovely day, and from the open window I look across the lawn and the winding Charles to Brighton and the hills that enclose Brookline. Our sky is Italian; as bright and clear as that which looks down upon Naples. It is from English travellers, who have never seen the sun in their own country, that we imbibe the idea of the superlative brightness and clearness of the Italian sky . . . . Ever yours, Charles. To Dr. Lieber, he wrote, May 12, 1841:— I knew Warburton slightly while I was in London. He was a strong Radical, a great friend of the people, a hard-headed person with whom I never conversed with any pleasure. I am vexed wi
Jared Sparks (search for this): chapter 22
was greatly interested in the literary work of his friends, Prescott, Bancroft, Sparks, Story, and Greenleaf,—all active at this time in authorship. Hardly a day pasico. It will be in three volumes, but will not be finished for several years. Sparks is in London or Paris, hunting in the offices for materials for a history of thmplete the work, bringing it down to the adoption of the Federal Constitution. Sparks, you doubtless know, has been in London and Paris the last summer, collecting mill go over Bancroft's ground; but they will hardly interfere with each other. Sparks is the faithful annalist, perhaps you may say historiographer, correct in his f 29. Your letter to Mary, with its pleasant sketch of Elba, has come . . . . Sparks has just returned, laden with the fruits of his researches in the public archivo peak, and never finds the repose of a valley or a canter over a level plain. Sparks will give us an anatomy of history, with red sealing-wax poured into all the ve
Nathan Appleton (search for this): chapter 22
ight Rest, genial scholar, from the dear delight Of arts and books! Rest, steadfast, stainless friend! For ever ours,—though lost to sense and sight. Stern Duty's champion, at thy bier we bow! Brave, honest, faithful to the end,—thy vow To God and Freedom kept,—unbribed, unbought: Rest thee,—or rise to loftier labors now. Sumner was at this time a great favorite in Boston society. He was welcomed to the best houses as soon as he reached home. He frequented those of Mr. Ticknor, Nathan Appleton, Harrison Gray Otis, Abbott Lawrence, the Austins, Eliots, Dwights, and Guilds. He was always glad to meet the Calderons during their visits to their relatives on Chestnut Street. He passed long evenings with Jeremiah Mason, talking of law and lawyers and the topics of the day. He was often a visitor at Dr. Channing's, and held much grave discourse with him on war and slavery, and whatever concerned the progress of the race. Of the new friendships which Sumner formed at this time, th
Edward Everett (search for this): chapter 22
ey, Bancroft, Felton, Longfellow, and Hillard. Mr. Everett left for Europe in the summer of 1840. Mr. Prescomessages of kindness and friendship for you. Edward Everett, while Minister to England, wrote, Aug. 11, 184, entitled, American Orators and Statesmen. With Mr. Everett, who is there mentioned. Mr. Hayward afterwards a comparatively recent period. The author is Mr. Edward Everett, recently Governor of Massachusetts, and now inst throwing away time and matter in reviews. Edward Everett, our most successful reviewer, repents that he rence. I hope he saw you. Remember me most kindly to Mr. and Mrs. Everett, who are Florentines now, like yoursMrs. Everett, who are Florentines now, like yourself. I saw Wilde in New York, on his arrival. He was in fine spirits, and made himself most agreeable in socfringing on these sacred rites. My friend, Mr. Edward Everett, has been nominated as Minister to London by omises so well. I send herewith a discourse of Edward Everett, wherein he discussed some of your topics, part
Warburton (search for this): chapter 22
d at Mt. Auburn. It is a lovely day, and from the open window I look across the lawn and the winding Charles to Brighton and the hills that enclose Brookline. Our sky is Italian; as bright and clear as that which looks down upon Naples. It is from English travellers, who have never seen the sun in their own country, that we imbibe the idea of the superlative brightness and clearness of the Italian sky . . . . Ever yours, Charles. To Dr. Lieber, he wrote, May 12, 1841:— I knew Warburton slightly while I was in London. He was a strong Radical, a great friend of the people, a hard-headed person with whom I never conversed with any pleasure. I am vexed with Macaulay for his abandonment of the rights of literary men. His argument was taking and rhetorical, but unsound; perhaps characteristic of the man. To Dr. Francis Lieber. Boston, June 8, 1841. my dear Lieber,—. . . Dr. Howe will be happy to have you make any use you see fit of his report on Laura Bridgman. I am
Charles S. Daveis (search for this): chapter 22
ith Longfellow at the Craigie House. He spent many evenings with Mr. Ticknor, comparing their European experiences. Mr. Daveis wrote from Portland, May 21: Ticknor tells me of your sitting up with him night after night, till twelve o'clock. That d reluctantly, for a few weeks, a vacancy as instructor in the Law School. He declined an invitation, received through Mr. Daveis, to deliver the Phi Beta Kappa Oration at Bowdoin College,—excusing himself by saying that he could not pledge any timeture on book-binding, which sounded as if he had served an apprenticeship to the business. Letters. To Charles S. Daveis, Portland. Boston, June 22, 1840. my dear Mr. Daveis,— . . . Mr. Gardiner called upon me, and invited me to delMr. Daveis,— . . . Mr. Gardiner called upon me, and invited me to deliver the Phi Beta Kappa at Bowdoin; but I felt bound to decline. I have just returned from a long absence. I am occupied with seeing my friends, looking about me, and preparing plans for the future. Things are all uncertain before me. What I shall<
Robert Walsh (search for this): chapter 22
me kindly to Mrs. Greenough. Ever sincerely yours, Charles Sumner. To George S. Hillard, Boston. Wall St., New York, Saturday, Sept. 25, 1841. dear Hillard,—My researches in the clerk's office have been fruitful, and make me sanguine that we shall defeat the enemy. I have been occupied on these till three o'clock, when the office closed. The first day I dined with Samuel Ward, where we had an accidental, but very pleasant, reunion of several of our friends,—Lieber, Cogswell, Robert Walsh, Chevalier Nordine. On the next day I dined with the Misses Ward; last evening, with Mrs. Oakey; this morning I breakfasted with Sedgwick, to meet Bryant. I shall not get through my business till Monday: so, Tuesday morning, I shall leave for Hudson; then across the country to Boston, stopping at Stockbridge for a few hours,—perhaps at Springfield, where some of my witnesses reside; perhaps I may be obliged to go to Hartford and New Haven. I am determined to gain this friction-match ca<
Marcellus (search for this): chapter 22
l. Were I a man of fortune with the world all before me where to choose, I should first direct my steps to Germany; then to—but why build these castles? Come to Boston, and we will talk the livelong day, and revive Europe. I sympathize with you in that you are obliged to leave Oscar, the young Astyanax, in Europe. You must need his careless merriment and gambols in your exile. But you have two others and your wife; and with them even your African banishment may be sweet. Alas! unlike Marcellus, you cannot eat figs at Marseilles. Since I returned I have literally read nothing, not even your second volume. Good-by, dear Lieber; I long to talk with you of Europe and yourself. Ever and ever yours, Charles Sumner. To Longfellow, then absent from Cambridge on a vacation, he wrote in August:— I shall go to Nahant for a few days, and then to business. Give me fifteen hundred dollars a year, and I will hie away to Florence, where in sight of what is most beautiful in art,
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